"Steve B" wrote in message
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"Steven L." wrote in message
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I'm a do-it-yourself newbie who's trying to clean the stained grout (used
to be white) between the tiles over the bathtub in my bathroom.

The stains appear to be a combination of soap scum and rust stain.

I've tried several products that claim to be "grout cleaners," but they
haven't worked.

Is there any alternative at this point to stripping all the grout and
regrouting (quite a long job)?

Even some way of staining the grout white again?



-- Steven L.

You have two things to do. One is to clean the grout, and there are some
suggestions here to do that. The second is to seal it after you have
cleaned it so that it won't get to looking bad very soon. Clean it good,
let it dry, dry, dry, even if you have to bathe for a few days. Sit an
electric heater in there overnight to help, but get it dry, and seal, and
it will stay clean looking longer. DO NOT USE TUB OR SHOWER, AND HEATER
AT THE SAME TIME. Sorry, but the government requires those warnings, so I
thought I'd throw one in there in case you might be the one person on the
planet that might do that.

;-)

Steve


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