However many times it is quite difficult to get the grout color to blend just right with the tiles.
Wood look tile grout color.
We are building a home and have decided on porcelain wood tile for our entire first floor daltile saddle brook color walnut creek.
This can be simplest and quickest way to grout tile floor.
However with wood look tile you really don t want the grout to steal the show you want it to disappear.
Best tools for grouting wood look plank tiles.
To achieve a true genuine wood look the grout lines must blend seamlessly or else it just reverts back to the standard tile and grout look.
However to truly have that genuine wood appearance the grout color is crucial.
If you want to highlight a color or accent in your tile like the gray veins in a marble tile go for a close match or a bit darker than that shade in your tile.
The wood look tile can handle a bit of grout and still look right.
Better to plan ahead than to have a problem later.
A narrow grout line looks great but the installer has to be good to succeed with a properly laid tile.
Ask a daltile representative to help you select a grout color that will blend the floor into perfect harmony.
Since hardwood floors don t have much of a joint you don t want your tile to either.
Though it is a wood look it is still tile and subject to its own limitations.
If the grout color does not blend the whole natural effect of that wood look is lost and you are simply left with a regular patterned tile look.
The grout options the builder has provided through customs don t truly match the variation of colors on the tile and i m left with either saddle brown 59 or charcoal 60 to choose from with a 3 16 grout line.
However matching grout colors exactly to a tile is very difficult.
If you re trying to unify your tile such as with a wood look tile floor go for a close match that s a little bit lighter than your tile.
The floor in particular is a 300 600 wood grain tile it has an eighth of an inch grout line and i m using sanded grout and giving you some tips on how to go about grouting at a flaw mix.
To be exact try to match the grout color to the darkest vein in the wood.
Normally the natural choice when selecting grout for tile is to match the grout color to the surface of the tile as closely as possible.
Many times the actual grout color looks different than the sample swab or stick you may have used to choose the grout.