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Title: dirty grout lines
Post by wretch on Feb 16^th, 2007, 10:59pm

hi everyone

i laid 450sq porcelain tiles on my kitchen floor with a 3mm grout in pale grey.this is now staining in different areas ,is there any product that will bring the grout back to its original colour as i'm loathe to attack it with bleach and a scrubbing brush .

best regards

wretch

Title: Re: dirty grout lines
Post by jasonB on Feb 17^th, 2007, 8:20am

Once its stained with oils etc from the kitchen you won't get it back to a lighter colour.

Jason

Title: Re: dirty grout lines
Post by CWatters on Feb 20^th, 2007, 4:03pm

I'm sure Jason is right but if you want to have a go... Lithofin make a range of cleaners and grease removers. They might just be expensive soap though. If you do get the grout the right colour again try their sealer on it to keep it that way.

Title: Re: dirty grout lines
Post by Twobarrows on Mar 18^th, 2007, 12:19pm

........and if you have to scrape the grout out, grout them black nect time!
And if you need black grout & are in the Fleet area give us a shout, I have a fair amount going very cheap :-)