Cleaning grouting in shower. How?
 

My wife has problem trying to clean the white grouting in our shower which
is tiled in white. We think that the grouting becomes discoloured by the
soap as the grouting outwith the shower remains white.
We bought a steam cleaner which we thought might help but no joy.
Can anyone tell us how to easily clean the grouting
Blair

"Blair" wrote in message
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My wife has problem trying to clean the white grouting in our shower which
is tiled in white. We think that the grouting becomes discoloured by the
soap as the grouting outwith the shower remains white.
We bought a steam cleaner which we thought might help but no joy.
Can anyone tell us how to easily clean the grouting
Blair

An old nail-brush and some cream-cleaner usually does the job ok. Not the
liquid CIF type stuff - but the mildly abrasive type of cleaner.

Kev

Blair wrote:

My wife has problem trying to clean the white grouting in our shower which
is tiled in white. We think that the grouting becomes discoloured by the
soap as the grouting outwith the shower remains white.
We bought a steam cleaner which we thought might help but no joy.
Can anyone tell us how to easily clean the grouting

If the worst comes to the worst, rake it out and re-grout. Then treat
with Lithofin Grout Protector before using it to stop it staining in the
future.

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Cheers,

John.

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"Blair" wrote in message
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My wife has problem trying to clean the white grouting in our shower which
is tiled in white. We think that the grouting becomes discoloured by the
soap as the grouting outwith the shower remains white.
We bought a steam cleaner which we thought might help but no joy.
Can anyone tell us how to easily clean the grouting
Blair

if you have hard water ("outwith" sounds very Scottish) as bad as our
English stuff, it could be a mix of dirt and limescale which domestic
cleaners won't even make a dent in.
Try limescale remover, but eventually it will dissolve all the grout as well
as the dirt.

rusty

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"Blair" wrote in message
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My wife has problem trying to clean the white grouting in our shower
which
is tiled in white. We think that the grouting becomes discoloured by
the
soap as the grouting outwith the shower remains white.
We bought a steam cleaner which we thought might help but no joy.
Can anyone tell us how to easily clean the grouting
Blair

if you have hard water ("outwith" sounds very Scottish) as bad as our
English stuff, it could be a mix of dirt and limescale which domestic
cleaners won't even make a dent in.
Try limescale remover, but eventually it will dissolve all the grout as
well
as the dirt.

rusty

Thanks for your help
Yes I am in Scotland but "outwidth" meant to refer the other tiles in the
bathroom and not wirhin the shower enclosure.
Blair

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Blair wrote:

"Rusty" wrote in message
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"Blair" wrote in message
...
My wife has problem trying to clean the white grouting in our
shower which is tiled in white. We think that the grouting becomes
discoloured by the soap as the grouting outwith the shower remains
white.
We bought a steam cleaner which we thought might help but no joy.
Can anyone tell us how to easily clean the grouting
Blair

if you have hard water ("outwith" sounds very Scottish) as bad as
our English stuff, it could be a mix of dirt and limescale which
domestic cleaners won't even make a dent in.
Try limescale remover, but eventually it will dissolve all the grout
as well as the dirt.

rusty

Thanks for your help
Yes I am in Scotland but "outwidth" meant to refer the other tiles in
the bathroom and not wirhin the shower enclosure.
Blair

Yes, we know! The Scottish word "outwith" is actually more economical on
words that the English equivalent of "outside of".
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Cheers,
Set Square
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Set Square wrote:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Blair wrote:

Yes I am in Scotland but "outwidth" meant to refer the other tiles in
the bathroom and not wirhin the shower enclosure.

Yes, we know! The Scottish word "outwith" is actually more economical on
words that the English equivalent of "outside of".

Isn't the original (ie olde) English equivalent actually "without"?

As in,

"There is a green hill far away,
Without a city wall..."
(can't remember the rest. Mary?!)

David

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Lobster wrote:


Yes, we know! The Scottish word "outwith" is actually more
economical on words that the English equivalent of "outside of".

Isn't the original (ie olde) English equivalent actually "without"?

As in,

"There is a green hill far away,
Without a city wall..."
(can't remember the rest. Mary?!)

David

You may well be right! Don't think it's used now in everyday parlance,
though - whereas the Scottish "outwith" *is*.

[Just looked up 'without' in my dictionary - and it does indeed have an
archaic meaning of "outside"].
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Set Square
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"Set Square" wrote in message
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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Lobster wrote:


Yes, we know! The Scottish word "outwith" is actually more
economical on words that the English equivalent of "outside of".

Isn't the original (ie olde) English equivalent actually "without"?

As in,

"There is a green hill far away,
Without a city wall..."
(can't remember the rest. Mary?!)

David

You may well be right! Don't think it's used now in everyday parlance,
though - whereas the Scottish "outwith" *is*.

[Just looked up 'without' in my dictionary - and it does indeed have an
archaic meaning of "outside"].


I'm sure Shakespeare used to witter on about "who's without" meaning who's
outside, not who hasn't got one.