Products for Cleaning Ceramic Tile Grout

RE: Products for Cleaning Ceramic Tile Grout Post By Lynda (Guest Post) (12/19/2007) Is there a strong battery scrubber for the baking soda and bleach paste? My tile grout is yellowed, over 30 yrs. Old in our shower, not mildewed, just yellowed around a million tiny white square tiles so i need an electric scrubber. Help! RE: Products for Cleaning Ceramic Tile Grout Post By LeAnn (Guest Post) (12/13/2007) We have had your problem and finally after trying many different techiques and products, found one that works. It's called Finazzle Bathroom Grout Cleaner but it works wonders on ceramic tile. You can get it at www.finazzle.com Great product..easy..quick..and really works! RE: Products for Cleaning Ceramic Tile Grout Post By danielle (Guest Post) (12/13/2007) I have also tried everything on my white bathroom grout. Finally I applied a paste of plain baking soda and household bleach applied to just the grout, allowed it to dry then scrubbed it off with an old toothbrush. It worked great, better than our scunci steamer, some areas needed two treatments. RE: Products for Cleaning Ceramic Tile Grout Post by Dorianne (2) | (12/13/2007) Contact I used this method on ceramic bathroom tiles. it was hard work but worth it. Make a paste of toothpaste and bleach and scrub the dirty grouting with this applied on old toothbrushes. The result was excellent. There were some places that didn't respond so those I camouflaged with white latex paint, applied with a child's paintbrush. RE: Products for Cleaning Ceramic Tile Grout Post by Debbie52 (887) | (12/13/2007) Profile | Contact My husband just did the back-breaking job of cleaning all the grout on my kitchen and eating area tile floor. First he used a hand-held steamer machine which was time-consuming because it only holds so much water and you have to wait a 1/2 before you can add more water (atleast w/the machine I have)....that worked pretty good but in some areas the light colored grout still looked stained/dirty. I tried some Clorox clean-up spray cleaner on it and then used an old electric toothbrush to brush it and then wipe with an old towel. This method worked very good so I showed hubby. He then went back over all the grout with the spray cleaner and toothbrush and now it looks almost new again. it was hard work but I'm sure saved us a lot of money over hiring it done. Our tile is only 2 yrs old and hubby did put a sealer on it but what we didn't know is the sealer has to be periodically reapplied and it wears off quickly just when you clean your floor. I'm not sure if he will go to the trouble of sealing it again and we just might now try to keep the grout cleaner and work on the high traffic areas when we see them getting stained. We especially had bad areas around the kitchen table. I love my tile and the color of the grout; however if this becomes too much a problem, I'll hire someone to re-color the grout to a dark color and avoid going through this. RE: Products for Cleaning Ceramic Tile Grout Post by dpcw (127) | (12/13/2007) Profile | Contact Sorry I just noticed how you spell your name. That is how I spell Pattie also. You don't find many people that spell their name that way. RE: Products for Cleaning Ceramic Tile Grout Post by dpcw (127) | (12/13/2007) Profile | Contact I used my Scunci? steamer on the bathroom floor tiles where I work. It took a long time because the steamer can only use 11 oz of water at a time but it looked wonderful when it was done. The grout on these tiles were caked with dirt that the steamer just shot up out of there. Then I used an old towel to wipe up the dirt chunks. The best part about it was there was no chemicals involved just very hot water. If you don't have a steamer I would try to pour heated water on them and the carefully use a nylon bristled brush to scrub the grout. I think you would be surprised how well just the hot water works.