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  Oct. 18, 2010 12:12 p.m. tuna55 Dork

  So, since I have an impromptu two week vacation, I have a list of chores. Cleaning grout is on this list. I despise cleaning grout. My wife and I attacked it together a few years ago with special cleaner, magic eraser, cleaner etc... What worked the best was a paper towel and baking soda and water. This time, the Nanny is home, the wife is gone. I know what I can do. Get a buffing wheel from Lowes, hack it onto my 4" grinder. Now we're cleaning with POWER! Sorta. Instead of cleaning the tile, it burns the baking soda (smells nasty) and then splatters the remains all over the stove. OK, fine, I'll get the paper towels.

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  Oct. 18, 2010 12:18 p.m. triumph5 HalfDork

  Too much "Tool Time"..

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  Oct. 18, 2010 12:25 p.m. Grtechguy SuperDork

  needs an orbital motion btw

  edit: think palm sander

  best picture moments are started with hey y'all watch this

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  Oct. 18, 2010 12:27 p.m. MrJoshua SuperDork

  I think its called Zep cleaner that we used. Picked it up at home depot and it worked like magic.

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  Oct. 18, 2010 1:09 p.m. mrhappy Reader

  Pressure washer or steam cleaner?

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  Oct. 18, 2010 1:44 p.m. wearymicrobe Reader

  Porter Cable and a heavy duty pad, + your cleaner of choice is what I use.

  Amazingly, a Porter Cable + wool pad and Woolite cleans microfiber couches to like new.

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  Oct. 18, 2010 3:01 p.m. bludroptop SuperDork

  This is why I used a dark colored grout when I tiled my kitchen counter and backsplash.

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  Oct. 18, 2010 3:04 p.m. 93celicaGT2 SuperDork

  What about Purple Power?

  SCAVENGE THE SEA FLOOR FOR NUTRIENTS

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  Oct. 18, 2010 3:09 p.m. Klayfish Reader

  tuna, Funny you mention this. The wife and I were just looking at our kitchen floor this weekend. We haven't had to tackle this issue before. Our previous houses had vinyl kitchen floors. Now we have tile. You use baking soda and water? Does it work really well?

  By the way, is the nanny live in or live out? We've got a live in. Ain't it fun??

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  Oct. 18, 2010 3:20 p.m. vwcorvette Reader

  I bought one of those smaller bristle style brooms you use on cement floors to clean and got some cleaning stuff from Home Depot as well. Our bathroom floor grout has never looked better.

  Looked like the blue one in the middle. Only it had an 8 inch head. Saved teh back and knees. Was able to swirl and twist broom around toilet base, etc. Should be easier in kitchen. Sorry can't remember name of cleaner but I got it at HD.

  George Rooney

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  Oct. 18, 2010 3:42 p.m. patgizz SuperDork

  grout removal blade on HF multifunction power tool

  dark grout

  never clean grout again.

  (i hate light colored grout)

  When I grow up, I want to be just like Colt McCoy

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  Oct. 18, 2010 4:40 p.m. aircooled SuperDork

  Best way to clean grout is to dump a bunch of bleach on it and walk away.

  Doesn't work so well on vertical tile.

  There are 10 types of people in this world. Those that understand binary and those that don't

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  Oct. 18, 2010 4:54 p.m. wbjones Dork

  patgizz wrote: (i hate light colored grout)

  wait long enough and it's not light colored grout anymore .... ask me how I know

  understeer: when you hit the wall with the front end,,, oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back end.... horsepower: how hard you hit that wall.... torque: how far you drag that wall

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  Oct. 18, 2010 6:26 p.m. tuna55 Dork

  wearymicrobe wrote: Porter Cable and a heavy duty pad, + your cleaner of choice is what I use. Amazingly, a Porter Cable + wool pad and Woolite cleans microfiber couches to like new.

  Thanks for the advice, but I am confused. Porter Cable makes a lot of different types of power tools. A drill? Sander? Compressor?

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  Oct. 18, 2010 6:28 p.m. tuna55 Dork

  Klayfish wrote: tuna, Funny you mention this. The wife and I were just looking at our kitchen floor this weekend. We haven't had to tackle this issue before. Our previous houses had vinyl kitchen floors. Now we have tile. You use baking soda and water? Does it work really well? By the way, is the nanny live in or live out? We've got a live in. Ain't it fun??

  Our Nanny (for clarification, not a grandmother, just a Nanny) doesn't live here. She's great, though. She watches the kids for way less than daycare, and we know where they are and that there aren't any over made-up high school girls changing my kids diapers whilst texting or whatever it is the kids do these days. Plus, noplace to drive after work but home, and she can take care of the dogs while she's at it.

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  Oct. 18, 2010 7:15 p.m. Racedreamer New Reader

  sulfamic acid crystals - your local big box hardware store should have it. Sealing the grout after is highly recommended. Check it out!

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