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Nothing makes a kitchen or bathroom look dirty more quickly than greasy, stained tiles. When your wall or floor tiles are clean and sparkling, they can make the room look cleaner, nicer, and even brighter. That's right - clean wall tiles can reflect light and make a room look airier.
However, cleaning your tile floors and walls is often easier said than done. Grease, cooking spills, and the dreaded sticky dust can build up quickly on tiles, making them difficult to clean. Some homeowners resort to commercial cleaners and bleach, but you may not like the idea of using powerful chemicals in your kitchen or bathroom.
So, what are your options? How can you clean your wall and floor tiles naturally? Let's find out.
You may be surprised to learn that many of your household products can effectively clean grease and dirt off wall and floor tiles. Products like baking soda, vinegar, borax and more can be just as useful as commercial cleaners - if not more.
Baking Soda
Baking soda is one of the most versatile natural cleaners, that incidentally works well in baked goods, too.
To clean wall tiles with baking soda, you'll need a cloth or damp sponge, a sprinkle of baking soda, and a toothbrush for cleaning the grouting.
Sprinkle baking soda onto the sponge, or directly onto the tiles if you're cleaning a flat, horizontal surface. Wipe down the tiles with the baking soda and damp sponge.
Don't scrub too vigorously. Baking soda is abrasive, and can leave scratches on a smooth surface. Use the toothbrush if you're also cleaning grout. Once again, don't scrub too vigorously, as this can actually wear away at grouting over time.
Wipe away the baking soda and water mixture with a clean, damp cloth, and dry the tiles to buff them.
Vinegar
Vinegar is another popular cleaning product, and it can be put in a spray bottle to create a quick and easy spray cleaner. To use vinegar to clean your ceramic tiles, you'll need to use white vinegar, possibly diluted with warm water.
Vinegar can be handy to use on greasy wall tiles. Vinegar is slightly acidic, and can be used daily to dissolve grease and sticky dust.
Spray your white vinegar and water solution over the tiles, and let the mixture sit for 5-10 minutes. Then, wipe it away with a clean, damp cloth. You can repeat the process a few times, if you're dealing with stubborn grease.
For a deep clean with vinegar, soak paper towels in vinegar, and put the paper towels over the tiles you want to clean. It doesn't matter whether the tiles are on the wall, floor, or a counter, as wet paper towels will stick quite easily!
Let the vinegar paper towels sit for around 20-30 minutes. Remove the paper towels and rinse the clean tiles, using a soft, dry cloth to buff the tile and grout to a high shine.
Lemon Juice
Lemon juice is another powerful cleaner for tiles. Like vinegar, it's slightly acidic, but it has a more pleasant scent. Some people hate the smell of vinegar, but lemon juice has a fresh, citrusy scent.
There are a few different ways to use lemon juice as a cleaner, but one helpful way is to combine lemon juice and baking soda. You can combine approximately a cup of lemon juice with warm water in a spray bottle to create a spray cleaner, or simply sprinkle baking soda on a freshly sliced half of a lemon for spot cleaning your bathroom tiles.
Borax
Borax, or sodium borate, is another household product that is used to clean grease and dirt. Borax can be a heavy-duty method to deal with stubborn grease and sticky dust on your tile and grout.
Start by combining lemon juice and borax to make a thick paste. Usually around a cup of lemon juice is enough, depending on the size of the area you want to clean. Apply the paste to the area that you want to treat. Let the mixture sit for 15-20 minutes, then clean it away with a clean cloth. Use a dry, soft cloth to buff the bathroom tiles to high shine.
Since borax and lemon juice makes a paste, this kind of cleaning product is better suited to cleaning small areas or spot cleaning, as opposed to large tiled areas.
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