After you install the tiles on your floors and walls, if you take a closer look at it, you will notice grouts between the tiles. These tile grouts are very permeable and they can easily get dirty and stained. The porosity of the grouts can go far beyond the surface of the floor, it can even reach the substrate of the floor itself. So in other words, these tile grouts are basically a sponge that is going to absorb all of the detergent, grime, dust and dirt that it gets exposed to whenever you mop and clean your floor. In order to guarantee the well-being and the safety of the residents, you will have to regularly clean and maintain these grouts because of their absorption of such harmful materials. Cleaning them can cause a lot of troubles because it is a very difficult and a tedious task. Also, using chemicals to clean the tiles and grouts over and over can cause grout damage.
The stains and dust will be very clear and more evident on grouts of light colors. This is why most people tend to use grouts that have dark colors to avoid the appearance of stains. Nonetheless, using dark colored grouts does not mean that the problem is solved because you will also notice the gathering of dust and dirt. It is also a known fact that no matter how you clean these grouts, there will be change of colors as some places will be cleaned more than others, which will result in a change of color. This is not all as grout is not that hard so when strong chemicals are poured over it, it will break its structure and make it lose its form. If the structure of the grout is lost, it will be impossible to repair. There is no type of cleaners that will really penetrate the grout and clean all of the grim one hundred percent. The only way you can guarantee the cleanness of these grouts is to get them sealed. Sealing the grouts will prevent any dust or grime from forming. Of course, this grout sealing process will have to be repeated over the course of time. It is also advised to clean the grouts thoroughly before applying any kind of grout sealers.
With the technology available these days, you can maintain the grouts without having to undergo the grout sealing process. This is because instead of using chemical solvents to clean the grouts, you can use steam. This is a very new concept, first of all, the steam can come in numerous forms. In the natural pressure form, you will not be able to increase the temperature of water above one hundred Celsius. If you heat it more, the water is going to evaporate and turn into steam. On the other hand, if the water is placed in a vessel that is sealed, you will be able to increase the heat more than one hundred Celsius. Most people believe that cleaning using team is delivered in high pressure. This is very wrong because it will be released in a very easy to control way. People also think that the power of the steam and the pressure is what cleans these grouts. This is another misconception as the ability of steam to penetrate deep into the grout is what clean the grouts.
Of course, steam cleaning needs to be applied by a professional user. This is why it is not recommendable to carry out such cleaning process yourself. It is better to get in contact with a steam cleaning firm. They have the needed experience and the tools needed for such process. Doing it yourself can cause damage to the tiles and the grouts.
In order to find such firms and service providers, you have to carry out a detailed research. This is because steam cleaning is a new concept in grout cleaning and not many people offer it. You can do such search online by looking up the different official websites of these firms. They will have every detail available. This includes their price, the services and their available time slots. This would allow you to choose the most suitable firm according to your needs and capabilities. You should also compare between these firms because many of them have overpriced packages.
No comments:
Post a Comment