Keeping your Shower Grout Clean
Once expertly installed, repaired, cleaned, and sealed by us, here at the Grout Experts, it is vital to the condition of the grout for you to keep up with is maintenance including keeping it clean. You should be making time to pay extra attention to the condition of your gout and should clean your grout on a weekly basis. Below are some tips to help you keep your grout clean!
- Keep the fan on during and after a shower, and make sure you keep the doors open when you can. Mildew is grouts worst enemy and without proper ventilation in your bathroom, you will be providing a breeding ground for it.
- After you shower take an extra 2 minutes to wipe down the walls of your shower and the grout to prevent moisture from seeping through.
- Spray or wipe your shower down once a week with grout cleaner or baking soda, to remove and dirt and debris that might have collected there.
For tougher jobs, where the grout is extremely discolored you should call our experts. Here at the Grout Experts we can help get your shower grout back to its original color and condition!
Once expertly installed, repaired, cleaned, and sealed by us, here at the Grout Experts, it is vital to the condition of the grout for you to keep up with is maintenance including keeping it clean. You should be making time to pay extra attention to the condition of your gout and should clean your grout on a weekly basis. Below are some tips to help you keep your grout clean!
- Keep the fan on during and after a shower, and make sure you keep the doors open when you can. Mildew is grouts worst enemy and without proper ventilation in your bathroom, you will be providing a breeding ground for it.
- After you shower take an extra 2 minutes to wipe down the walls of your shower and the grout to prevent moisture from seeping through.
- Spray or wipe your shower down once a week with grout cleaner or baking soda, to remove and dirt and debris that might have collected there.
Don’t Let Mold And Mildew Take Over Your Tile
Many people incorporate tile in their household, whether it is in the kitchen or bathroom. Tile tends to be a great backsplash, as well as an ideal flooring and wall option. It makes everything look well put together and organized.
However, tile can be a tricky material to keep up with. Because tile is normally found near places with water, it has a tendency to collect mold, mildew and other buildup within the grout that holds the tile together. That is why grout maintenance is so crucial to the look and feel of your home. Letting the mold and mildew collect on your tile and grout, and not doing anything to repair and clean it, will only cause more problems in the long run.
Many people do not know the proper way to clean their tile.
The best way to clean these surfaces is to use a soft cloth and warm water. Sometimes, depending on the severity of your buildup, you may need a more stringent cleaner.
However, it is always good to start out by using the mildest of options, to try and protect the glaze on the tiles. If your tile surface isn’t glazed, you may want to consider applying a tile sealant to protect it and make it easier to clean. There are some who suggest that using vinegar on a daily basis, to clean tile, is great for its upkeep.
Vinegar may remove the residue, but it ultimately damages the surface as well as changes the color of the grout. Scrubbing lightly and progressively getting harder as needed, is the best way to get rid of that nasty residue.
If you are having issues with your tile and grout cleaning, check into all of the solutions you can test out to rid your home and your life of the persistent mold and mildew. Your tile is not going to take care of itself so don’t wait another day in keeping your home looking the best it can look.
How to avoid mildew in your bathroom?
- You must to have a good exhaust fan in your bathroom. If you have fog on your mirror this means that your exhaust fan is not powerful enough. There is a simple way to know if your exhaust fan is activated: take a toilet paper and put this on your exhaust fan and if toilet paper still hanging it’s good! Let 15 minutes after your shower
- Don’t clean if your bathroom isn’t dirty or just clean where there are dirty.
- Don’t use harsh chemicals product, they degrades your grout
- Dry your tiles after shower.
- Seal one a year.
Mold health effects: runny nose, sneezing, coughing, congestion, aggravation of asthma, sore throat or inflammation of the sinus.
| You need: - Clean sponge - a trowel - a bucket - Baking Soda and hot water - Dose: 6 cups for 2 cups of hot water |
1- Moisten your grout
2- Create a paste by mixing baking soda and hot water
3- Apply the paste on grout with a trowel and let stand a few moments
4- Finally, remove the dough with damp sponge and with circular motion rub tiles and let dry.
4- Finally, remove the dough with damp sponge and with circular motion rub tiles and let dry.
- There are others ways to clean your grout but The Grout Expert doesn’t practice because it’s dangerous for your grout:
→ Steam cleaning 
With over ten years of grout cleaning experience, The Grout Expert have discovered several reasons that steam cleaning is not an ideal way to treat grout and tile:
- It can be too aggressive for grout that is less than a year old
- It can cause significant damage to the materials, including removing grout or loosening tiles
- It may void your manufacturer’s overall warranty
In addition, the chemicals used in typical grout steam cleaning are also problematic:
- They’re too strong for newly installed grout and grout’s tiles that install on subfloor
- They can extract pigments, which often modify the grout’s color
- They may void your grout’s color warranty
Given these issues, we strongly recommend that customers utilize our hand grout and tile cleaning process. It’s safer for your grout, now and in the future, and for you and your family.
Many people do not know the proper way to clean their tile. The best way to clean these surfaces is to use a soft cloth and warm water. Sometimes, depending on the severity of your buildup, you may need a more stringent cleaner. Or else ask the cleaning services like tile grout cleaning in Horry SC.
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