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Once you finish gluing all your glass to your picture frame or whatever project you choose.
You get to start think about grouting. The thing about grouting though, is you have to
wait twenty four hours for your adhesive to dry fully before you can grout. So, plan that
in advance if you have a time sensitive project. When you go to the hardware store you'll find
many different colors of grout, and you'll also find grout that is sanded, or non-sanded.
You want to use sanded grout. Non-sanded grout is only for grout joints that are an eighth
of an inch or less and is not useful for most mosaic projects. It's also much harder to
work with. Sanded grout is ideal for all mosaic projects. Once you think about your sanded
grout, you'll still see dozens of colors to choose from. How do you pick a color? One
thing I've done is gotten a strip of different colored grouts. Not all of these colors are
available in every hardware store, but most do have a pretty good selection. When thinking
about grout colors, you want to think about matching your glass, but not clashing with
it. And, no colors that are too bold, that will overwhelm the whole piece. You want to
think about a color that will unify the piece, not take it over. I've chosen to take this
from the hardware store, they offer them for free, so that I can use it as a direct reference
guide. One thing I find really helpful is to use this guide of grout colors and hold
it up to a finished mosaic. If you squint your eyes, you can almost tell what each color
is going to look like as a grout joint. That's going to help you determine the right color
for your project.