How to easily clean & whiten between the bathroom tiles

HappySad

What can I use to easily clean and whiten between the bathroom tiles. Do I use an old toothbrush or would a steam cleaner do better & easier??

What products do you recommend??? If you have web links to them this is great too???

Many thanks

Ninnut85

http://www.diy.com/nav/rooms/indoor-cleaning-laundry/bins-cleaning-supplies/household_cleaning/-specificproducttype-bathroom_cleaners/HG-Grout-Cleaner-0-5L-10287853?skuId=10718559

Melaniep101

Sarah Beeny was recommending whitening toothpaste and a tooth brush the other night on TV. I tend to use bleach and a toothbrush.

scottishblondie

I use neat bleach and a stiff toothbrush on mine. The grout comes up pretty good.

Ben84

It may be deposits on the surface of the grout, I often find scrubing with hot water and borax substitute (which tends to strip off greasy soap deposits), making sure to get the edge of a brillo pad in the grout makes a large difference. If however you're sure the surface is clean and the grout is discolored, I've had good results with a solution of oxygen bleach in hot water. It didn't work instantly, but within the next day of some soaking in from cleaning with it, the grout got whiter and whiter. I've added a small shake of oxygen bleach powder to the hot water and detergent when I clean the tiles ever since and the grout has stayed very white. It's a good mould killer too.

Chlorine bleach also works, but it smells bad and is bad for the environment. Oxygen bleach biodegrades readily and has no smell or fumes.

SternMusik

There is also a spray you can buy to treat (the cleaned) grout. It prevents discolouration and mould appearing. You just spray it on and wipe the residue off the tiles. I used it after having the bathroom refitted. No discolouration so far at all (and out water supply is discoloured (red)).

dacouch

Bleach mixed with bicarbonate of soda into a paste and rubbed in with an old tooth brush will do the trick.

Leave it for 30 minutes, rub it again with the tooth brush and then rinse off

theGrinch

I have used bleach or VIM and a lot of elbow grease.

keystone

Ben84 wrote: »

..............making sure to get the edge of a brillo pad in the grout makes a large difference.

Brillo pad or or any sort of wire wool is not advisable - unless you want to remove the grout too, of course.

Cheers

Ben84

keystone wrote: »

Brillo pad or or any sort of wire wool is not advisable - unless you want to remove the grout too, of course.

Cheers

You're right, I just googled it thinking "but they're not metal" and the things I've been calling brillo pads all these years aren't brillo pads at all. I mean those things made out of tangled green plastic, what are they called in English? They're safe for cleaning tiles, I've used them regularly for many years without any damage.

paulsad

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