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need help with my tiles

13 years ago

hi there my house has just finished and brought a cleaning service to clean it but i have a huge problem my ceramic tiles (they are semi matte) are full of dull spots from i guess the grout the fair faced concrete dust and all the chemicals that where used in the house...what can i do do remove the stains and make my ceramic tiles look as the supposed to look..some told us to use hydrochloric acid i dont know please anyonw that can help me...thank you

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charleee
13 years ago
Your tiles are stained? Or the grout? The grout can be cleaned with fresh lemon juice and a nylon scrub brush. I'd like to see the tiles before I comment on them.
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Brickwood Builders, Inc.
13 years ago
Go to a tile store and purchase a product to remove grout haze on the tile. You should use products that are properly PH balanced to work with tile. Before doing anything, take pictures and notify your contractor of the issue - better yet have him/her come by and look at it with you. I would ask that they handle it. If you do something and it gets worse instead of better, you are going to have a hard time convincing someone it was there before.
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charleee
13 years ago
Oh Deborah, that's a great point!

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