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Smoke stained grout
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| MKnott 2005-06-28, 11:25 pm |
| I am looking at doing some touch up work to get my dad's house up for sale.
He is a heavy smoker. The white tile in the bathroom and the white grout are
a dingy yellow color. Other than removing the existing grout what can I do?
Michael
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| G Henslee 2005-06-28, 11:25 pm |
| MKnott wrote:
quote:
> I am looking at doing some touch up work to get my dad's house up for sale.
> He is a heavy smoker. The white tile in the bathroom and the white grout are
> a dingy yellow color. Other than removing the existing grout what can I do?
> Michael
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Try a little bleach in the cleaning water.
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| On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 16:41:28 -0500, "MKnott" <knottm@earthlink.net>
wrote:
quote:
>I am looking at doing some touch up work to get my dad's house up for sale.
>He is a heavy smoker. The white tile in the bathroom and the white grout are
>a dingy yellow color. Other than removing the existing grout what can I do?
Try a Bleach/water solution. Cleanser also works well with a scrub
brush and lots of elbow grease, or if possible making a cleanser paste
to stand on the grout several hours.
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Luke
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"I'm the commander -- see, I don't need to explain -- I do not need to
explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being the
president. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say
something, but I don't feel like I owe anybody an explanation."
-- George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Sept. 2001
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| MOMPEAGRAM 2005-06-28, 11:25 pm |
| Have you tried CLR?
"Luke" <luke@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:tin3c1147bf4sksosoksch9osit87ivhcr@4ax.com...
quote:
> On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 16:41:28 -0500, "MKnott" <knottm@earthlink.net>
> wrote:
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> Try a Bleach/water solution. Cleanser also works well with a scrub
> brush and lots of elbow grease, or if possible making a cleanser paste
> to stand on the grout several hours.
>
> --
> Luke
> ______________________________________________________________________
> "I'm the commander -- see, I don't need to explain -- I do not need to
> explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being the
> president. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say
> something, but I don't feel like I owe anybody an explanation."
> -- George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Sept. 2001
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| Don't blame it on smoking blame it on not cleaning!
Did you try cleaning it?
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 16:41:28 -0500, "MKnott" <knottm@earthlink.net> wrote:
quote:
>I am looking at doing some touch up work to get my dad's house up for sale.
>He is a heavy smoker. The white tile in the bathroom and the white grout are
>a dingy yellow color. Other than removing the existing grout what can I do?
>Michael
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| On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 20:06:22 -0400, "MOMPEAGRAM"
<mompeagram@cogeco.ca> wrote:
quote:
>Have you tried CLR?
[snip bottom quotes]
That's a good suggestion. Lime-away, which is similar, may also work.
However, the OP was on about tobacco stains on grout, so I think
neither would be effective. And, just my experience, I've found
cleanser or bleach better on tile grout.
--
Luke
______________________________________________________________________
"Yeah, we will bring the weapons. And, of course, we will bring the
information forward on the weapons when they find them. And that'll
end up -- end all this speculation. I understand the -- there's been a
lot of speculation over in Great Britain, we've got a little bit of
it, about whether or not -- you know, whether or not the actions were
based upon valid information. We can debate that all day long until
the truth shows up."
-- George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Jul. 17, 2003
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| I had the exact same problem when I bought a new house. I used something
called "Tile Grout Coating," which I found at the hardware store.
http://www.homaxproducts.com/tile_1.html
It coats over the grout stain. I put it on about six months ago and it
still looks fine (I didn't use it in the shower part yet, but the rest of
the bathroom gets humid and a little wet too, with no ill effect). I was
kind of surprised it worked.
Good luck.
Dave
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| #@#... 2005-06-29, 12:25 pm |
| Not another post from an anti-smoker !
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 16:41:28 -0500, "MKnott" <knottm@earthlink.net>
wrote:
quote:
>I am looking at doing some touch up work to get my dad's house up for sale.
>He is a heavy smoker. The white tile in the bathroom and the white grout are
>a dingy yellow color. Other than removing the existing grout what can I do?
>Michael
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