The additional structure of sanded grout is needed for wider grout joints from 1 8 to 5 8 and some even can go as wide as 1.
What colour grout to use with travertine tiles.
Scoop up an orange sized ball of grout and apply it to the surface of the travertine with the grout float.
A darker grout color can hide stains and dirt.
Any time we use the mercury mosaics handcrafted tiles such as.
Mix up the sanded grout until it is the consistency of peanut butter.
Use sanded grout when measuring over 1 8 inch.
This will darken the overall color off the travertine tile but the natural look of the holes will remain and the holes will be filled.
With gray tiles we always recommend matching the grout with tiles.
Use non sanded grout for joints that are narrowing measuring under 1 8 inch.
Grout in a darker color can be chosen to fill the holes and lines for contrast.
This is particularly good for flooring in high traffic areas.
In addition to choosing your grout based on how light or dark it is note how warm yellow ish or cool blue ish a color looks especially as it relates to your tile.
If a matching grout is used it just won t look like travertine.
Generally unsanded grout is used for tile applications with narrower grout joints from 1 16 to 1 8.
How to choose a grout color.
The color travertine you used is a pretty common color.
Sanded grout is stronger so it reduces shrinking and cracking.
If you are concerned about the resale value of your house and want something that will have mass appeal a neutral grout color is better.
If your tile has a host of colors pick one of them to serve as an accent to highlight the tile.
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3 drag the grout.
Anything that could be easily cracked such as exteriors and high traffic areas use sanded.
I use custom building products grouts 122 linen would be great product to blend with.
If you re wanting to contrast and go darker as patrick has suggested i would use 59 saddle brown.
For instance i said we used warm gray in most but not all of our spaces.