Grouting between bathroom tiles turning orange

talulahbeige_2

What do i need to use to turn it white (ish) again?
I've tried to costly products but they only work a tiny bit.
Ther must be a OS tip that will clean it up alot please?
Thaks

SunnyGirl

I use bleach on an old toothbrush then rinse it all off. I've heard that you can also make a paste of bicarbonate of soda & water and rub that on with an old toothbrush as well so maybe worth a go if you don't like bleach. HTH

LTJ

Is it just surface orange or does it go right through? If it is surface, get some medium sandpaper and rub gently between the lines, this is also good if the grouting has been put on badly, makes a nice finish. If it is stained right through you could try bleach, but I don't think this will work very well. I always sink my grounting a little so that in future when it needs regrouting I have enough depth to take the grout.

xjoannexxx

i used cilit bang with bleach spray cost abouyt £2.50 from wilkinsons and it brought mine up brilliantly it have never looked as clean

loobyloo2

Forget trying anything labour intensive! I tried them all for years, not with much whitening effect either, just the smell of bleach everywhere and aching arms.
Best thing ever, and it really does work, get a trainer whitener (scuffcote or the like), apply to the grout, keep shaking the bottle as you work. Let it dry, then apply a second coat. when it is thoroughly dry, buff up the tiles with a dry cloth, you will have gleaming white grout, and it lasts.
My kitchen was done like this over a year ago now, even behind the cooker is still gleaming, it doesn't come off with cleaning, and easy to reapply when the time comes. It's about £2.50ish for a bottle.
You will never use anything else after trying this, it's brill.

Rikki

I have this problem when my two use links shower gel, I find this tends to stain the grout and it's difficult to remove. If you wash the tiles down after each shower this helps.Otherwise I use cif and a toothbrush.

I should ban them from using links shower gels. :rolleyes:

laurel7172

What's making it go orange?

Because I ignored orange grouting until water came through the bathroom ceiling. The ballcokk was jammed in the cold water tank and small quantitites of rusty orange water had obviously been leaking for a long time.

Worth checking if you have a leak....

jollymummy

I have this problem too, I used bicarb of soda mixed with bleach and applied it with a toothbrush, it looked great but didn't half make my arms ache doing it I have sinced used a Cillit Bang spray too and it's great. Think it's my shampoo that makes the grout a funny colour.

picklepick

just use plain old cheap bleach. i just glug it on, leave for a while and then rinse off

Olliebeak

Sometimes the culprit for this kind of orange/pink discolouration is a bacteria that is extremely difficult to eradicate altogether as it thrives in warm, damp atmospheres and can appear after some kind of building/plumbing work has been done where the brickwork has been distrubed - ie new bathroom/shower being fitted or even in a new-build property.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serratia_marcescens

This article recommends thorough and regularly repeated cleaning with a bleach-type cleaner and then wiping surfaces down to dry them as much as possible after each cleaning process.

MONEYMAKINGMUM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serratia_marcescens
eeeeewwwwwwww! I'm sorry I looked that up.
My bathroom is in for a blitzing just in case