How to clean grout and tiles?

Tile and Grout Cleaning can be an unsightly thing to see in your floor tiles.

Even after you have mopped and scrubbed your tiles, grout can still make your floor look messy. And grout is not as easy as you would think to remove. Sure, there are some cleaning products out there that specifically help you get rid of grout in your tiles, but those products can be expensive and also really harsh. So is there some better way to take care and get rid of the grout in your floor tiles? There sure are, and this post can help you deal with the grout that you have got at home. Here are several ways that you can get rid of grout.

Mix some baking soda and vinegar

One very easy trick to removing floor tile grout is to just mix some baking soda and vinegar in a spray bottle. Baking soda can act as an abrasive and vinegar is slightly acidic, and mixing the two into equal parts causes them to react to each other. You can spray this mixture onto your floor tiles, wait a few minutes, and then scrub away to remove the grout.

Use oxygenated bleach

Using bleach is an effective way to remove grout. And floor tiles should be safe from the bleaching agent as well since most oxygenated bleach does not discolor your tiles. Its simply sodium carbonate and hydrogen peroxide. Just mix two tablespoons of this color safe bleach with two cups of water, in order to ensure that the bleach is diluted enough and safe to use on your floor tiles.

Peroxide and dish soap works too

Some dish soap and hydrogen peroxide can help you get rid of grout from your floor tiles as well. You can mix some baking soda as an abrasive to help you clean out the grout. Again, you will need to scrub the floor afterward if you really want to make the grout go away. When you apply the peroxide and dish soap, make sure to mix them into equal parts. And then just spray or pour the mixture directly onto your tiles.

These are just some ways that you can get rid of grout from your floor tiles. There is one other method that uses a steam cleaner to get rid of that grout. But if you do not have a steam cleaner you may want to just use some other kind of cleaning products. This is because a steam cleaner is very expensive. And while it does have its uses, it may not be the best piece of cleaning equipment to deal with tile grout. This is because if you use a steam cleaner to deal with grout, it may remove the glue sealant from your floor. And that will make your floor tiles get loose.

And before you use any sort of cleaning product on your floor tiles, make sure to test it out on a small patch first. This is because you will need to try and make sure that the chemicals in the product will not end up discoloring or destroying your floor tiles! If you do follow the methods for removing floor tiles in this post, you should be safe though!