Cleaning Ceramic Tile Floor

Cleaning ceramic tile floor can be easy, if you clean them regularly. It's when you don't clean them, they become a challenge to clean.

If you want to learn how to clean ceramic tile floor keep reading and we will show you how to keep your ceramic tile floor looking great.

There are many types of tile floors and different tile may require different methods.

Also, if you have a calcium based natural stone tile (e.g. marble), you have to avoid any acidic cleaner, as it can etch your tile.

In general, mopping your ceramic tile floors regularly with a neutral floor cleaner and a flat mop, will be the best and easiest way to maintain your tile floors.

If you are cleaning ceramic tile, it will be the same as cleaning porcelain tile. The difference between them is not much and you can treat them the same.

Where challenges may arise in cleaning a ceramic tile floor, is if the tile has a textured surface. Any texture on the tile, like a low spot or small indentions, can be a place where dirt can accumulate.

Also, because the grout is a low spot and if it's a sanded grout, will have some texture to it, thus a place where dirt will most likely accumulate.

Cleaning textured tile and cleaning grout will pose challenges, and may require more than just using a flat mop to keep them clean.

You may need to use a grout cleaning brush for cleaning grout and and those low spots in your tile.

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You can also scrub the tiles with a deck or grout brush making sure to clean any low areas where dirt can be trapped.

Now you can do 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 now 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 grout page with help on putting down a permanent grout sealer that will make future maintanence much easier for you.

When it comes to cleaning ceramic tile floor and grout or just 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.

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