Grout for bathroom floor tiles?

[Night Elf]

School has been keeping me super busy and I miss being on this board! But I"m wondering if anyone knows how I can change the grout on the tile floor in my bathroom? IT's yuck! I've tried chiseling with some special tool, but it will take me at least a year at that rate! :tongue_smilie: Is there anything I can do rather than taking a sledge hammer to it and replacing the whole floor?

[Teachin'Mine]

It is a slow process, but a dremel tool would make it go faster than doing it manually. If it's not sealed, have you tried bleaching it? If you continue removing it and replace it, you may want to consider a slightly darker grout so staining isn't as noticeable.

[MBM]

School has been keeping me super busy and I miss being on this board! But I"m wondering if anyone knows how I can change the grout on the tile floor in my bathroom? IT's yuck! I've tried chiseling with some special tool, but it will take me at least a year at that rate! :tongue_smilie: Is there anything I can do rather than taking a sledge hammer to it and replacing the whole floor?

 

I successfully painted two bathroom floors' ugly, dark grout a lighter color -- gray and beige -- using grout paint (colorant). It probably won't withstand cleaning with a scrub brush, but mine held up well with a wet rag and water. I found the stuff at a local hardware. Cheap and easy to use.

 

The trick was to use a brush about the width of the grout line and cut the hairs off by half so it would be stubby-ish. Then, I painted on a coat, let it dry a bit, and removed the paint that got on the edges of the tiles with a slightly damp rag. I worked a few feet at a time applying two coats altogether.

 

I'd say it took about 20 hours tops, but it looked sooo much nicer and cleaner afterward.

[Night Elf]

I have 2 bathrooms, both have the same floor. I did paint the grout in one bathroom and it looks okay, but before I attempted that in the next bathroom, I thought I'd find out if there was a way to just change the grout. We've been in this house for 5 years but I wonder if the bathroom floor is original. Our house is 10 years old.

 

I'm also going to reface the cabinets. I tried painting one using primer and paint and I just really don't like the look of painted cabinets. I tried a cheap brush, an expensive brush and a sponge brush and they all leave lines. Yuck.