How do you remove white haze from tile grout?
by Jeff on Apr.27, 2008, under Bath
Hershey asked:
We recently put a porcelain tile floor in our bathroom. We used a recommended grout haze cleaner. The tiles look better but in some spots the grout turned white. Not just a little white, snow white. The grout is suppose to be green. Can anyone tell me what we are doing wrong. In spots the grout is the color it is suppose to be. I don’t want to seal the grout until the problem is fixed. It is very frustrating.
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We recently put a porcelain tile floor in our bathroom. We used a recommended grout haze cleaner. The tiles look better but in some spots the grout turned white. Not just a little white, snow white. The grout is suppose to be green. Can anyone tell me what we are doing wrong. In spots the grout is the color it is suppose to be. I don’t want to seal the grout until the problem is fixed. It is very frustrating.
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2 comments for this entry:
April 28th, 2008 on 11:35 pm
soap and water should work with a good sponge then when it dries if it’s still there buff it out with a towel and a little elbow grease
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soap and water should work with a good sponge then when it dries if it’s still there buff it out with a towel and a little elbow grease
May 1st, 2008 on 7:01 pm
Pour 1/2 cup distilled vinegar in a hand spray bottle – empty out windex out of one (save windex< pour back in when done)
Add 2 cups water to vinegar. Spray on tiles - let sit 2-3 minutes. Wipe off with soft rag. Turn rag after every 3-4 wipes. Rinse rag often. Repeat. Let grout dry before sealing -(sounds like you know that already), It could be that your haze remover product was too strong and bleached out the grout.
If so, you can either dig out the white grout or bleach it all out with the haze remover product, then take a small paint brush-artist brush and re-stain grout with a concrete stain product.
I wish I could be of more help , but if the grout is bleached out you either have ot bleach it all out, or cut it out and start over.
r>
Pour 1/2 cup distilled vinegar in a hand spray bottle – empty out windex out of one (save windex< pour back in when done)
Add 2 cups water to vinegar. Spray on tiles – let sit 2-3 minutes. Wipe off with soft rag. Turn rag after every 3-4 wipes. Rinse rag often. Repeat. Let grout dry before sealing -(sounds like you know that already), It could be that your haze remover product was too strong and bleached out the grout.
If so, you can either dig out the white grout or bleach it all out with the haze remover product, then take a small paint brush-artist brush and re-stain grout with a concrete stain product.
I wish I could be of more help , but if the grout is bleached out you either have ot bleach it all out, or cut it out and start over.