Hot or Not? Dazzle Glowing Grout

"High-end" and "designer's dream" are terms Laticrete uses to describe their Dazzle grout additive. It actually makes the grout glow in the dark. We definitely think grout joints are a weird thing to highlight like this, but maybe that's just us. You can read more on Dazzle at Architectural Record.

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Not really my thing.. but unique..

And what happens over time.. you better keep that grout VERY clean if you want it to keep glowing evenly.

I think it could be hot, but seriously, it has to absolutely repel dirt in a Teflon-esque kind of way, or it is going to take about 4.5 seconds to look absolutely intolerable.

This is something that should only be sold to you if you can prove that you have an escrow account that holds the amount of money that it will take to re-do your kitchen with other grout before you attempt to sell it. It should be a government-regulated "controlled substance".

THOSE are the conditions under which I clicked my "hot" choice.

What Curtis said.

In the public restroom of a quirky, high-end hotel, I can see this being amusing in a "Marge, you won't believe what they did in the restroom!" way. Not in my home, where counters are expected to sit quietly under objects and not hassle me.

I just discovered this stuff yesterday!

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Would be great for an interior designed to be a tribute to the 80's movie Tron!

I haven't looked at any of the professional opinions on this stuff yet but I think it would be pretty cool in glass tile applications. It seems like the standard grout choices in bathrooms for instance are white or gray. Everybody knows how "easy" it is to keep white grout clean. Gray is a nice alternative because it won't show dirt as much. But blue glass tile and blue grout makes sense to me. Or yellow tile and yellow grout. It definitely seems like it lends itself to modern applications more so than the one in the picture above. I'm not much of a fusion fan when it comes to certain styles.

I loved Tron! Then again, I was 12 years old when it came out, and now that I've grown up, seeing a glowing grid every morning might not have the same radical effect that it did back in the day. My guess is that after a week, I'd be bored with it. Colored grout is one thing, but this stuff is like glow-in-the-dark makeup or neon hair: cute for a party, bad for day-to-day reality. Next?

Magnaverde.

...Or perhaps a nice accent in the Vanilla Ice estate?

Ugh, in the picture that color looks like painter's tape.

Ok in a restaurant or hotel bathroom.

Not to mention the brass fixtures! ugh!

I'm sure there is someone who could use this to its full advantage, and make something remarkable. That person is not me, and that something is not in my home.

if I had kids...and a kids' bathroom, I think it would be fun with stick-on stars on the ceiling...but otherwise...

I think it actually looks cute in the photo, but I agree completely with Curtis above, in voting "Hot" with a shovelful of salt.

I think it looks horrible in the above picture with that granite tile, but maybe it could be interesting with the right colored ceramic tile.

Seems perfect for a McMansion with a chromatherapy bath tub...

"Better nouveau than not riche at all." - John Delorean

Square white tiles, glow in the dark blue lines... Sixties design is back - so why not hallucinate graph paper?

It's a little like going for a manicure and just getting your cuticles painted.