How to Easily Clean Grout
How to Easily Clean Grout
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We clean the floors often but how often do we REALLY clean the floors completely? Even though we are washing the floors a lot of the dirt gets stuck or it stains the grout making it look so dingy and dirty! There are just a two ingredients and two tools you will need!
First off you will need
- A Bowl
- Toothbrush or small scrub brush
Secondly you will need
- Baking soda
- Hydrogen Peroxide
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All you are going to do is make a paste. I decided on a snow day that I would clean my grout in the kitchen so I made a large batch. But all you need to do to make this paste is to put about 1/2 a box of baking soda in a bowl and then pour the hydrogen peroxide in the bowl slowly! Start off with one ounce at a time until you get a good thick paste that is still able to spread!
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Put a good amount of the paste on your brush and cover the grout completely. No need to start scrubbing. Let this paste sit on the grout for about 5-10 minutes. This gave me enough time to just cover the whole kitchen then I just came back around scrubbed the grout throughout the whole kitchen then I hand washed all the floors to clean up the paste, leaving my floors looking better than ever!
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If you don’t have these ingredients on hand here are a few other options you could try.
- Vinegar, Baking soda, heavy duty cleaner and warm water: just combine 7 cups of warm water, 1/2 cup of baking soda, 1/3 cup of ammonia, and 1/4 cup of white vinegar. Pour the whole mixture into a spray bottle, spray the grout, scrub
- You could also try toothpaste and baking soda! scrub and wipe clean
For more great tips on keeping your kitchen clean check out,
February 11, 2016 @ 2:47 am
Kudos to you for cleaning the whole floor. Ours needs a great cleaning like this because even though I mop it often the grout is stained brown from dirt.
February 11, 2016 @ 2:57 am
looks great we did our bathroom and now it looks clean
February 12, 2016 @ 10:23 am
Thanks for the tips. It’s so hard to clean grout
February 13, 2016 @ 2:03 am
Great tips! Thank you for sharing
November 17, 2017 @ 5:28 pm
Thank you for posting this article. We appreciate
you taking the time to put this together.
April 7, 2019 @ 9:31 pm
On the plus side, this does work very well. However, on the downside, it is VERY DIFFICULT! My husband and I worked all afternoon and only finished 3/4 of our kitchen. First, the paste was too dry so we ended up using a spray bottle with peroxide to soak the areas covered in paste. We rinsed very well after each section, but still have a powdery floor after rinsing, drying and mopping with vinegar and water. Will finish the job and mop with floor cleaner and hopefully the residue will disappear. I don’t want to discourage anyone from this method, because the grout looks like new. I just feel anyone tackling this job needs to know what they’re in for!
July 31, 2019 @ 9:41 pm
A much easier way to clean grout is to use the paste, or whatever you like, and get a grout cleaning brush that screws onto a long handle; got mine on Amazon. No getting down on your hands and knees, and you can scrub way more tile at a time. My whole house, while small, is all tile; over 1,000 sq. ft. A toothbrush is a no starter.
July 8, 2020 @ 11:56 am
These are great tips, thank you Mat! I usually get my tile and grout cleaned once a year by a local tile cleaner, but we moved away and I haven’t found another cleaner yet. So, I used this solution on our bathroom grout and it worked incredibly well. It definitely took some elbow grease to get it done, but the results were worth it!