You might have tile floors or have to deal with kitchen floor stains. Either way, the grout between your tile floors can get grody really quickly. Therefore, it can be tough to know exactly how to clean it. However, you will be able to have cleaner floors with some cleaning solutions and some good old fashioned elbow grease. Before you know it, your tile’s grout will look brand new. 

Why Does Grout Get So Dirty?

In order to choose the best grout cleaner, you will need to know how tile grout gets dirty. In your bathroom, it is usually mold and mildew that causes your tile grout to become dirty. Grout stains in the kitchen could be caused by traffic in the household, mildew and food stains. When you first start cleaning tile grout stains, first use the run-of-the-mill acidic household cleaners. Then move up to harsher chemical cleaners if you don’t succeed in getting rid of the stains. 

What Are Your Options For Cleaning Grout?

Some stains can be cleaned with simple household cleaners like baking soda or vinegar. These grout cleaning tips will let you clean stains with either equal parts vinegar and water, or a mixture of baking soda and water. 

Put the mixture on a small section of grout and clean it with a small brush. You can also use a toothbrush. To rid your floor of more dirt, scrub in circles as opposed to an up and down motion. Rinse with water, then mop up the remaining moisture with paper towels or a clean sponge. 

Other Grout Cleaning Tips

• Commercial Cleaners
  If you used baking soda, vinegar, or household cleaners without success, the next step is to use commercial tile grout cleaners. You can buy them wherever you purchase home cleaning items. Make sure that you find a cleaner that is pH balanced so that the grout isn’t eroded after many uses.
• Generic Cleaners
  Cleaners such as Lysol, Mr. Cleaner and powder-based cleaners can be very effective in cleaning grout. You can also hire a tile cleaning service to clean your floors with a steam cleaner.
• Heavy Duty Cleaners
  If using commercial grout cleaners don’t help, you can use hydrogen peroxide, oxygen bleach powder, or chlorine bleach. Make sure that you dilute them before use. Alternatively, you can hire the services of a tile cleaning service to do the heavy duty work for you.

If the idea of getting on your hands and knees and cleaning your floors all day fills you with dread, call or email our floor cleaner company to see how we can improve your home. The technicians at our floor cleaner company are punctual, efficient and well-trained, so call us to see how our technicians will change the look of your floors.