How to Clean Tile Grout
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Home improvement expert Ron Hazelton
Home improvement expert Ron Hazelton demonstrates how to remove discolored, flaky or powdery grout from tile and apply new, fresh grout. For more videos on kitchen and bathroom tiling, visit http://www.ronhazelton.com.
Transcript:
Do you have tile grout that used to look like this, but now it looks like this? Well, your tile might be a candidate for grout refreshing.
The first step in grout refreshing is to take out the top surface of the old grout using this tool right here, called a grout saw. Here's another version right here. Either one of these will work really well. Just take out enough grout to get rid of the discoloration. Once you've scraped out all the discolored grout, the easiest way to remove the loose material is with a vacuum.
Well, there we've taken out all of the discolored grout, but now we have to replace the grout that we removed, so we get the joint full again. Now this is grout, you can buy it premixed or you can buy it in powder form and add water to it. We'll just put a little bit of this right up on the surface, like that and then we'll take this tool called a grout float. We're just going to spread this around the surface of the tile and what we're doing here is just putting the grout back into those joints. So we want to take the float and hold it, sort of flat and press down to squeeze the new grout into those joints. Once you've gotten the joints filled with grout, take the same tool and tip it up on a steep angle, about forty five degrees and drag it across the face of the tile going from corner to corner or the diagonal.
Now, once the tile has dried, you'll still find a thin film on here that can be easily taken off with a dry paper towel.
Well, there you go. Refreshed tile grout that looks as good as new because, well, I guess it is new! Now you want to let this dry for about three days and then put on a grout sealer. That'll keep it looking this way for years.
Thanks for watching!
Now for more home improvement videos and articles, check out ronhazelton.com
Transcript:
Do you have tile grout that used to look like this, but now it looks like this? Well, your tile might be a candidate for grout refreshing.
The first step in grout refreshing is to take out the top surface of the old grout using this tool right here, called a grout saw. Here's another version right here. Either one of these will work really well. Just take out enough grout to get rid of the discoloration. Once you've scraped out all the discolored grout, the easiest way to remove the loose material is with a vacuum.
Well, there we've taken out all of the discolored grout, but now we have to replace the grout that we removed, so we get the joint full again. Now this is grout, you can buy it premixed or you can buy it in powder form and add water to it. We'll just put a little bit of this right up on the surface, like that and then we'll take this tool called a grout float. We're just going to spread this around the surface of the tile and what we're doing here is just putting the grout back into those joints. So we want to take the float and hold it, sort of flat and press down to squeeze the new grout into those joints. Once you've gotten the joints filled with grout, take the same tool and tip it up on a steep angle, about forty five degrees and drag it across the face of the tile going from corner to corner or the diagonal.
Now, once the tile has dried, you'll still find a thin film on here that can be easily taken off with a dry paper towel.
Well, there you go. Refreshed tile grout that looks as good as new because, well, I guess it is new! Now you want to let this dry for about three days and then put on a grout sealer. That'll keep it looking this way for years.
Thanks for watching!
Now for more home improvement videos and articles, check out ronhazelton.com
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