My Father In Law accidently spilled vinegar on their tile while mixing Easter Egg dyes. My MIL was so excited how it cleaned up her grout that she spent the rest of the day pouring vinegar on the rest of the counter tops... worth a try!
nope, doesn't work here. again...white tile counters with white grout = soft scrub with bleach
I used Magic Erasers on the grout of my floor tiles in the kitchen and it worked great! Got rid of 7 years worth of the previous owner's crud!
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I have good results with borax. Make a paste with borax and white vinegar, let it sit for awhile (I let it sit until just as it starts to dry out) and scrub with a stiff bristle brush. I also use borax to clean tomato sauce and other stains from my plastic food containers, and in my laundry instead of bleach and as a stain spot pre-treater. Its great stuff.
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I just did this before the home tour last month. Basically, I dumped bleach all over the floor, let it sit for an hour or so (open the windows!) and then wiped it up with a big towel. It didn't take much effort on my part (no real scrubbing) and I got to smell bleach (a favorite smell) for days!
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Which reminds me: In our last house we painted the grout gray when we redid the bathroom. There is this special grout stuff that paints and seals at one time. I think there were only 5 or so colors, but it worked really well!
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Which reminds me: In our last house we painted the grout gray when we redid the bathroom. There is this special grout stuff that paints and seals at one time. I think there were only 5 or so colors, but it worked really well!
Do you have a link to this stuff? That is what I need! My upstairs bath has grey grout but the downstairs has white.
There are grout color changing pens either at home depot or menards. I work in construction and jsut used some on a clients floor. She had the tile put in and picked out the grout, she decided it was too light for the entry way, I went to menards and they had some. It worked great and it's easy to do. (I love working non traditional jobs!) Also they are fairly cheap.
I got a shark steam cleaner on Overstock in February and it made my grout look brand new again. I haven't done my whole floor yet because its LOUD and scares Jonas. But it worked awesome!
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