It's All About Grout! LLC

After It's All About Grout! cleans and color seals your floor, we encourage our customers to follow our cleaning instructions to keep that great "NEW FLOOR" look!

 CLEANING PROCEDURES

Always vacuum your entire tile floor thoroughly to remove all the loose dirt and dust before wet cleaning.

Neutral or mild cleaners are all that is necessary to effectively clean tile and now that your grout has been sealed with Color Seal the same is true.  We recommend buying an inexpensive concentrated window cleaner, dilute ½ cup to a gallon of warm water or as directed on the label.

Apply cleaner to floor generously with a mop and allow to stand on floor 3-4 minutes, (DO NOT SCRUB) this will allow cleaner to emulsify and loosen any dirt and oils on your floor.

Use a common Swiffer-type mop covered with a clean dry terry cloth towel rather than the cloths that come with the mop.  Dry the floor, changing the terry cloth towel often.

Please keep in mind that dirt does not evaporate!

The final step is to dry the grout lines with the Swifter-type mop and a clean dry terry towel.  Liquids settle in the grout lines because they are slightly lower.  To prevent the dirty cleaner from drying in the grout lines and leaving a dirty residue on the Color Seal, the grout lines must be dried to the complete the floor cleaning process.  This will keep your floor looking as it did when our Technicians completed the process to your floor.

As time passes if your grout begins to look dirty with uneven color in high traffic areas, try this easy test…

• Pour a small amount of an undiluted window cleaner on 2-3 inches of on a grout line in that is heavily soiled
• Allow cleaner to stand on the grout line for 3-4 minutes (DO NOT SCRUB OR AGITATE)
• With a clean cloth or paper towel wipe up the cleaner

You will see dirt on the cloth and the grout line will be clean again.  This is a maintenance issue that can be corrected by cleaning the floor as described above, however, using a slightly stronger dilution of the cleaner. 

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call or email us.  We will be happy to accommodate any of your needs.