Tired of your dirty dingy ceramic tile floor? Here’s our tile and grout: Cleaning tips

A floor cleaning solution is often mopped onto the floor which helps lift the dirt up from the tile and grout ready to be rinsed away.

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This is just one step of the process and is often the only step people use when cleaning their tile and grout floors. The dirt is now lifted and needs to be taken away either by a final rinse or with clean dry towel or both. If the dirt is not taken away, it just dries on the floor again right where it was in the first place. Also if the cleaning solutions used are too harsh and then not rinsed properly they can leave residues on the floor. Both these issues seem minor but when multiplied over many years this is where you get your dirty and unhealthy looking tile and grout.

Time for a professional Tile and Grout cleaning service

So now it is time to call a professional tile and grout cleaning service to fix this problem. A company like Surface Master will come to your house for a free measure and quote and at the same time do a demonstration test area. The demonstration test area is great in that it gives you an idea of the results you can expect when we come back to do a full clean. It also allows us to test the area and see what process is best for your tile and grout to get the best possible results. Surface Master will also test whether or not there is a sealer or topical treatment on your tile and grout which will affect the cleaning process and the services we offer you in our quote. After all there is no sense in paying for a sealer or topical treatment on your floor when there is already one in place.

Tile and grout cleaning maintenance

Once your tiles have been returned to their best possible condition it is important to follow a very basic tile and grout cleaning procedure so you do not get the same heavy build up that was on the tile and grout before. If you follow our simple step by step procedure the life of your freshly cleaned tile and grout will last much longer than ever before.

1) Always vacuum your entire tile floor thoroughly to remove all the loose dirt and dust before wet cleaning.

2) Using your mop or a pump up hand sprayer to apply cleaner to floor making sure your mop or micro fiber mop is rung out. A neutral cleaner of ph7 is all that is required to clean your floor, anything too harsh will leave a build up if not rinsed properly or worse damage you tile and grout.3) Take a mop, broom or microfiber mop covered with a clean dry terry towel or bath towel and dry the floor changing the terry cloth often.

4) The final step is to dry the grout lines with the mop and a clean dry terry towel. Liquids settle in the grout lines because they are slightly lower.

The problem we see with tile and grout cleaning day in and day out is the way that the cleaning has been performed over many years especially when it comes to commercial tile and grout cleaning.

Many companies now days use a steam cleaning method. This will work for most applications but not for seriously dirty tile. I hope you found these tile and grout cleaning tips useful.

By: Ashley Nelson

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