How to Clean and Restore Tile and Grout
Restoring your tile and grout to look like new may seem impossible. However, a proven method can eliminate nasty bathrooms for good. Too often, public restrooms confront visitors with dirty tile and grout floors and a familiar, unpleasant odor. Subpar restrooms can damage guests’ impressions and ultimately hurt your business. Whether you maintain floors in-house, contract bathroom floor maintenance to a cleaning company, or work as a floor maintenance contractor, you need to know the ideal way to clean tile and grout with less time and effort.
You Need Power to Really Clean
An effective tile and grout cleaner must pack a powerful punch. It must open the pores of existing grout, lift embedded soil and contaminants from the grout, and clean the tiles without damaging them. Elevated humidity often affects bathroom grout, preventing porous grout from drying completely. This environment encourages bacteria and mold growth. In fact, grout often causes the horrible odors you notice when entering restrooms. Gross, right? Foot traffic also brings in various contaminants and germs, which thrive in moist conditions and spread throughout your facility. To tackle these issues effectively, you need to thoroughly clean your entire floor and then seal the tile and grout with a seamless barrier.
STEP ONE: Eliminate Tile and Grout Odors
Sadly, bathrooms can smell unpleasant even when they look clean.
Dozens of products attempt to mask the odor rather than eliminate it, serving only as a temporary fix. Fortunately, you can eliminate odors at the source instead of covering them up. Tile Pro Acid, the ultimate professional-grade restorative cleaner and descaler for tile, grout, and concrete, tackles the problem head-on. This high-performance product uses a low-pH organic salt solution to aggressively attack stains without damaging or etching tile or fixture surfaces. It penetrates deep into the grout’s absorbent pore structure, thoroughly lifting compacted soil, mold, mildew, and bacteria. It also sanitizes your tile and grout effectively, creating a safe, odor-free surface. As a result, your bathroom smells fresh and clean, and your guests feel comfortable the moment they walk in.
STEP TWO (optional): Restore Your Grout to Look Like New
Grout discolors quickly and easily, and you may often feel frustrated that no matter how much time and effort you invest, it never really looks clean. Fortunately, you can quickly rejuvenate and recolor grout to make it look like new again. UDT’s Grout Colorant, available in a selection of 12 colors, penetrates grout thoroughly and delivers a consistent, uniform color and appearance to existing grout lines. You can choose to restore the original color or transform the space with a fresh new hue.
STEP THREE: Seal Those Floors and Avoid Future Odors!
After cleaning and sanitizing with Tile Pro Acid and using UDT's Grout Colorant, the final step is to apply EPIC for Tile and Grout. It's the best product to completely seal and preserve your newly cleaned, beautiful floors. It protects them from future wear and tear. Just one coat of EPIC shields the surface from any subsequent accumulation of dirt, mold, and bacteria growth. The sealer dries in as little as 4 hours! It provides a single, impenetrable membrane to seal the tile and grout completely. This membrane eliminates odors from being trapped in the tile and grout, and it makes routine cleaning easier than ever.
Unique Advantages
Tile Pro Acid, UDT Grout Colorant, and EPIC for Tile and Grout offer many advantages over competing products, including:
- All three contain a low amount of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). In fact, they are all water-based. UDT Grout Colorant and EPIC can also be cleaned up easily with water.
- Tile Pro Acid offers a deep and lasting clean result that will make your bathroom tiles look like new again.
- EPIC For Tile and Grout Sealer cures to a water-resistant film that keeps your bathroom sparkling and easy to keep clean.
- It can also be customized with our Ultra Grip Additive to enhance slip resistance in locations that are occasionally wet.
When used together, Tile Pro Acid, UDT Grout Colorant, and EPIC High-Performance Floor Finish for Tile and Grout work in harmony. They provide the ultimate solution to make your restroom tile and grout flooring look its best for years to come.