Professional Tile Cleaning in Greater Los Angeles: Know Your Tile

As your professional tile cleaning service in Los Angeles, we feel it is our duty to clear up a bunch of misunderstandings regarding your tile and your grout.

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Tile Cleaning and Your Floors and Counters

Tiling is a popular way to decorate your home.  For centuries tile adds elegance and functionality at the same time.  Tile cleaning depends on a lot of things, such as the size of the tiles.  Have you ever wondered why a lot of gyms use tiles that are only about an inch across in their locker rooms and shower areas?  Well, not only  is it easy to clean these tiles, it also reduces the chance that someone can slip on the area and injure themselves.  The smaller the tile, the less the chances there are to slip.  Does that mean you should only use small tiles in your home?  Not necessarily.  Sometimes, your decor won't go well with smaller tile sizes.  So you want to use the tile that works best for the area in question.  For example, if you have a bathroom, you probably want ceramic and not something like travertine.

After all, natural stone care is tough enough, but what about tile cleaning in the greater Los Angeles area?  First off, it may surprise you that a lot of the care you give to stone can be adapted to tile.  For example, on no tile or stone surfaces should you use harsh chemicals such as ammonia or bleach.  Why?  Well, look at something like fine porcelain tile.  Too much bleach or ammonia and you can strip the glaze right off the tile, and even damage your grout as well.

What About Grout Cleaning

Ah yes, grout.  The often overlooked stuff between the tiles.  What a lot of people don't know however, is that a tiny portion of the grout is underneath the tile, and it serves as a cushion for the tile.  This is important as it strengthens the tile.  However, since grout is very porous, it can absorb stains and instead of being a nice, clean crisp white, it can be dingy and gray.  That's why you want a professional grout cleaning service to come in and do both your tile as your grout.

A professional service may even recommend that you do grout sealing as well as grout cleaning.  It makes sense, if you think about it.  Stone sealing helps to protect the stone's pores from absorbing liquids, so the same would hold true for grout sealing.  After all, a lot of grout is made up of sand, and who ever heard of non-absorbent sand?

So remember, know your tile, and know what it needs.  Call a tile cleaning service in the greater Los Angeles area.

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Tile Cleaning in the Beach Cities

Tile cleaning is knowing what to do and what not to do.

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Professional Tile Cleaning in the South Bay

Professional tile cleaning services know what to do as well as what not to do. For example, did you know that using harsh chemicals such as bleach and ammonia can not only damage your tile and your grout, it can damage them irreparably?

It's true. Ceramic tile can have the glaze stripped from it if there's too much bleach used when you're cleaning your tile floor. Bleach is essentially acid. If the protective glaze is stripped off your tile, then your floor is just one stain away from being ruined. There is also the problem of what bleach can do to some forms of grout.  Grout is basically a mixture of either sand and/or resin.  What some grout makers don't tell you though is that some grout is extremely susceptible to damage from harsh chemicals as well. Grout not only separates your tiles it is a protective layer under each tile.   If the grout goes, your tile can start getting stress and strain on it until it finally cracks.  Instead of finding ways of moving the furniture or planters to hide the stains, cracks, and other damage that could have been avoided,  why don't you  save yourself a lot of trouble and call a professional service to clean your tile.  However, there's more.  

Natural Stone Care and Why You Should Call a Professional Service

A lot of the more popular stones that are used in tiling appear hard enough on the surface.  However, anything acidic on them can actually start dissolving the stone. So instead of having a clean tile floor, you can have a tile floor that looks like some sort of expensive cheese, namely with a bunch of holes and gaps.  The same holds true for ammonia.  In the unlikely event it doesn't damage the stone right off, it can start making your stone more and more brittle till it either cracks or crumbles. This holds true for marble, limestone, and travertine.  If you think that only these stones are affected, think again.

For one thing, granite is a composite stone made of different types of stones fused together.  

So whether you have a tile floor or a stone one, you want to take care of.  Clean up any spills immediately, and call a tile cleaning service in the Beach Cities.

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Get Professional Grout Cleaning and Sealing in the South Bay (Contd.)

Hiring a grout cleaning service in the South Bay area makes sense, particularly when you consider that some of the cleaning products that you can buy may do more harm than good.

