Carrara Marble With Dark Grout

The contractor brings me charcoal color from mapei to finish off a very nice master bath i just set.

Carrara marble with dark grout.

The tiles have the most minimum grout joints possible so it s hardly noticable. I ll try to post some pics. Sealing before grouting is smart when using a dark grout color with light colored marble tile. I hear it quite often dark grout can sometimes seep into the sides of a light marble and stain it causing it to look dingy overall.

Vote up 10 vote down. If you ve got a tiling project in your future even the distant future remember bookmark voice memo tattoo or do whatever you need to do to remember mapei flexcolor grout. For flooring i d without a doubt use a dark grout. The edges of the tile are much more absorbent and if the grout color is dark then the dark water from the grout will absorb into the edges of the tile and create a picture frame stain.

3 years ago. Now the marble looks gray yellow and dingy. Comments 0 ive read the other threads on the topic here but still unsure. My vote is white it will keep the marble looking pristine and will darken a bit over time matching the look of natural carrara quite well.

The contractor swears that there is no way that the grout stained the stone and that the grout is just making the stone look darker. The homeowner wants a darker grey for the darkest vein. I just had some beautiful white calacatta marble mosaic installed in my bathroom and picked a light gray grout. We also did floor in carrara marble with the same grey grout which tied it all together.

I know this sounds like i m overreacting but take it from people who have grouted 7 bathroom floors 3 showers 3 mudrooms and 2 backsplashes in the last two years. If you go too dark then it will call attention to the grout rather than the. White carrara marble grout. Delorean grey is pretty dark in my opinion.

We just did our entire master bathroom in carrera marble floors and shower. White grout is a risk in bathrooms though as everyone mentions. Gray grout will emphasize the dramatic gray veins that mimic real carrara marble while the white grout will the porcelain floors light bright and elegant. Vote up 0 vote down.

This grout has been life changing. Same 1x3 marble tile diffe grout color wow what a difference floorwhite or light gray grout for carrera marble tile floorgrout color with carrara bianco marble bathroomgrout color with carrara bianco. A light or white grout with the marble is actually the most practical because then it makes the marble easier to clean. Carrera marble tile floor tile grout grout color carrara pietra hexagon that hampton carrara marble backsplash tile grout brushed 2x8 marble tile stone carrara.