On Sun 06 Jul 2008 08:28:00a, ChattyCathy told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>>
>> What color is your tile, Cathy? In a previous home in Ohio, we had an
>> almond color ceramic tile put down by the previous owner, with no
>> spares on hand. There were a couple of tiles that had hairline cracks
>> and a couple that had tiny chips in them which revealed the darker
>> color below the almond glaze. I bought a bottle of almond colored
>> appliance touch up paint. Working very quickly I used a tiny brush to
>> force the paint into the cracks and chips, quickly wiping all excess
>> off the surface. They damages were virtually invisible unless you were
>> down on your knees looking for them. Something to consider.
>>
>
> Wayne,
>
> Our tiles in the kitchen/laundry have a sort of very light 'peachy'
> background color with patches/swirls(?) of various shades of brown in
> them. We did fill in the crack with some grouting (if that's what it's
> called?) that we tried to make the same color as the main part of the
> tile with some coloring - but like I said it still shows if you look
> closely. Irritates the cr*p outta me, because the previous owners left a
> whole bunch of other useless stuff behind in the yard and they only
> picked up some of it - sigh. A couple of spare tiles would have been a
> god-send, but I never thought to ask if they had any before they left...
> silly me.

Well, sorry. It was just a thought. :-(

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Wayne Boatwright
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