OT: Grout cleaners

[bdgan]

My tile grout has darkened over the years. I could hire a carpet and upholstery cleaning company to steam clean them but I'm curious if anybody has experience with equipment like this that you can purchase for about $150. Do they do a good job cleaning grout?

Amazon product ASIN B0000DF0RB

 

[Obliviax]

my wife uses this with a little elbo grease (hard brush)

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[anacreon3]

My tile grout has darkened over the years. I could hire a carpet and upholstery cleaning company to steam clean them but I'm curious if anybody has experience with equipment like this that you can purchase for about $150. Do they do a good job cleaning grout?

Go to Harbor Freight and get their steam cleaner for $100.00... you can always find a coupon for 20-25% off, so it will only cost around $80.00. This is what I use to clean grout and it does an excellent job.

Here's the Steam Cleaner:
https://www.harborfreight.com/1500-watt-steam-cleaner-kit-63042.html

Here's a 20% off coupon:
http://www.hfqpdb.com/coupons/20_percent_off_1505402191.9807.jpg[/QUOTE]

 

[BriarwoodBash]

My tile grout has darkened over the years. I could hire a carpet and upholstery cleaning company to steam clean them but I'm curious if anybody has experience with equipment like this that you can purchase for about $150. Do they do a good job cleaning grout?

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Seal it after it’s clean and it will delay the need to clean it again. If you reseal every yr or other yr, depending on use, you may not have to clean again.

 

[Pinkhippo PeanutButter]

Nothing beats bakingsoda & water mixed into a paste like toothpaste. spoon onto grout. Let it sit for 15 minutes. Scrub with an old toothbrush. It turns white fast.

Seal with the best grout sealer you can get afterwards. (its expensive). Seal again (so seal two times).

Then Seal every 2 years.

 

[PeetzPoolBoy]

My tile grout has darkened over the years. I could hire a carpet and upholstery cleaning company to steam clean them but I'm curious if anybody has experience with equipment like this that you can purchase for about $150. Do they do a good job cleaning grout?

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Go rent a commercial steam tile cleaner from Home Depot. It should look this

https://www.homedepot.com/tool-truck-rental/mobile/Tile-Grout-Steam-Cleaner/13070/index.html

 

[FLLION]

Ok, so I am pretty cheap...

but I get an empty dish detergent container...put bleach in it and squirt that along the grout seam and use a scrub brush..you can clean a lot of the floor in no time..let the bleach sit for a while..quick, cheap easy.

 

[SEIKO]

Here’s your solution: bleach and comet. Use a firm brush like a dish brush. It. Will. Work.

Had dirty unsealed grout that didn’t respond to anything. This concoction cleaned it. I problem.

 

[Art]

Here’s your solution: bleach and comet. Use a firm brush like a dish brush. It. Will. Work.

Had dirty unsealed grout that didn’t respond to anything. This concoction cleaned it. I problem.

Bleach will certainly clean your grout. It will also, over time, destroy it and anything on which the tile is mounted.

 

[Art]

Nothing beats bakingsoda & water mixed into a paste like toothpaste. spoon onto grout. Let it sit for 15 minutes. Scrub with an old toothbrush. It turns white fast.

Seal with the best grout sealer you can get afterwards. (its expensive). Seal again (so seal two times).

Then Seal every 2 years.

Substitute hydrogen peroxide for the water and mix in a little dishwashing liquid and you have a better cleaning compound.

 

[rivalion]

Nothing beats bakingsoda & water mixed into a paste like toothpaste. spoon onto grout. Let it sit for 15 minutes. Scrub with an old toothbrush. It turns white fast.

Seal with the best grout sealer you can get afterwards. (its expensive). Seal again (so seal two times).

Then Seal every 2 years.

Do you have a Grout Sealer that you would recommend?

 

[Pinkhippo PeanutButter]

Substitute hydrogen peroxide for the water and mix in a little dishwashing liquid and you have a better cleaning compound.

That's true. Especially 3% hydrogen peroxide vs the .5% available at most stores. Can get it at Sallys beauty supply & the like.

But I'm cheap & water seems to work

 

[Aardvark86]

This has the potential to be the most enthralling thread in the history of the McAndrew Board.

 

[Pinkhippo PeanutButter]

Do you have a Grout Sealer that you would recommend?

At home depot they have like 3 or four grades. The priciest was $100 a gallon. Next was $80. I use the $80 and it seems ok.

I wish I had appreciated the importance of sealing years ago.

Very expensive but a gallon goes a long way.

 

[lionville]

You can always rip the grout out and re-grout with new stuff that does not need to be sealed.

 

[Talpsu]

My tile grout has darkened over the years. I could hire a carpet and upholstery cleaning company to steam clean them but I'm curious if anybody has experience with equipment like this that you can purchase for about $150. Do they do a good job cleaning grout?

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I have a handheld one like that. I believe it is a shark brand. Ive used bleach, baking soda, peroxide and everything else but so far that steamer thing has been the absolute BEST and EASIEST. It does take time and you need to basiclly get on your hands and knees and go over each line. Sometimes a few times but it absolutely works. It it also less labor intensive than the other methods mentioned above. Mine does come with a little brush that attaches to the nozzle and that helps but Im sure you can use any brush. One trick I did learn was to go only in one direction instead of back and forth. Going in one direction basically pushes the dirt like you are pressure washing.