Re-grouting options

quarryman

Recently had a tiled floor laid and in hindsight made a bad choice on the colour of the grout.

I want to see if I can:

1. Paint and seal the grout to a very dark grey
OR
2. Scrape out all the old grout and replace with a very dark grey.

and also:
3. Seal the tile themselves with to give it a shinier finish.

Scraping out all the old grout is a massive job and want to consider the option of painting and sealing it.

What is my best option here?

Here's a few pics of how the tiles look when wet and dry. I much prefer the wet look and to achieve that I need to darken the grout. Also, when the tiles themselves are wet the "sheen" of them looks much better.

Wet tiles (this is the look I'm trying to achieve):





Dry tiles (how they look normally):





Comparison of wet and dry:

Joey the lips

I actually have a very very simular tile. Your grout looks grey whats the problem,

where as mine was white and it looked ****. I scrapped it and as i knew i would i chipped a couple and had to replace them. When scraping you need to get right down at the edges and deep.

2 reasons

1. You need it deep to take
2. you need to scrape the edges so when it wears down a little it wont expose the old one.

You can shine these but it will make the job of cleaning them more tedious. What i do is wash them with a mop then dey them with a dry cloth at the bottom of a brush. Mine comes up great.

quarryman

Hi joey, not sure you read my post correctly.

Your grout looks grey whats the problem,

It looks grey because it's wet, that is the look I'm trying to achieve. Notice the shot where it is wet and the background is dry.

What I also want to know is can I paint then seal the grout.

whowantstwoknow

As for removing the grout, I've used a multi-tool that has a grouting disk (like a very rough sandpaper!!) and it was an easy job to clear out the joints. Mind you, thats a bigger undertaking for your floor!!

W.