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184K views · 3K reactions | How to Clean Dirty Grout with a Homemade Cleaner | 🛁🔆 Tired of scrubbing grout with no results? Mix up this homemade cleaner and watch your tiles shine again! | By This Old House | Husband and I debated a lot over the tile and the color of the grout. Yeah. So, unfortunately, I lost that battle. Alright, what about the tile? Did you agree on the tile? Yes, the tile was a no-brainer. And this is what it used to look like. Uh huh. This is what it looks like now. Okay. Well, I understand why he wanted to use the light grout because it really blends in with the floor. If you use the dark grout, it would have celebrated all the squares and the floor could look very busy. Mm hmm. Now, have you tried cleaning it? Yes, many down on my hands and knees with a toothbrush. Okay. Well, the the light grout will stain. Uh did you seal it? Uh 4 years ago. Oh, so you've only sealed it once? The one time. Alright. So, that should be at least once a year, I would think. Alright. Alright. So, you know, we can try maybe something in your pantry and see if we can get this to clean. Pantry, alright. Alright, let's take a look. Alright, I think I found everything we need. I found some dish detergent, some baking soda, and some white vinegar and a plastic cup. Okay. Alright. So, I'm going to mix this together with some water. Why don't you pour the white vinegar on the grout line and let that soak in so good. Baking soda will add some grit to the whole thing. Help scrub it clean. Now I want to add a little bit of the dish detergent. We don't need a lot of in there. Alright, that's good. Don't do too much because we're going to be walking on a wet floor here. Okay. So, I've got this mixed up. I want you to take this and just pour it right where on top of all the vinegar that you lay down. Alright, so I'm going to give you this stiff brush that I got at the home center. It's bigger and stiffer than a toothbrush. Great. And we're going to just scrub those joints. Grits coming right out of there. Oh it already looks so much better. Yep. Coming out. Alright that looks pretty good. It's been sitting for about 5 minutes. Why don't you hit it one more time with the brush. Okay. And I'll just come behind you after you get it scrubbed and wipe it up with the sponge. Look at that. Getting all that grime and dirt right out of there. Awesome. Alright, so it's been about 45 minutes. The floor is dry. I think it looks pretty good. What do you think? It looks great. Alright, so that came off pretty easy but if you had an area that was stained and really hard to get up, you actually get a knife like this at the home center. It actually has a carbide tips on the knife and this is actually a knife that is used to remove the grout when you want to replace it. Okay. But if you have an area that stained like I said that's bad and you couldn't get clean it the way we did. Mm hmm. You take this and lightly go across top of the grout for those hard to get places. It should be able to wipe off the residue and with lock, you'd have that stain going. Alright. Alright, so now that the floor is dry, I got some sealer at the home center. It's got a little applicator in it. Okay. You're going to tip the bottle upside down and just drag it right across the joints and that should let it seal. Alright, that looks pretty good. That was pretty easy, right? It was. Okay, so now we want to wait about three or four hours for this to dry. Mm hmm. And you can do it today or tomorrow but a second coat but make sure you do it at least once a year. Alright, thank you very much. My pleasure. Enjoy your house.