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Old 05-30-2022, 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by villager7591 View Post
villagetinker;
Thanks for your response.
Just to be clear, we are, of course, trying to clean the tile, not necessarily the grout.
We tried your water test: it is absorbing into the grout.
*The vinegar used, as instructed, was about 1 tablespoon per gallon, so very little vinegar used.
Does that change your response ?
Let me ask another question, does the grout in the bathroom walls do the same thing? Is it coming off like the floor? I am going to send a PM with my phone number to discuss further.
Our house 2013 vintage did not have the grout sealed and we never had your problem, however since it was not sealed it tended to get dirty, so I went ahead and sealed it with Grout Shield.
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