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How to Clean Ceramic Tile and Grout with Great Results!
Learn how to clean ceramic tile and grout and achieve great results.
When we first starting cleaning tile and grout, we had no problem
cleaning the tile, it was the grout that always gave us problems.
We started to research and experiment with different cleaners to find
out what would make cleaning tile and grout easier.
The first thing we learned, was good ol'fashion elbow grease
would always be needed. That sucks! but we did learn how to clean grout
with much better results by using high akaline cleaners.
Also, the
longer we let the akaline cleaners dwell, the better results we saw.
The longer the solution sat, the more it emulsified the dirt and grease.
We have found that most grout can be cleaned to about 85% to it's
natural color, with the other 15% showing stains or some sort of
discoloration possibly from bleaching or grout discoloration from the
installation.
Along with the many different cleaners available you can easily make
your own homemade
grout cleaner that will clean just fine.
How to Clean Ceramic Tile
After making your own grout cleaner or buying your favorite grout
cleaner apply the solution to the tile and grout.
You can also use any household cleaners like simple green or pinesol.
They clean grout great if you follow these simple steps.
This is alway been the hardest part for me and that is to let the
solution dwell for 20-30 minutes. I always want to start scrubbing
right away. Allowing for dwell time makes the scrubbing a little bit
easier.
Ready? Now for the scrubbing. Using your grout brush, scrub
all the grout lines, the best you can being careful not to damage the
baseboards with too much water or banging them with the brush.
You can also scrub the tiles with a deck brush making sure to clean any
low areas where dirt can be trapped.
Now you can two either of two things; you can use a wet/dry
vacumm to suck up the dirty solution, or use a mop to mop it up. After
the dirty solution has been either mopped or sucked up, it's now time
to rinse the floor with warm water.
After the floor has been thoroughly rinsed, dry the tile and grout with
cotton cloths, until they are completely dry.
You should know have a pretty clean floor, with the exception of any
stubborn grout stains, that sometimes can't be removed.
You are now ready to seal the grout lines which we recommend to
be done once the floor is completely dry. For more on sealing grout,
see our colorsealing
page
with help on putting down a permanent grout sealer that will make
future maintanence much easier for you.
Once you know how to clean ceramic tile and do it from time to time,
you will eventually get tired of it and look for an easier way to keep
it clean. Check out the colorsealing page
and discover what you should have done long ago.
When it comes to how to clean ceramic tile or
maintaining
natural
stone, we strive to help educate our customers on the best protection
they can have, helping them save time and money in costly restoration
costs down the road.
We are located in San Jose, but often find ourselves cleaning natural
stone and ceramic tile and grout throughout the Bay Area.
Want to know more about our services and how we can help you with grout
cleaning and natural stone give us a call
408-998-8781
we'd love to come by and see how we can help you.
Bay
Area Cities we
Proudly Serve!
We are located at:
341 S.20th Street
San Jose, CA, 95116
Here is a partial list of some of the cities we serve:
Aptos, Atherton, Belmont, Blackhawk, Campbell,
Capitola,
Cupertino, Danville, Dublin, East Palo Alto, Felton, Gilroy, Half Moon
Bay, Hayward, Hillsborough, La Honda, Livermore, Los Altos, Los Altos
Hills, Los Gatos, Menlo Park, Milpitas, Monet Sereno, Monte Vista,
Morgan Hill, Mountain View, Newark, Palo Alto, Pleasanton, Portola
Valley, San Carlos, San Jose, San Martin, San Mateo, San Ramon, Santa
Clara, Santa Cruz,
Saratoga, Scotts Valley, Stanford, Sunnyvale, Sunol, Union City, West
Menlo Park and Woodside.
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