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Thanks for the suggestion. Turns out that steam alone is not enough, but if
I rapidly alternate steam and my powered brush, it is still faster than the
TSP solution.
If only I was brave enough to put TSP solution in the steam cleaner, I bet
that would work wonders... but I do not know what it would do to the
innards, and I do not want to ruin my brand new steamer...
:)
"Vox Humana" <vhumana@hotmail.com> sagely wrote in
news:oF0Kf.161107$PY6.44139@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com:
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> "Keith" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns976F696DEC053KeithBC4ReaderTokenI@207.115.17.102...
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>> I moved recently, and the bathtub and surround tile (glossy 4.25"
>> square tiles) had at least 20 years of grime on them. I tried every
>> normal bathroom cleaner I could find, and nothing even made a visible
>> difference.
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>> I was just about to give up and replace the tile (and I had already
>> bought
>> an aftermarket enamel paint kit on the tub) when I accidently found
>> out that whatever the "TSP" stuff is nowadays (without phosphate)
>> seemed to help- just a little. Now, if I spray a tile, then use a
>> comet-type cleaner along with a motorized scrubber, I can get one
>> tile clean about every 10 minutes. So....
>>
>> now I know that this stuff comes off, and that the tile looks ok
>> underneath. The tub looks ok underneath too, in my test cleaning
>> areas. But
>> my wife is gonna kill me if it takes me 2 years to clean this tub,
>> with nothing else getting done in the meantime. What else should I be
>> trying to get this residue off? There has to be something strong
>> enough (and relatively safe) that I can use to make this go faster.
>> I am already planning on bleaching and re-sealing the grout, so I
>> do not mind if whatever
>> I use eats off the old grout sealant, assuming that any is even still
>> there
>> (besides, that would just make it easier to bleach the grout).
>>
>> Any suggestions?
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> Try using a steam cleaner.
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Re: 20 years of grime on tile & grout
