Ceramic and Porcelain Tile cleaning Stains

Porcelain Tile has cloudy film

ANSWER - There is likely a product that will remove the haze if you are able to scrap it off.  First you need to experiment to determine what the haze is, so you can determine which…

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Ceramic and Porcelain Tile cleaning Stains

How to Remove Yellow Stain in Glazed Shower Tile?

ANSWER - If the tiles in your shower at the bottom of the wall are glazed tiles and have turned yellow that might suggest there is a moisture problem with your shower where. The shower…

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Ceramic and Porcelain Tile cleaning Maintenance

How to Clean Glazed Ceramic Tile Floor?

ANSWER - You should never use vinegar to clean tile because it is acidic and it is limited in what it can dissolve in the cleaning process. It doesn't attack grease.  Acidic cleaners can etch soft…

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Ceramic and Porcelain Tile cleaning Maintenance sealers

Suggestions on how to maintain a Mexican tile floor?

ANSWER - There are many different types of sealers that can be used on a Mexican floor tile.  So first you need to determine what type of finish you have on the tile surface to…

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Ceramic and Porcelain Tile cleaning Stains

Removing rust stains on ceramic tile

ANSWER - I assume when you say heavy duty homogenous tiles you are referring to an unglazed clay through-body tile and that it may be a ceramic porcelain tile that is very dense. Although these tiles…

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Ceramic and Porcelain Tile cleaning Exterior Maintenance

How Best to Clean Brown Grey Stains Off Exterior Tiles?

ANSWER - Normally brownish stains on tile in an exterior area are organic based caused by leaves or other plant materials that have deteriorated.  The fact that it is near a grout joint may be because…

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Ceramic and Porcelain Tile cleaning Grout Stains

How do you remove grout from porous terracotta tiles?

ANSWER - What you use to remove the grout residue from a porous terracotta tile that was not removed during the installation process as it should depends on what kind of grout was used. A standard…

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Ceramic and Porcelain Tile cleaning sealers

Satillo tile cleaned but contractor cannot get them sealed properly

ANSWER - Saltillo tiles that are made in the region of Saltillo, Mexico, where that local source of clay has that distinctive Saltillo look, can vary in quality substantially, which can affect how it will…

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