Best way to remove grout haze?

DIYDave1

Hi guys,


Recently tiled my bathroom, porcelain tiles with a grey grout... I removed as much of the grout from the tiles as I could, but now its dried I can see the tiles have some haze on them.



I have tried EVERYTHING! From hard elbow grease to a "Grout haze remover" from ebay. Any suggestions or should I just live with it?

nofoollikeold

Some porcelain tiles have lots of little "pin" holes all over them, as part of the pattern. They are normally covered with a sort of cling film which should be left on while tiling and grouting. If not (and our bathroom fitter failed to leave it on) you get grout in all the little pin holes. The only way to remove it is with a sharp pointed tool like and engineer's scriber and hours and hours of boring work. I gave up after two tiles.

Aylesbury_Duck

I found pan scourers to work well, the stainless steel scrunchy type. They brought my tiles up to a shine a treat.

GDB2222

Use a large hand towel for polishing them.

ceredigion

Brick and patio cleaner
https://www.jewson.co.uk/building-materials/chemicals/other-building-chemicals/products/LECBPC05/jewson-brick-26-patio-cleaner-5l/

neilmcl

A microfibre cloth should work in polishing the tiles.

Fire_Fox

Welcome to MSE.

What type of product or technique do the manufacturers/ stockists suggest? Maybe e-mail them to ask?

Not helpful to you, but might help someone else reading this thread .... My mother's solution is to grout only in the gaps not over the face of the tile. Wipe carefully as you go, change the water frequently.

The grouting obviously takes much longer but the result is worth it. Mums know best as always!

andyhop

Use lithofin cement remover. Try neat first and use a nail brush/ scrubber . Apply with a micro fibre

You could use stronger brick acid but you run the risk of further damage

-taff

If it's that the haze is surface lying, not the grout seeped into the tiles themselves, you can get a polisher attachment for a drill, it'll be easier than doing it by hand.

DIYDave1

Thank you for all of your help people!


I purchase a few drill attachements, various brushes and scrubbers and found one from ToolStation that workeded pretty well. (Some didnt last 5 minutes with the porcelain tiles) Even still, it took a long time and I have done half the bathroom and I will have to find some mental energy to attack the rest!