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Stop tiles going chalky
A quick question, what's the best product to use after tiling and grouting to clean tiles to stop them going all chalky. Cheers
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Re: Cleaning tiles
Clean water.
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Re: Stop tiles going chalky
A clean cloth and elbow grease, ya can get the latter from any good diy store.
Originally Posted by gordonu2 
Or if they are Buff/rough ?? finish Ceramic/Porcs, Acid cleaner, diluted to about 12 to 1.......
- 07-01-2009 #4medlarGuest Re: Cleaning tiles
and then some more clean water
Jimmy
PS, but not so much that you wash the grout out the joint
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Re: Stop tiles going chalky
Do you mean the grout haze?
Little bit of haze remover in the washboy water helps, wash off excess grout with cross cut sponge, then rinse sponge.
One wipe over in a verticle line, rinse sponge then repeat on next bit working across the wall / floor let it dry then buff it off with cloth, usually on old t shirt or t towel, thats dry and clean.
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Re: Stop tiles going chalky
Hi m8 im in Kirkintilloch just down the road from you...have you tried using a wasboy when you have finished grouting and then when the grout is dry rubbing the excess chalk with a towel and hoovering if needs be.
posted same time Oli,great minds bud
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Re: Cleaning tiles
Cheers, been doing that but thought there might be something better.
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Re: Cleaning tiles
let the grout do its job and set in the tile first then clean after about20mins to 30 mins with wasboy and plenty clean water as the lads say.
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Re: Stop tiles going chalky
I've been using the washboy ans good old elbow grease. Just wondering if there was anything on the market for this. Cheers
- 07-01-2009 #10medlarGuest Re: Cleaning tiles
then give them a little polish off with a DRY lintfree cloth,i always find stockinette better
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Re: Cleaning tiles
I bet you do......... Originally Posted by medlar 
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Re: Cleaning tiles
Originally Posted by Dave I bet you do.........
I'll send him me old ones, Used mind with a few streaks on em.........
- 07-01-2009 #13medlarGuest Re: Cleaning tiles
think it was Russ said in a post yesterday something about stockings ha ha ha
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Have ya GAVE UP yet Dave mate ?
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