cleaning kitchen / bathroom floor tiles

Linda32

Its not really OS but I use Flash.

anguk

You have to be very careful with some of the stronger cleaners, they can ruin the finish of your tiles or floor. I just use a steam cleaner, brings the floors up lovely and clean without any damage.

meanmarie

Would second Flash

itsallinthemind

Generally day to day, few drops of washing up liquid and stardrops, plus some disinfectant. Personally I hate flash, waste of money and you get a build up of sticky that attracts more dirt.

When I had sturdy tiles, I used to once a month or 3 months depending, get down on my hands and knees with a scrubbing brush, hard smokers toothbrush for the grout and a paste made up from barkeepers friend. Takes a while. Then once as clean as it could be, coat it with http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=klear&aq=f klear floor shine. If you do it thinly, spreading with a slightly damp smooth cloth(old dusters are great for this, old fashioned dish cloths leave streaks), there is hardly a shine at all. But it makes cleaning so easy and the tiles themselves do not get dirty. I did it in a rental once, on lino, and the LL thought I'd replaced his floor!

Penelope_Penguin

shopaholic232 wrote: »

Hi everyone I am decorating my kitchen and i would like to find something strong to clean my floor tiles with usually i just use bleach but it doesnt bring them up very well, I have a dog and he leaves the kitchen so messy when he comes in from the garden, any ideas for cleaning the tiles would be great

I use water and a microfibre mop Gets rid of most things, otherwise i use a plastci scourer and elbow grease.

We have an existing thread, so I'll add thsi one to that to give you more ideas.

Buddingblonde

I have just had my bathroom fully tiled and I am wondering how to clean the tiles other than by hand. My home has laminate or lino flooring so I am wondering if it is worth investing in a steam mop? Has anyone used it for wall tiles? Any recommendation for a brand?

BBx

anguk

Instead of buying a steam mop, which is only really for floors, I would buy a steam cleaner that you can use to clean just about anything. I've got a Polti, it comes with quite a few attachments so I can do floors, tiles, paintwork, windows, defrost the freezer etc.

This is mine:
http://www.poltiuk.co.uk/en/catalog/consumer/66/122?tab=features

Buddingblonde

I have a little yello steamer but find that the pressure isnt great for cleaning large spaces - hence the reason I was looking for something that was designed to large flat surface cleaning.

zippychick

ive merged this with our floor tile cleaning thread so you can see how others do it

thanks
Zip

mum_of_lewis

Hi,

I have just replaced my kitchen door fronts, but this has made my tiles look very shabby! Can you lovely people tell me what you clean your tiles with?

Thanks

Janette xxx