Using Mosaic Tile Grout

Video Transcript

"You'll find grout at any hardware store. You'll find sanded and non-sanded grout. Sanded grout is good for almost every mosaic project. The theory is, as long as your grout joints are more than a quarter inch apart, then you'll want to use sanded grout. Non-sanded grout is only for an eighth inch and less, which is almost no project you're ever going to work on. It's a much more difficult grout to work with and we'd highly recommend sanded grout for any grouting project that you do with mosaics. Once you've decided to use sanded grout, you want to start thinking about color. I have a color chart here of about thirty different grout colors. Not all hardware stores carry all of these colors, but some carry close to all these colors. Well that's a lot to choose from. So things you want to think about are does the color match your tiles? Does it make your tiles stick out or blend together? Black and white are very common colors to choose, but aren't always the best choice because they're so bold. Sometimes they make your tiles stick out in a way you don't want them to instead of blending your tiles together for a unified whole. One thing you can do is pick up one of these free grout color charts at a hardware store, take it home, and hold it up to your finished piece. If you squint your eyes a little, you can kind of see what each color grout would look like with all of your tiles and in between your whole piece, and it gives you a much better idea of what the grout will look like."