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fancyvan
Calgary, AB
(Zone 3a)
March 19, 2008
7:22 PM Post #4683900
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I have a slate floor in one bathroom and the grout is dark brown. Over the years thanks to my resistance to house cleaning the slate is quite dusty looking but it will not wash clean. Any suggestions about restoring it to its original color? |
flowerjen
central, NJ
(Zone 6b)
March 19, 2008
7:38 PM Post #4683950
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If it's not a big area you can use a magic eraser on it. Works wonders on grout, I use it in my kitchen and on my slate floor leading from the garage to laundry room. |
ecrane3
Dublin, CA
(Zone 9a)
March 19, 2008
8:49 PM Post #4684320
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Unfortunately grout tears up the magic eraser like crazy, I won't even use it on grout anymore because I go through them way too fast. If it's a little tiny area it could work but if it's in the whole room I think you'll need hundreds of erasers to do the job! The other thing that will work is bleach and a toothbrush...only think is I'm not sure what the bleach will do to the slate, so I'd test in a small inconspicuous area first and then be careful to get as little bleach on the slate as possible. Or as a last resort I think you can buy paint for grout (I'm not sure how big of a color selection there is) |
fancyvan
Calgary, AB
(Zone 3a)
March 19, 2008
10:00 PM Post #4684747
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Thanks for the hints - I too would worry about using bleach! But I have some pieces of the slate so I could test there.
I will check about the paint.
Ive even thought about putting a thin layer of new grout on the tiles since I still have it! It is a very small room . |
ecrane3
Dublin, CA
(Zone 9a)
March 19, 2008
10:26 PM Post #4684900
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I'm not sure about that last thought--I'm not sure if the new grout would stick well to the old stuff, if you want to take that approach I think you're better off removing all the old grout and then redoing it. (and that sounds like way too much work!) |
LiliMerci
Norcross, GA
(Zone 7b)
April 21, 2008
10:18 AM Post #4840531
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Clorox has a bleach stick that works wonderful. It may takes several tries. |
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