Do you have dirty grout? Have you tried cleaning it? Does it not change? Do you scrub and scrub and nothing happens? Cleaning grout can be tough, but it doesn’t have to be – not with the right grout cleaner! Grout is porous. It traps and absorbs all sorts of things including water, dirt, mold, mildew, and more. Remember that chocolate milk your son dropped on the floor last week? Likely, the grout sucked it up – even more likely…
Countertops usually settle, which often times means, you can find broken or missing grout in between the backsplash and the tile – this looks awful. It looks like your backsplash is old and broken. How can you repair this without retiling your entire backsplash? It is possible to do with Grout Shield products. Here’s what you do: Take a paper towel and measure it to the size of the crack. Place it behind the crack. Push it in. Get some…
Grout needs to be sealed. If not, it will absorb everything it comes in contact with such as dirt, water, food, debris, mold, and more. Grout Shield’s clear grout sealer is perfect for outside sidewalks, concrete, buildings, and new grout installations. Water just beads right off the grout sealer, which means your grout lines are protected from Mother Nature. Grout Shield’s grout clear sealer can be used to seal new tile and grout installations, as well as all natural stones…
Though the majority of homes here in Florida are single story and nice and easy to cool there are more and more second and even third story homes going up in the sunshine state. If you have a home with more than one floor you may notice that the upper floors can sometimes be hotter than the first. Let’s take a look at the reasons why this happens, as well as highlighting a few tips that can help mitigate the…
Want to change the look of your room? Bored of the color of your grout? Or, is your grout clean but permanently stained? You don’t need to re-tile or re-grout your floor, which is very expensive. You can actually change the color of your grout with Grout Shield’s color grout sealer. The color seal is so easy to use, even a kid can apply it! To use, just squeeze the color seal into the grout lines. Then, brush the seal…
Accidents happen. Spills, dirt, pet’s relieving themselves, mold – you name it, your tile and grout lines are up against a lot of gross things. Since grout absorbs everything it comes in contact with, it will stain easily. So, what can you do if, for example, you spilled soy sauce or red wine into your white grout lines? Or, if your children trekked mud in after a rainy day? Your first plan of attack is to clean your grout with…
Grout is porous. If it isn’t sealed, it will absorb everything it touches. Water, soy sauce, spaghetti sauce, red wine, juice, mud, urine, mold, and more. If you’ve tried to clean your grout before, you probably spent hours scrubbing with no progress. Most cleaners out there cannot lift stains from grout, or they are too harsh and will destroy the grout. You need quality grout cleaners and sealers to never get stains on your grout lines again. Grout Shield sells…
We live in the tropics. Warm summer breezes, hot mid day sun, and rising humidity levels can make summer days feel oppressive, however beautiful they may be. Sweltering temperatures outdoors don’t need to take their effect out on you indoors so long as your AC system is well maintained and working as it should be. The fact is that remaining cool in the hot summer season can be challenging in Southwest, Florida. Cranking that air conditioning down to igloo mode…
Cleaning your grout can keep you healthier – really? How so? Well, most grout is porous, which means it absorbs everything it encounters if not protected by a grout sealer. Grout can hold onto germs, bacteria, viruses, chemicals, mold, mildew, fungus, and more – all of these things can make you sick. You’re exposed to these bad germs/bacteria every time you walk on grout, take a shower near grout, or eat near grout. Your young children, who often play on…