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Cleaning Tile?
Posted on 5/2/14 at 9:13 am
Posted on 5/2/14 at 9:13 am
I need to clean a tile countertop and then re-grout and seal it.
Anyone done this before and have any suggestions? I was looking at steam cleaning it first, but I was trying to rent the steamer instead of paying a lot to have someone else do it.
The re-grouting and sealing is the easy part I think.
Anyone done this before and have any suggestions? I was looking at steam cleaning it first, but I was trying to rent the steamer instead of paying a lot to have someone else do it.
The re-grouting and sealing is the easy part I think.
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Posted on 5/2/14 at 9:21 am to eng08
Muriatic acid diluted w/ 5 parts water, an acid scrub brush and an elbow. The first two can be picked up at your local hardware store. Your old lady should have the elbow. 
Posted on 5/2/14 at 9:21 am to eng08
How dirty? Acid will clean the grout...
Posted on 5/2/14 at 9:33 am to wickowick
Pretty old and dirty countertop. I think it really just needs a little regrouting and sealing.
I might just pick up some softscrub and layer that down. I also have some hull cleaner with salacylic acid in it.
I might just pick up some softscrub and layer that down. I also have some hull cleaner with salacylic acid in it.
Posted on 5/2/14 at 9:37 am to eng08
I have seen home with tile floor underwater with lots of crap be cleaned with muriatic acid...
Posted on 5/2/14 at 9:42 am to eng08
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Pretty old and dirty countertop. I think it really just needs a little regrouting and sealing.
Muriatic acid is really what you need to use to get it clean. Also, regrouting won't be as simple as putting new grout over old grout. It won't be deep enough to hold and the new will just pop out. You will need to get a small grinder with a diamond wheel or some sort of Dremel tool with a masonry blade to get the old grout out.
Posted on 5/2/14 at 9:46 am to LSUballs
I have a dremel that plugs in so I may just need to get the masonry bits.
I only intend to regrout a few spots where the grout has already broken out. I will seal the whole thing.
I only intend to regrout a few spots where the grout has already broken out. I will seal the whole thing.
Posted on 5/2/14 at 9:55 am to eng08
To detour the thread, what is best to remove latex paint drips from travertine, and what that looks like grout could be used to fill in a small hole where a tile end cracked off? It needs to be more rigid than grout, as my repair attempts prior have cracked. There were so many good responses, I thought I would give it a try...
Posted on 5/2/14 at 10:03 am to Butch Baum
Go buy some polishing steel wool for that paint on the tile. When you rub it to get it off it will not gouge it.
Posted on 5/2/14 at 10:19 am to eng08
They sell this little tile grout scraper for around $10. It has a metal triangular shaped tip. I used it to loosen up the grout on some broken tiles that I was replacing. You could grab one of those and just scrape down into it a good bit then regrout it. It was pretty fast too.
Posted on 5/2/14 at 11:31 am to LSUballs
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Muriatic acid diluted w/ 5 parts water, an acid scrub brush and an elbow. The first two can be picked up at your local hardware store. Your old lady should have the elbow.
this works marvelous
Posted on 5/2/14 at 2:34 pm to eng08
Grout works.com
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