Grout haze removal

[Turkish]

Believe it or not WD40 was not my idea but came second hand from a reputable training organisation!! Needless to say i won`t be using it again!! Washboy only

Turkish

 

[enduro]

Believe it or not WD40 was not my idea but came second hand from a reputable training organisation!! Needless to say i won`t be using it again!! Washboy only

Turkish

Wasn't Alpine Training by any chance?

 

[DHTiling]

Now then Dave, I wouldn't have expected you to be looking for advice......:laugh4:

Mark.

:lol: I might one day mate.........it was just that i wanted to know wot you lot use or any tricks because it was mentioned about wd40 , so i wanted to know if anybody else used this method or any other type of oil based product etc etc......

 

[enduro]

:lol: I might one day mate.........it was just that i wanted to know wot you lot use or any tricks because it was mentioned about wd40 , so i wanted to know if anybody else used this method or any other type of oil based product etc etc......

They wont tell you now Dave, in case you tell them off...

 

[pjtiler]

i zip over wall tiles with a green pad then polish with a soft cloth

 

[IvegotsTILE]

Wivers says he just drinks alot of tea then urinates over the wall,that'll definately remove the haze,in fact sometimes the tiles start to melt

 

[mz30]

Believe it or not WD40 was not my idea but came second hand from a reputable training organisation!! Needless to say i won`t be using it again!! Washboy only

Turkish

A reputable training organisation? never come across one yet
I've read all the post's in this thread and i am a little amazed why people will buy additives for washing grout off?
At the end of the day we are all in the game to make money ,why put uneccesary expense on to the job when water and sponge and a dry rag will do the same job.

I go back to the days of sand and cement grouting and using sawdust to clean off ,all the stuff you use now does not require that much hard work.

I keep seeing the same old thing in post's here and on other site's ,everyone making the job harder than it need's to be.

 

[Turkish]

Enduro....Nail on the head! It was Alpine!.....and i consider myself severly reprimanded and won`t be using WD40 on a cloth ever again!!!!!

Turkish

 

[wivers]

Wivers says he just drinks alot of tea then urinates over the wall,that'll definately remove the haze,in fact sometimes the tiles start to melt

Listen here father of my unborn child. What my urine does is of no concern to you at the moment. I think you should be putting more effort into decorating my baby's bedroom and saving up for a new pram!! :yes:

 

[Brindle]

Washboy for me, used slowly and firmly though. Then a wipe over with dry cloth just before leaving. Or if late in the day, ask the customer to give a wipe over in an hour or so - normally hardly any haze though

 

[jocky102]

Well Dave,
i actually don't have too much bother with haze,must be the way i was trained to wash!
I use the washboy all the time,rub first in circular motion to form joints etc,then before i move away from the area i clean sponge and rub it once on floor etc,then clean it,rub along floor or wall again then rinse again,do this often and very little if any haze appears,change water regular too,

i do it the same way and have only had a prob once with a porcelain tile that had a slate effect :furious3: with many deep ridges, i put it down to using the same water to long and should have changed it more often.

 

[CJ]

Plenty of washing.........and changing of water

But there are some right :furious3: of tiles out there that just love grout haze :mad2:

 

[pjtiler]

A reputable training organisation? never come across one yet
I've read all the post's in this thread and i am a little amazed why people will buy additives for washing grout off?
At the end of the day we are all in the game to make money ,why put uneccesary expense on to the job when water and sponge and a dry rag will do the same job.

I go back to the days of sand and cement grouting and using sawdust to clean off ,all the stuff you use now does not require that much hard work.

I keep seeing the same old thing in post's here and on other site's ,everyone making the job harder than it need's to be.

what a brilliant post
all these fancy additives/ grouts have only been around for a few years
bring back snowcreat and silversand and cement i say

remember when we use to polish off with the straw out of the boxes

 

[DHTiling]

what a brilliant post
all these fancy additives/ grouts have only been around for a few years
bring back snowcreat and silversand and cement i say

remember when we use to polish off with the straw out of the boxes

Hi paul....we have to move with technology mate. ......You still not soaking those tiles are you..?:lol: ..........Oh!! and adhesive can come ready made now and not out of the wheelbarrow....... ............

 

[mz30]

what a brilliant post
all these fancy additives/ grouts have only been around for a few years
bring back snowcreat and silversand and cement i say

remember when we use to polish off with the straw out of the boxes

Me too
Not old enough to remember the straw though