hi chaps, got a kitchen to grout in black, any brands to avoid, and which will dry the best, i mean not patchy cheers Neil.

Don't use BAL then....



Problems with BAL charcoal grouts

I have only used mapei Ultracolor Plus in black. I got good results.

Originally Posted by grumpygrouter

I have only used mapei Ultracolor Plus in black. I got good results.

Same here, great stuff... but black grout does demand clean working....harder to clean up than white...

Black grout,you gotta love the stuff, on your skin,under your nails does a lovely job on your sponges/washboy.

Originally Posted by Rad2474

Black grout,you gotta love the stuff, on your skin,under your nails does a lovely job on your sponges/washboy.

marigold gloves do a good job of preventing that......

as above mapei Ultracolor Plus it is anti Efflorescence and fast setting

Originally Posted by Rad2474

Black grout,you gotta love the stuff, on your skin,under your nails does a lovely job on your sponges/washboy.

seperate grouting kit for the "devils" colour lol!
probably use mapei as bal can sometimes dry a bit patchy!

as said above mapei black ultracolour,mix exactly as instructed to avoid any mishaps.Wear protective gloves or have bogging black hands for a week.Mask the surrounding walls at floor level for obvious reasons.And if using washboy then be prepared to purchase another sponge.All the best..personally i dont like working with the black grout as it gets EVERYWHERE.

Hate the stuff. hate it, hate it!

This makes me laugh about something my dad did, he wanted to do a bit of touch up and repair grouting on his floor at his new house, floor was grouted in black. He did not seem to want to wait until I could get time to do for him. He happened to have some white grout, so did it in white then after it had set used black boot polish to colour it !

Originally Posted by Leatherface

This makes me laugh about something my dad did, he wanted to do a bit of touch up and repair grouting on his floor at his new house, floor was grouted in black. He did not seem to want to wait until I could get time to do for him. He happened to have some white grout, so did it in white then after it had set used black boot polish to colour it !

Fair do's - did it work? But LF, that new photo of your's it's got to go!!!!

nick ..of course it never worked...lets talk sense m8.

Originally Posted by brian c

nick ..of course it never worked...lets talk sense m8.

No course it didn't work ! But the grout buffed up to a lovely shine !!

I had to take it all out and re-do His impatience cost me double the time !

Originally Posted by Mosaic Girl

Fair do's - did it work? But LF, that new photo of your's it's got to go!!!!

Got the impression you were all sick of seeing my ugly mug !!

Originally Posted by brian c

nick ..of course it never worked...lets talk sense m8.

Well, you never know.. I remember when we were little and my dad ran out of silicone or the then equivalent to seal around the bath he made my brother and me chew lots of chewing gum to put in instead! My mother, a pharmacist, was horrified and made him take it all out again - but it did work a treat for that week...