cleaning a residue left on tiles after grouting

[Lee786]

Hi all,

Done a little bit of tiling a few days ago all went well but after grouting and clearing the grout off the tiles
I noticed the Finnish of the venis monker tiles looked damaged almost scraped looking no shine on the glaze


tried a few household cleaners hoping it was just a residue on them but nothing worked
at this point I thought I was going to have to rip them off and start over but the Mrs
tried a bit of lemon juice (thank god for pancake day) on them and the shine came back but it's hard work
an lemon juice being yellow i have to be careful not to get it in the white grout


Anyway can anyone recommend a tile cleaner solution to get this residue off?

 

[Gazzer]

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[John Benton]

Are these tiles from Porecelanosa and do they have a glass like glaze finish on them?

 

[Ian]

Are these tiles from Porecelanosa and do they have a glass like glaze finish on them?

Exactly what I thought John, porcelanosa recommend a fine grout with these tiles as sanded grout scratches the glaze.

 

[John Benton]

Exactly what I thought John, porcelanosa recommend a fine grout with these tiles as sanded grout scratches the glaze.

Paul Mckenna has nothing on you Bri. They do indeed recommend a fine grout (Butech) Used it before and it is almost like talcum powder its so fine. I fear that the tiles maybe scratched beyond repair, have you any pics?

 

[nybor62]

Paul Mckenna has nothing on you Bri. They do indeed recommend a fine grout (Butech) Used it before and it is almost like talcum powder its so fine. I fear that the tiles maybe scratched beyond repair, have you any pics?

i did,nt know paul mckenna tiled you learn somet every day :smilewinkgrin:

 

[John Benton]

i did,nt know paul mckenna tiled you learn somet every day :smilewinkgrin:

And Paul Daniels does his grouting for him :lol:

 

[Lee786]

Paul Mckenna has nothing on you Bri. They do indeed recommend a fine grout (Butech) Used it before and it is almost like talcum powder its so fine. I fear that the tiles maybe scratched beyond repair, have you any pics?

yes they're Porecelanosa.

as said the tiles are not damaged they just have a residue that's really hard to remove on them I have totally removed it from a few of the very worst effected with lemon juice (acidic ) and they are perfectly shiny
with no marks on the glaze at all the trouble it actually getting this stuff off.... it must have come from the grout

 

[John Benton]

You've been lucky that you didn't scratch the glaze though Lee. Follow Sir Ramics link.

 

[Lee786]

What happened was my landlord tiled the bathroom but they would only do 3 and a half walls haha (don't ask why I still don't understand it myself )

tiler left me the tiles adhesive and the grout to Finnish it ......he used all the same stuff and didn't have a issue so I guess I might have balls up the grout mix
and made it to thick or something

 

[John Benton]

What happened was my landlord tiled the bathroom but they would only do 3 and a half walls haha (don't ask why I still don't understand it myself )

tiler left me the tiles adhesive and the grout to Finnish it ......he used all the same stuff and didn't have a issue so I guess I might have balls up the grout mix
and made it to thick or something

More a case of not taking the residue off quickly enough and you need to use clean water constantly otherwise you are just moving the residue round the tiles and not removing it.

 

[Lee786]

least they're not scratched that's the main thing.

thanks for your advice guys

Paul Daniels don't do the grouting any more since making his own fingers disappear haha

 

[ms.tiles]

ltp grout stain remover is excellent stuff, test an off cut of tile to check it will not affect it in anyway.
Can get it online or some tile shops, i always keep a bottle in my van.