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Grout Cleaning
I know someone did this recently with Baking Soda and Vinegar I think. Does this work? How exactly do you do this? My grout on my bathroom floor looks like it has never been cleaned. I have tried everything (Zap, Tilex, Mr. Clean Magic Eraser) and I am fed up and grossed out by it's yellow appearance. I want to tackle this this weekend since I am actually off after working two straight weekends in this heat. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. TIA!
Re: Grout Cleaning
I did this a few weeks ago. I didn't measure I just made sure the mixture was gritty. I scrubbed it with a scrub brush and it did a good job but there is still some grout that is just stained. I would do it again if it needed a heavy cleaning but I'll stick with my Seventh Generation spray for my regular cleaning.
I will add I do not have a window in my bathroom and the smell of the vinegar almost knocked me out. I even added some lemon juice to see if that would cut the odor and it didn't.
We have sand color grout it makes life so much easier.
But we scrub with a sandy gritty mixture.
Thanks for the advice! It is the plain old white grout. Since the tiles are pink and my husband hates them as it is, I am just grateful they didn't decide to use the pink grout. lol It is bad enough that the wall tiles are Pepto Bismol pink and the previous owners decided to paint the walls to match. Needless to say, the walls are no longer the same color of the tile.
We did attempt to regrout the floor. I think instead of cleaning the grout, they just kept regrouting. Therefore, the new grout wouldn't take, since there are so many layers of it. It is now a lovely shade of yellow. Since we have the small "pinwheel" mosaic tiles from the 1950s on the floor, I am not about to scrape up grout from over a hundred little tiles. I realize it won't be snow white, but right now, I am just looking for improvement.
We have the sanded grout in our shower. I am not a big fan.
I just did this too. Our grout, no joke, was brown/black and it started ivory/sand colored.
I bought a handheld grout brush from target and did baking soda and vinegar. It was a mess. I read you are supposed to combine the two to make a paste. It was great for removing stains and you could literally see the dirt come off with a quick scrub. But afterwards, it was a disaster trying to get all of the baking soda up on off the floor and took 4-5 mops. Some of the tile still looks white in some places with powder residue, but I'd rather that than the dirty disgusting brown it was before. Overall, it made a huge difference though and I still look down at my kitchen floor and find it hard to believe it's the same.
I have to do my bathroom yet, so I'll probably try the hydrogen peroxide mixture per Erbur.
If I did the kitchen again, I would probably call a professional