I've got most of the grease/grime off a tiled kitchen (not ours, I hasten to add!) but the grout is in pretty poor condition with grease and food/spices staining it.
Anyone able to suggest an easy/quick (probably mutually exclusive but I can dream!) way to get the grout back to how it was?
TIA
Get a tile grout scraping out tool, scrape it out and regrout it?
I was trying to avoid that and was hoping that someone would come up with a magic liquid like what you see on telly: sprinkle 5 drops on a cloth, wave the cloth in the general direction of the tiles and they sprout little golden stars which go 'ting'!
No?
Seconded. For "grout scraping out tool" read suitably sized flat bladed screwdriver used edge on. Done many this way over the years.
Before going the re-grout route, try some ordinary household bleach on an old toothbrush and give it a good scrub. I redid a whole bathroom like that in a couple of hours, and I had anticipated needing to regrout it.
If you do go for a re-grout, give the new grout a coat of Lithofin Grout Protector once its done. That will make it much more stain resistant in the future.
On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:00:23 +0100, F had this to say:
Angle grinder.
On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:50:08 +0100, F had this to say:
WD-40 of course...
Almost. Give it a quick clean then a quick scrape over the grout lines, just enough to bare some degree of grout. Now apply fresh tile grout, smoothing it down with a sponge etc, creating a new very thin layer on top of the old. Despite being a horrible bodge it seems to work ok.
NT
Possibly dishwasher detergent, followed by household bleach. The two may react nastily and poisonously, so rinse well.
Thomas Prufer
Rock on brother...
Angle grinder any use?
Angle grinder on grouted tile tends to cause burning. Once did it to clean up a tile that couldnt be replaced.
NT
Is that an angle grinder with a thin blade?
MBQ
Another job for Mr Multimaster...
Steady!
Fein Multimaster (or clone) with a carbide or diamond segment blade makes de-grouting easy.
Don't know about the Fein, but the Bosch carbide blade is rather thick & can't be used on narrow grouting without damage to the tiles.
Think Tipp-Ex
Derek
One needs to check first obviously - but its ok on 3mm lines.
For a comparison against a 2p, see:
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