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iris28

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I have a light color grout on all tile in my house. I've only been there a year and of course the color isn't holding up. With regular scrubbing I can not get the color back. I'm curious if any one has ever had their grout restained? Any suggestions on a good company?
 
DEEKAYPEE8569

DEEKAYPEE8569

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iris28 said:
I have a light color grout on all tile in my house. I've only been there a year and of course the color isn't holding up. With regular scrubbing I can not get the color back. I'm curious if any one has ever had their grout restained? Any suggestions on a good company?
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Is the color changing?.....say from white to a light yellow or light rust color to a darker rust color? If you have well water, that may be the cause.

If none of the grout specific cleaners won't work; and they might not work well anyway if you have well water; neither would re-staining it.
You may have to re-grout; which means removing the tile, replacing the tile and starting over......and placing filters between your pump and water tank.

Edit: With regard to your question, I don't personally or professionaly know anyone that does that kind of work. Someone in here does though, I'm sure.
 
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PeoplesElbow

PeoplesElbow

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White vinegar got my dingy gray grout back to the white it was ment to be. There was nothing else that worked. I also had to use a very stiff grout brush while scrubbing, when the vinegar all dried a couple hours later it was as white as it was (probably) when it was new.
 
Gilligan

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Have you tried any of the grout sealing products out there? I always seal the grout after I'm finished and it's had adequate cure time, but I've never used a tinted grout.
 
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nutz

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DEEKAYPEE8569 said:
Is the color changing?.....say from white to a light yellow or light rust color to a darker rust color? If you have well water, that may be the cause.

If none of the grout specific cleaners won't work; and they might not work well anyway if you have well water; neither would re-staining it.
You may have to re-grout; which means removing the tile, replacing the tile and starting over......and placing filters between your pump and water tank.

Edit: With regard to your question, I don't personally or professionaly know anyone that does that kind of work. Someone in here does though, I'm sure.
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Or, they could just replace the grout....:whistle: which is probably what you meant. Time consuming but not a high skill level job

http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/asktoh/question/0,,393018,00.html
 
DoWhat

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DEEKAYPEE8569 said:
Is the color changing?.....say from white to a light yellow or light rust color to a darker rust color? If you have well water, that may be the cause.

If none of the grout specific cleaners won't work; and they might not work well anyway if you have well water; neither would re-staining it.
You may have to re-grout; which means removing the tile, replacing the tile and starting over......and placing filters between your pump and water tank.

Edit: With regard to your question, I don't personally or professionaly know anyone that does that kind of work. Someone in here does though, I'm sure.
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Idiot.
You do NOT have to remove tile to replace the grout.
 
acommondisaster

acommondisaster

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I bought myself a Wagner power steamer and regularly clean the grout myself throughout my house - the grout in the kitchen was dark brown, almost black when we moved in - I thought that was the real color until we removed a built in desk and I saw the original color. My steamer requires no chemicals; just water and a towel to wipe up behind it. Doesn't really take a lot of work/time to keep it clean once it's done properly. At some point, it'd be nice to seal the grout, but that's so far down on his honey do list.
 
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iris28

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Thanks everyone! I'd forgotten I'd posted this! I have tried vinegar...which did not work :( but I will try try steaming it. I am interested in having it regrouted. The house is only a year old and I just can't keep up with it.
 
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