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How do you clean the grout inbetween tiles?

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beansprout · 06/02/2006 16:17

Ours are now just a weird off white colour. I got some stuff from homebase that just creates another layer of stuff but was wondering if there is a bit more of a home grown solution that anyone knows about?

I thank you

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QE2 · 06/02/2006 16:18

Oooh yes I am watching this to see what is suggested. Ours are well manky!

WharfRat · 06/02/2006 16:19

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LadyTophamHatt · 06/02/2006 16:19

an old toothbrush, a cup of bleach and some elbow grease should do the trick

rummum · 06/02/2006 16:20

you can buy grout cleaner...
I just use an old tooth brush and what ever cleaning fluid I have handy at the time....

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doormat · 06/02/2006 16:21

toothbrush and bleach, if not grout pen

georginars · 06/02/2006 16:21

Kim and Aggie say toothbrush and half bleach, half water

mogwai · 06/02/2006 21:55

dettol spray with bleach. Works like a dream but move your towels and watch your clothes.

BethAndHerBrood · 06/02/2006 21:58

Clean the grout with a toothbrush???

I don't think so...............

FrannyandZooey · 06/02/2006 22:04

Yes toothbrush and bleach is wonderfully satisfying, and I don't normally like cleaning. I thought this was an MN thing, there are always some of us cleaning our grouting IME

littlemissbossy · 06/02/2006 22:05

Dettol mold and mildew spray (or bleach) and a toothbrush
Or a good scrubb then use a grout pen from B&Q - only a few £'s

shimmy21 · 06/02/2006 22:25

Life is too short to clean grout. Just a quick rub overe with your normal cleaner and if the grouting doesn't get clean at the same time then it deserves to be dirty, it's its own fault.

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beansprout · 06/02/2006 22:27

I agree with you shimmy, but my house is getting seriously scuzzy and my reckoning was that a couple of "big" cleaning jobs would take the attention away from the rest of the dirt!

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chonky · 06/02/2006 22:29

Soda crystals are very good too if you're not a bleach fan.

Spongebob · 06/02/2006 22:40

Dont use the grout-reviver stuff, it just peels off....I'd just bung another layer of grout over the top of the old one.

bettythebuilder · 06/02/2006 23:40

If its tiles in the shower, I put the thick bleach on starting at the top of the grout so it runs all the way down. Do this after a shower, and rinse it off before your shower the next day. It's a quick fix, and saves scrubbing with a toothbrush (which I save for a more in depth clean)

jinglybits · 06/02/2006 23:55

you can get this pen of white grout paint which seems a lot like tip-ex but is very very easy to draw on from homebase

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