Than to clean a tile in a bathroom?

Tile is a traditional material that is often covered by walls and floors in apartments and houses. Its main feature is attractiveness, practicality and durability. However, this material requires special care, so you need to know how and how to clean the tile in the bathroom from the plaque, remove the stains from water and detergents, and restore it to its original radiance and shine. Due to observance of the basic rules of operation and care of tile, each mistress can achieve its maximum durability and aesthetic appeal. Let's consider different cleaning options in this article.

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Popular types of pollution and the causes of their occurrence

First of all, for the rapid and thorough cleaning of tiles in the bathroom from plaque, mold and fungus, we need to know the nature of their origin.

In rooms for maintaining personal hygiene regularly use water that emits steam. It is the evaporation that settles on the walls, leaving calcareous and salt deposits, which later form unpleasant divorces.

Important! Such impurities are usually represented by light colored streaks and have a rough structure. Collecting and drying up on the surface, they turn into lime, which is hard enough to clean.

However, the most severe and dangerous to human health pollution are chronic mold or fungus. Such problems can appear in your room for one of the following reasons:

• accumulation of dirt in the inter-cage joints;
• the raised maintenance of a moisture in air;
• high temperature;
• permanent contact with water;
• favorable conditions for the reproduction of microorganisms;
• lack of constant and systematic care with the use of antiseptic agents for washing tiles in the bathroom.

If you find mold or plaque that can be badly reflected not only on the appearance of ceramics in your bathroom, but also undermine your health, households must urgently begin to eliminate them.

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How to get rid of chronic mold and harmful to the health of the fungus?

If the plaque of the fungus or mold is not caught, then to clean the gaps between the ceramic base, you can use antifungal solutions, which suffice to inflict on the affected area and wait about half an hour. After such treatment, the tiles should be thoroughly rinsed with clean water and wiped dry with a sponge.

Important! If you do not have a special cleaning agent, then the usual bleach or baking soda will help you clean the tile in the bathroom, which also eliminates the unpleasant odor.

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Popular cleaning tools

Almost every mistress of the house wonders what to clean the tile in the bathroom from the raid? However, despite the popularity of modern chemicals, most women still give time-tested folk methods.

The following tools will help to remove lime deposits or stains on the ceramic coating:

1. Lemon - to clean the tiles you need to take a small slice of fresh lemon and rub it with a problem place. You can also add lemon juice into the water, which you plan to carry out a wet cleaning in the bathroom. After washing the tile your room will not only be filled with an invigorating, pleasant aroma of citrus, but will also please with its cleanliness.
2. Soda with vinegar is a great tool for washing tiles in the bathroom, which will allow at home to destroy various deposits and dirt. The reaction that occurs when mixing these two substances softens the calcareous and other deposits. Initially, the tile is applied to soda, after which the surface is covered with a solution of acetic acid with a sprayer. At the end, after passing a chemical reaction, this combination is removed with a damp cloth.
3. Ammonia alcohol will help not only to remove plaque, but also to eliminate oily stains. To achieve the best possible result, dilute alcohol in water and apply to a dirty surface.
4. Chlorine. Working with this substance, it is necessary to protect hands and respiratory organs from the negative effect of the solution, therefore, surface treatment should be carried out using protective gloves and a respirator. When using chlorine, lime deposits are well removed, but its use can damage the ceramic tile and discolor the seams.

Important! Before applying chlorine for tile cleaning, test the substance on a separate tile or an inconspicuous section of the wall.

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How to wash the tile after the repair is completed?

After finishing the repair, most of the owners of the room wonder how to clean the tile in the bathroom from the remnants of the mounting material. Most often we have to deal with the elimination of the following contaminants:

• silicone sealant;
• building cement;
• grout;
• mounting dust;
• lime;
• paint;
• construction foam.

Depending on the type of dirt present on the surface, it is necessary to choose the most effective cleaning agent.

Adhesive mortar or silicone sealant

If, after finishing the repair, you need to clean the tile from the adhesive, then you need to be patient and persistent, because the cleaning procedure will be far from easy. To achieve the desired result, adhere to the following recommendations:

1. If you find traces of another soft solution on the surface of the tile, the best way is to clean it directly during the masonry process. To do this, you can use a simple rubber spatula or a damp cloth.
2. Frozen dirt from silicone sealant can be softened with ammonia or vinegar. Acetone is excellent for polymeric materials.

Important! To clean the tiles should be very carefully, so as not to damage the surface.

1. Chemical attack - silicone sealant is removed using a special tool, which is based on the solvent.
2. Mechanical sanding - softened sealant can be removed with a hard sponge or spatula.

Primer and cement

Remove the white spots of cement and primers that remain after repair on the ceramic by using the following:

• special washes;
• construction foam;
• acetone.

Important! It is easy enough to remove the primer or cement from the surface of the tile using a scraper with a sharp blade. However, it is necessary to act very carefully, so as not to damage the ceramic tile.

Grout

If, after finishing the repair on your tile there are traces of grout - it's not scary. Remove them is much easier than traces of cement or primer. Clear the floor and walls will be very simple matter, if after drying the grout wash them with plain water.

It is much harder to cope with epoxy mortar. If a drop of substance has got on the ceramics, the most practical solution will be to get a special solvent and not to suffer.

Important! To avoid such contamination during work, you need to use a film or a paint tape.

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Prevention of contamination

Maintaining a perfect order in the bathroom will allow for systematic washing of ceramics. Walls and floor wipe dry and soft napkins. Flows or limescale, due to this, will not turn into unaesthetic, seemingly dried up drops.

If you want to return the material to a brilliant appearance, you can use a liquid for cleaning glass or any other detergent with non-aggressive chemical composition.

Important! You will not find a better way to clean the joints between ceramic tiles than using a solution of water with chalk.

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Specialty detergents

In any hardware store you can choose from a huge number of cleaning agents. But buying them, you should adhere to the following recommendations:

• choose liquid or creamy cleaning agents, because the cleaning powder can leave on the surface of the tile small scratches, which will cause a loss of its aesthetic appeal;
• chlorine-containing compounds can remove contamination and disinfect the room, but can damage the ceramic surface;
• chalk-containing formulations are not recommended, because after their use, stigma is often left;
• is not suitable for cleaning walls and ceilings from tiles cleaning compounds containing alkali and acid, which can damage intertile seams;
• should also refrain from buying organic solvents.

In this article we told you how to clean the tiles in the bathroom from various contaminants with the help of folk methods and household chemicals. To avoid strong contamination of the ceramic, it is enough to take care of it daily. This process will prevent unnecessary, unnecessary, temporary and material costs.