This shower is kicking my butt!

[Living The Dream]

I've tried Viper Peroxybright that has a ph of 2-3 and a high alkaline tile and grout cleaner. Scrubbed the grout lines with a stainless steel brush rinsed at 1000 and 1500 psi. But the grout stays dark.

 

[Mike Pailliotet]

Dude...


It's supposed to be dark.


STOP!

 

[Living The Dream]

No it's not . Not that dark. I should have taken a picture of the original grout color.

 

[Living The Dream]

Here's some more befores.

 

[jcooper]

I've tried Viper Peroxybright that has a ph of 2-3 and a high alkaline tile and grout cleaner. Scrubbed the grout lines with a stainless steel brush rinsed at 1000 and 1500 psi. But the grout stays dark.

You scrubbed it with a steel brush and blasted it at 1500 psi... Not much else you can do.

Really, other than different products - it is what it is.

I'd imagine when dry(completely) it looked better. Most do...

 

[Living The Dream]

I know Mikey says to never color seal a shower but the home owner really wants it to look more uniform and brighter.

 

[Mike Pailliotet]

The light areas have efflorescence and other deposits.

It's dark grout.


Grout just doesn't turn dark all over like that.

 

[Mike Pailliotet]

Dark grouts also lose color over time with exposure to acids

 

[Mike Pailliotet]

btw, how is it in this day and age, you are finding it possible to take such shitty pictures?


Hold the camera very steady when you hit the "button" and dont move it the nano second after.

 

[Living The Dream]

The last pics I posted were the ones the property manager sent to me when they asked me if I wanted the job. The pics in the 1st post are the ones I took. But I will try and take better pics from now on.

 

[JohnHawkP]

I had a tricky one yesterday.

I used strong neat bleach and a quick agitation.

I checked it 45 minutes later and another quick agitation and it all came off and looked fine.

The bleach probably won't work as well on the walls because it won't stay in the grout lines.

The bleach will degrade the latex in the grout and is not recommended unless other solutions have been tried.

 

[Mike Pailliotet]

when I enlarge and zoom in on those photos it looks like there may have been a consumer color seal product applied at some point

 

[Living The Dream]

when I enlarge and zoom in on those photos it looks like there may have been a consumer color seal product applied at some point

I was thinking the same thing but have never ran into it before. They really want it to look better. Do you think using grout perfect would be a terrible idea? I know you've said in the past to never color seal a shower but I don't think they have much to lose at this point.

 

[Mike Pailliotet]

Dont, it wont stick.

Quit trying to be the hero of Atlantis.


this..

https://www.miraclemethod.com


Or a jackhammer

 

[Old Coastie]

Mike, assuming the customer would pay, could he ream out the grout lines a bit with a diamond blade on a multitool, then regrout with SGA?

 

[Hack Attack]

not ideal but can you run a grout rake over it lightly to remove the colour?

I've done that to a shower the owner didn't want to pay for regrouting I couldn't get even looking

 

[Mike Pailliotet]

Mike, assuming the customer would pay, could he ream out the grout lines a bit with a diamond blade on a multitool, then regrout with SGA?

he could..

 

[Dolly Llama]

could he ream out the grout lines a bit with a diamond blade on a multitool

this saved my azz on a floor we used the wrong color grout on

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-5-in-Grout-Rake-Reciprocating-Saw-Blade-49-00-5450/202525956

faster than a multi-tool grout blade and no less easy to use/control

thank God it was caught in time and only had 150ft of 12x24 tiles to redo


note, to use the above tool, you need a short stroke sawsall (the smaller one hand ones) not full size/longer stroke ones.
You'll have better control



.L.T.A.

 

[The Great Oz]

Lots of color seal in showers done by Stanley around here. They all look like this.

 

[Kenny Hayes]

I believe if you put an enhancer on it, it would even it out. I think that would be better than a color seal.

 

[Living The Dream]

I believe if you put an enhancer on it, it would even it out. I think that would be better than a color seal.

Any recommendations?

 

[Kenny Hayes]

Aqua mix stone enhancer. Home Depot or tile store.

 

[Mike Pailliotet]

Ain't happening..

 

[Nomad74]

I would just pick out a nice wallpaper and call it good.

 

[Mike Pailliotet]

not ideal but can you run a grout rake over it lightly to remove the colour?

I've done that to a shower the owner didn't want to pay for regrouting I couldn't get even looking

Grout rake?

 

[Hack Attack]

Grout rake?

 

[Mike Pailliotet]

Really?


What do you clean leaves off your lawn with?

 

[Dolly Llama]

it's 2018
not 1918

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct...aw1fL9-Os4hF2CEIK6QtVqbI&ust=1534729054056439






..l.t.a.

 

[Hack Attack]

Really?


What do you clean leaves off your lawn with?

If a tree here loses its leaves its dead or a foreigner

 

[Nomad74]

If a tree here loses its leaves its dead or a foreigner

If the tree falls and no-one is around, does it make a sound?