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How to whiten grimy grout

If your tile grout is dirty and stained but still sound, consider whitening the grimy grout with this easy, inexpensive ...
Tile is beautiful, durable, and generally easy to clean, but cleaning grout? That’s a different story. Because it’s typically light-colored and has a porous composition, grout is prone to staining. In ...
Tile’s aesthetics and water resistance make it the most popular choice for bathrooms and kitchens, but it will only maintain its beauty if you take care of it—and we all know how quickly items in the ...
To keep tile looking pristine in the bathroom or kitchen — whether it needs a good cleaning or a total redo — the best grout pens allow you to color or remove mold, mildew, and other stains from grout ...
A cake pastry bag can be used to apply tile grout. For great control when applying grout, I use a large, plastic-lined fabric pastry bag. I also use a piping tip that gives me the best control over ...
A person applying grout to ceramic tiles - Sidorov_Ruslan/Shutterstock A newly grouted tile floor, bathroom, or backsplash looks clean and fresh. Learning how to ...
Hydrogen peroxide and baking soda can be combined into a paste used to clean grout. Apply the paste to grout lines, let it sit for 15 minutes, and use a toothbrush for applying and scrubbing. Clean ...
Grout can get pretty gross. Most of the time, the filling between tiles in kitchens and bathrooms are a mixture of sand, cement, and water. That means it’s porous, so dirt and grime get ground in and ...
Grout is the material used in between tiles to prevent water from seeping under them. Modern-day flooring uses lighter-coloured grout which quickly absorbs oils, dust, detergents and becomes a filthy ...