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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Hard Floor Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Darran Pryce on April 20, 2015, 02:52:52 pm

Title: What's the best chemical to remove
Post by: Darran Pryce on April 20, 2015, 02:52:52 pm
Hey guys, what's the best chemical to remove dirt in grout floors?

Title: Re: What's the best chemical to remove
Post by: stuart_clark on April 20, 2015, 03:32:52 pm
Prochem QMTAcid stone cleaner
Title: Re: What's the best chemical to remove
Post by: Kev Martin on April 20, 2015, 04:04:01 pm
Quote from: stuart_clark on April 20, 2015, 03:32:52 pm
Prochem QMTAcid stone cleaner

Lets hope the tile is not acid sensitive then ??? ??? ???
Title: Re: What's the best chemical to remove
Post by: Kev Martin on April 20, 2015, 04:05:01 pm
Quote from: Darran Pryce on April 20, 2015, 02:52:52 pm
Hey guys, what's the best chemical to remove dirt in grout floors?

What are the tiles made of????
Title: Re: What's the best chemical to remove
Post by: Darran Pryce on April 20, 2015, 04:35:23 pm
Nothing too expensive. Just normal B&Q floor tiles (slate effect) Ceramic.
Title: Re: What's the best chemical to remove
Post by: stuart_clark on April 20, 2015, 04:46:04 pm
Its got a ph of 3.9 which is the same as ff rinse its not caustic
Title: Re: What's the best chemical to remove
Post by: Kev Martin on April 20, 2015, 05:40:33 pm
Quote from: stuart_clark on April 20, 2015, 04:46:04 pm
Its got a ph of 3.9 which is the same as ff rinse its not caustic

I don't care if it has a pH  of 6!!!   It is an acidic cleaner and if you use it on any calcite tile you will acid etch them ???  Additionally their website shows it as a pH value of 2???
Title: Re: What's the best chemical to remove
Post by: Kev Martin on April 20, 2015, 05:44:46 pm
Quote from: Darran Pryce on April 20, 2015, 04:35:23 pm
Nothing too expensive. Just normal B&Q floor tiles (slate effect) Ceramic.
 

1.  Pre wet the tiles so that the grout is soaking wet.
2.  Clean the floor using preferably a Mono Rotary Scrubber fitted with a soft to medium brush (Failing that you can do it the hard way with a grout brush) coupled with a high alkaline cleaner diluted 3:1.
3.  Allow to dwell then extract with a wet vacuum.
4.  Rinse and extract again.
5.  Seal the grout if required with a penetrating sealer!

Never use acid unless you have to!!!
Title: Re: What's the best chemical to remove
Post by: Darran Pryce on April 20, 2015, 09:06:23 pm
Thanks for the info Kevin.
Title: Re: What's the best chemical to remove
Post by: Fredd on April 25, 2015, 08:53:22 am
To clean floor tiles, mix any high-quality oxygen bleach with warm water and stir it until it dissolves. Then pour the solution onto the floor tile so the grout lines are flooded with the solution. It's best to apply the oxygen-bleach solution to dry grout so it soaks deeply. Let the solution sit on the grout for at least 15 minutes. If it completely soaks into the grout, add more solution, making sure there is always plenty of the cleaning liquid on the grout.    source: http://wapo.st/1ns3bcz  or you can contact http://www.gleem.co.uk/
Title: Re: What's the best chemical to remove
Post by: Kev Martin on April 25, 2015, 09:40:44 am
It was from a readers letter in the Washington Post so it must be correct ??? ??? ???

So is this the method you employ in your PROFESSIONAL cleaning company then???

Oh well at least you get to post the link to your website again ;D
Title: Re: What's the best chemical to remove
Post by: Tadgh O Shea on April 25, 2015, 08:42:34 pm
Quote from: Kevin Martin on April 25, 2015, 09:40:44 am
It was from a readers letter in the Washington Post so it must be correct ??? ??? ???

So is this the method you employ in your PROFESSIONAL cleaning company then???

Oh well at least you get to post the link to your website again ;D
Kevin i see you are very quick to ridicule people on this section, yet when i ridiculed your recommendation for using sodium hydroxide to deep clean Altro safety flooring you had a hissy fit, is it one rule for you on this section and shag everybody else.
Title: Re: What's the best chemical to remove
Post by: Fredd on April 28, 2015, 01:49:08 pm
Quote from: Kevin Martin on April 25, 2015, 09:40:44 am
It was from a readers letter in the Washington Post so it must be correct ??? ??? ???

So is this the method you employ in your PROFESSIONAL cleaning company then???

Oh well at least you get to post the link to your website again ;D

Hi Kevin,
 
It is just  an article I want you to read.   
I hope it helps  you... That's it! 

Have a good day to you!!!