Tile Grout - It's A "Piece of Cake Part 3

              3. Use a darker grout color! I don't care what kind of sealer that you use or even what kind of grout, it is virtually impossible to keep bright white floor grout white. Just as it's easier to keep a chocolate cake clean as opposed to a white one a grout that is at least a shade or two darker than the color of the tile will be easier to maintain.

              4. Use a stone or mottled colored tile or marble. Even when the world is perfect and the grout has been properly manufactured by the manufacturer and properly mixed and applied by the installer, it will then have a uniform color like the uniform color of a plain tile--for about a month! Since grout is a rough surface as compared to tile, even in the best of circumstances it will have a change of appearance due to wear and tear and the factors of everyday use. As the grout ages there will be changes in it's appearance. Tile does not generally change very much at all over time. So as time passes the grout color which may have perfectly matched the tile will move away from the tile color.

              If you start out with a mottled colored tile it will look different than it's surrounding grout - for about a month! As the grout ages it will take up the mottling color of the tile and the floor will grow toward the same coloration over time.

              5. Use bigger tile! Over 50% of our floor tile and over 20% of our wall tiles that are sold or 16x16 or larger. Bigger tiles mean less busy areas with less grout lines. It not only makes the area look bigger but you have substantially less grout!

           Tile Grout Part 4 - Continued