he holidays are upon us! It’s a magical time of year, but it also can be a stressful time of year. Why? There’s so much to do – shopping for gifts, cooking, baking, wrapping, decorating, and of course, cleaning.

You should to clean before, during, and after the holidays to keep your house looking great. During this holiday season, you likely will have many family members and friends in your home. You don’t want your house looking dirty with guests around, but all these guests will potentially make your house dirty, as well.

Cleaning isn’t fun, and it’s even more not fun during the holiday season when there’s more messes and more fun around! If your floor tiles and grout need a good cleaning before Thanksgiving kicks off the holiday season, you should invest in a quality tile and grout cleaner and sealer. Cleaner and sealer specifically made to clean the dirt out of grout will save you time and money. You will get your floors cleaned faster, so you have more time to entertain and spend with loved ones.

Before Thanksgiving, you will want to use Grout Shield Grout & Tile Deep Cleaner.  This is good to use if you haven’t properly cleaned your grout in a long time. This tile and grout cleaner is good for lifting deep stains. It helps get tough-to-reach stains out of the pores. It’s easy to use too! Just mix 1 oz of the deep cleaner with 8 oz of warm water. Brush product into the grout. Let the mixture sit on your grout for a few minutes. Then, wipe clean with a sponge. You’re done! Your floor will look brand new.

Before guests arrive, you’ll want to apply either the Grout Shield Clear Sealer or the Grout Shield Color Sealer to your floors to seal and protect your grout lines from absorbing dirt and spills. The color sealer allows you to change the color of your grout.

Now throughout the holidays, people will spill drinks, food, and track in dirt, water, snow, and mud into your home – its inevitable! You’ll want to clean these messes immediately, so they are easier to clean. Use Grout Shield Maintenance Cleaner to keep your tile and grout clean throughout the holiday season  To use, dilute the cleaner water. Dilution rate is 2 oz. to 1 gallon of water. Then, apply to the surface with a damp mop or sponge. After application, the cleaner will start to dissolve grease, dirt, and oil. After you’re done, towel dry the area. The maintenance cleaner comes in different sizes for smaller or bigger rooms.

if you use these products throughout the holiday season, you’ll be getting lots of compliments on how clean and beautiful your home looks. The best part? You don’t have to spend hours scrubbing! These grout cleaners and sealers work!

For more information on Grout Shield grout cleaning and grout sealing and tile products, click our grout products page, or call toll free at 1-800-631-0716.

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You just looked at the tile in your kitchen and bathrooms. Gross. They need a good scrubbing. You go into the cabinets and pull out a bunch of cleaning supplies. You get your mop and sponge out and start scrubbing away. You scrub, you scrub, and you scrub. The tile doesn’t look shiny and the grout is still dirty. How can this be happening?

Well, you’re probably not using the right grout and tile cleaner. In fact, you may be using chemicals that actually harm your tile and grout lines. At Grout Shield, we make quality grout cleaners and grout sealers, so we wanted to share with you how not to clean your grout. The following are some chemicals/cleaners that can be wreaking havoc on your tile and grout.

• Homemade cleaners with baking soda and hydrogen peroxide can help clean your tile and grout, but they won’t work well at lifting deep stains or dark discolorations.
• Chemical-filled grout and tile cleaners can damage the tile and flooring in your home. Cleaners with ammonia can damage the finish on tiles and grout
• Bleach, although it can remove stains and mold from grout, it also can destroy your grout by causing it to crack and crumble. Bleach gets rid of the color of the mold, but not the mold itself, so you’re not actually cleaning your grout with bleach.
• Acidic cleaners, like vinegar, will take the shine and finish off the tile and grout. Vinegar and other acidic cleaners can also discolor the grout lines and tile.
• You should never scrub your grout. If you scrub your grout, you’re wearing away the top layers of the grout and weakening it, which can cause it to crack or break.

Grout Shield sells a Grout Shield Maintenance Cleaner and a Grout & Tile Deep Cleaner – both products are great at lifting stains and dirt from the pores in the grout.

Use Real Grout Cleaner 

Stop wrecking your grout and tile with the wrong cleaning supplies. It’s time to invest in a quality grout cleaner. You don’t’ want to wreck your whole floor and have to replace it just because you used the wrong cleaner! Use Grout Shield products that actually lift stains and clean grout. You don’t ant to use a product that just makes the problem.

Grout Shield’s cleaners are easy to use.

To learn more about grout cleaner, click our grout cleaner page or call 239-768-6809 or call toll free at 1-800-631-0716 with any questions.

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Grout can make or break the look of room in your home. Dirty grout can make a clean room look dirty and a new room look old. You can scrub for hours and grout can still look dirty – grout is a funny thing like that. Grout is porous, which means once it absorbs all kinds of filth, it can be hard to get that filth out. Regular household cleaners don’t work well when cleaning grout, and many harsh chemicals can wreck and break the grout.

As a grout products company we wanted to share with you some common problems with grout, and what you can do about it to fix it, because grout is everywhere, so you must learn how to properly care for it!

• Grout is porous. It absorbs anything that it encounters from dirt and mud to food and water.
• Grout is hard to clean because it sits lower than the tile surrounding it.
• Grout will darken over time if not properly cleaned and/or sealed.
• Grout is hard to clean.
• Epoxy is the easiest grout to clean because it is the least porous grout.
• Mopping can potentially stain your grout.
• Mops can leave bacteria in your grout.
• Grout is a breeding ground for bacteria.
• Grout can easily be wrecked by steel wool, coarse brushes, acidic cleaners, and bleach.

To sum up, grout is basically hard to clean, but it doesn’t have to be… not with Grout Shield’s grout products. Grout Shield created special grout cleaners that break up tough stains and lift them out of the pores. The Grout Shield Maintenance Cleaner cleans stains in the grout, and it is perfect to use regularly to keep your grout clean year-round. Grout Shield Grout & Tile Deep Cleaner is great at lifting deep stains, especially if you haven’t properly cleaned your tile in a while.

Grout shield also sells grout brushes, and chamois cloths that help easily remove dirt and debris from the grout without wrecking it.

Grout Shield’s grout cleaners can save you a lot of time and money when it comes to cleaning your grout. For more information on Grout Shield products, click our grout products page, or call toll free at 1-800-631-0716.

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