Question:

Les I am entertaining 24 people for Thanksgiving dinner this weekend. Last night, I decided to tackle the grout on my kitchen floor. It is ivory and every year I like to treat it to a bleach bath to get the colour clean. Over the past year, I kept noticing how effective the bleach in my dishwashing detergent is on small stains so I decided that I would use it on the grout. To help things along I decided to scrub it into the grout line as well. When I washed the floor after I was stunned to see brush marks on the surrounding glaze. The dishwashing detergent product was Cascade gel - contains 4.5% phosphorus. I just went to your homefocus web page for ceramic tile care and noticed that abrassive scrubs are recommended. Have I permanently ruined my floor?This floor is my absolute pride and joy - please let me know what I can do. If I haven't ruined it and this is just residue, how can I get rid of it? I have tried boiling hot water to try warming up the cold tiles. If I have ruined it is there a method to repair the glaze? Thanks in advance for your time and advice. Regards Diane

Answer:

I am not able to reply to your problem. Here is the Email to Terrazzo Tile & Marble Association of Canada association@ttmac.com maybe they will able to help you.

Answered By: Les Galko

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