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  1. #1
    BellyBelly Member

    Mar 2007
    Perth
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    Cleaning tiles & grout

    We are having our wedding at our place in a couple of weeks and my tiles are looking pretty grotty. The grout seems to be fairly ingrained with dirt, mainly due to us walking in & out tending to the garden! Is there any way of cleaning it myself so it looks half decent? I got a professional quote and he wanted $500!!

  2. #2
    Registered User

    Jul 2006
    Melbourne
    4,895

    I tried to scrub ours with a stiff scrubbing brush and bleach, it come up ok but not brand new. Otherwise if you have the time and inclination you could re-grout the tiles yourself. You can get the stuff from a hardware place. My gf did it and it looked great but she said it took ages to do.....

  3. #3
    Registered User

    Jan 2005
    Down by the ocean
    6,110

    Domestos and a scouring pad A bit of work involved but tackle it one section at a time and it will come up great.

  4. #4
    BellyBelly Member

    Mar 2007
    Perth
    2,088

    Ohhh how fun...not. LOL looks like I'll have to do it the hard way. Thanks girls

  5. #5
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    Jun 2003
    Ubiquity
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    The grout gel bleach, the tiles windex And use a terry flat or a torn up old towel for the windex.
    Last edited by Rouge; February 20th, 2009 at 06:10 PM.

  6. #6
    Registered User

    Feb 2009
    In the poor house...
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    Smile

    I was once told by a tiler to use vinegar to clean tiles etc (add some water )

    Vinegar from memory is fairly cheap.

    It might be worth giving it a try.