"Red Green" wrote in message
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Stand up shower. 2"+ square tiles. Tiles are a mixed grey. Outside shower
also tiled on floor and half walls. Grout is a darker grey...called
natural
grey from the grout charts I've looked at. This is a HUD wreck. Shower was
covered with soap scum and it's been sitting a long time...years. I
scrubbed the **** out of it with Comet spray bath/tile cleaner. Overall it
cleaned it up good. Grout is nice and dark when it's wet. Dries light.
Very
pale grey. Looks like it was still loaded with soap scum. But toss a
little
water on it and it immediately goes back dark like it originally was
(probably). The fact that it does this is either a sign of hope or no
hope.
Just not sure which. Used a nylon brush, a greenie pad and even tried on
one inconspicuous spot a brass wire brush with the cleaner.

Except for a couple of small areas where I have to remove some tiles, fix
backing then replace the tiles, the other tiles are sound - floor and
wall.

I plan on stop by a tile store tomorrow and see what they have to say for
a
solution...besides regrout the whole damn thing.

Anyone have any similar experience or input?


If the grout is ok except for the color, there are grout coloring products
you can buy. I used white "grout coating" to whiten my bathroom grout
(after I cleaned it). I think the brand was "Tile Gaurd". I was in the
home labrynth the other day and saw they had some grout color products for
other grout colors also, I've never used them though. The tile store will
probably give the best advice.

If it was me and the tile store said to re-grout, I would try the coloring
solution first anyway just because re-grout is so much work. Did I mention
I don't like to re-grout...