Tile and Grout Cleaning

Tile and Grout Cleaning with a mop, bucket, and scrub-brush can be fairly challenging to say the least!  Even with the best store-bought cleaners, it takes a lot of time and elbow grease to loosen the dirt that is deeply embedded in your porous tile and grout.

If you decide to use a mop and bucket you’ll soon notice that as you put your mop back in the bucket the water becomes dirty, and guess what?  Now you’re cleaning with dirty water! The dirty water then goes right back into those porous grout lines that you’ve just cleaned.  So if you feel like you’re getting nowhere fast, you’re probably right!  The good news is, there’s a much better way to get your tile and grout cleaned.

The first step in our tile and grout cleaning process is to remove all of the dirt from deep within your tile and grout.  We do this by first spraying an environmentally friendly alkaline pre-spray (Procyon) over your entire floor.  This cleaning agent penetrates way down deep inside your dirty tile and grout, loosening up all the dirt and grime that may have been left there for years. 

After a few minutes of dwell time, we then flush out the dirt (and all the other nasties) with very hot water and at high-pressure, forcing the dirt up and out and back into our cleaning van.  It’s much like a pressure washing system, but in this case, all the water stays inside the blue tile and grout cleaning equipment that you see in the pictures below.

The process is so thorough it will even pass the white glove test. And with a temperature of over 200 degrees Fahrenheit (hot enough to kill the bacteria in your floor) we guarantee a sanitized floor when we’re done with the tile cleaning.  With this first step alone; we often see tremendous improvement, as the pictures below demonstrate.

If you find your tile and grout looking pristine after the first two stages (like it did when it was brand new) you may want to consider sealing your grout lines. Grout sealing is exactly as the name implies. Your porous grout lines are sealed, making them less penetrable to dirt and stains.

Professional tile cleaning will still be advised on an annual basis, but sealing will make it easier for you to clean in the interim. Please keep in mind that if you decide to seal your grout lines, steps 1 and 2 are required in order to achieve the best results possible.  If either of the first 2 steps are omitted, then any pre-existing dirt or stains will be sealed in as well.  We always want to make your tile and grout look their very best before sealing your grout lines!