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South Bay Grout Cleaning

As we covered previously, it is a good idea to call a grout cleaning service in the South Bay.  Many grout cleaners will not only discolor the surface, but they will also etch the tile in the process of cleaning the grout. Some professional cleaners use distilled water heated to over 200 degrees Fahrenheit combined with a cleaner they know will remove dirt, grime and stains.
A soil suspension cleaning agent is sprayed on the grout by the professional grout cleaning service to loosen dirt and grime so that the cleaning process will work producing optimum results. Cleaning is often accomplished by a device that emits steam which will remove the loosened material from the grout.
A rinse solution is then applied to the floor which contains a sanitizing product and this process will balance the pH of the floor at the ideal number of 7 which means it is a neutral finish to the floor. Any number lower than 7 would be too acidic and a number higher would indicate too much alkalinity. It is important that any cleaner with a pH lower than 7 be rinsed completely and the floor washed with a product having a pH of 7. The non-professional will not understand the importance of this process and the result could be a serious problem for the grout and the tile.

The Methods Professional Grout Cleaners Use

Of course, there are other methods used by professional cleaners, but each method should result in the use of a high quality grout cleaner applied with a professional grout cleaning machine. Some grout cleaners will use an electric tooth brush on the very dirty and stained areas of the grout. This would indicate that the grout is being cleaned by a conscientious cleaner.
A professional grout cleaner should be willing to give the homeowner a Material Data Safety Sheet (MDSS) for every product he plans to use in the home. This will allow the homeowner to check on the efficacy and safety of the product. The cleaner should also be able to describe the cleaning machine he proposes to use.
While good grout cleaning begins with good sealing, not all homes are fortunate enough to have this condition. The professional cleaner will know how to work with grout that has not been sealed, but the homeowner should have the grout sealed as soon as practical after cleaning.  All of this can be done by your grout cleaning service in the South Bay.
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Get Professional Grout Cleaning and Sealing in the South Bay

You really should get professional grout cleaning and sealing in the South Bay.  Why?  Because of the amazing difference it can make in your floor's appearance.

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Grout Cleaning in the  South Bay

Professional grout cleaning helps to protect your grout as well as your tile.  Tile setters generally use either un-sanded grout for grout lines less than 1/8 of an inch or sanded grout for grout lines 1/8 of an inch or larger. Un-sanded wall grout is similar in composition as sanded grout except it does not have sand as part of the mix. All grout should be sealed by professionals who know which high quality sealer to use on the specific application. Grout in the bathroom shower will require a different sealer than will be required for the floor tile grout. All grout should be sealed to prevent absorbency of water and other liquids. The sealant will also help to prevent the formation of mildew, and the growth of bacteria which can live in wet grout. The market has many sealers available, but it is important to hire a professional to select the best sealer for your tile. Grout should be sealed when it is about a week old since this will ensure that the grout is clean, and dirt and stains will not be sealed in.
>Although both types of grout use Portland cement, some grout products have additives which may help the grout look better and last longer. For example, a popular sanded grout is polymer-modified. All grouts are not equal in quality. This is another good reason to seal the grout since cleaning and sealing a poor quality grout will enhance the longevity of the grouts appearance.

What a Grout Cleaning Service Can Do

A grout cleaning service will be able to look at grout lines and determine the best method for cleaning the grout and the best cleaning product to use. There is a very significant difference in the professional products which have been scientifically formulated and the multiple DIY recommendations for cleaners made from store bought products. The DIY products will likely result in deterioration of the grout.
Selected cleaners used by professionals will remove the dirt and stains from the grout leaving a clean and beautiful floor. These cleaning products are known to the professionals who have experience using them on every type of grout.  We will cover this more in a future article, but know for you you probably want to call a grout cleaning service for your tile as well as your grout.
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Professional Tile Cleaning Services and Your Home or Business (Contd.)

Regardless of the type of flooring you have in place, the right professional tile cleaning service in Manhattan Beach  will employ the use of the best equipment, as well as the highest quality cleaners, so that your floors really look brand new once they are finished with their work.

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Professional Tile Cleaning Services Know Their Floors

When doing any work on your floors, it takes plenty of time and effort, especially if you are performing a deeper clean. Not only is this timely, it is also going to require a great deal of effort if you want the floors to look good. Rather than having to do this on your own, why not hire a professional to do the work for you? In addition to doing it right, they are also going to guarantee the quality of the work they do for you. So, your floors are going to look good, they are going to look new, plus you won't have to do the hard work when it comes to the floor care and maintenance.

Professional Tile Cleaning Services Save You Money

You may think hiring a professional is costly. But, how much more does it cost when you have to do major repairs after using the wrong chemicals on the floor? You will find it is much cheaper to hire a professional, rather than do the work yourself, and spend more money, after doing things incorrectly. A professional knows what has to be done. So, even though you are paying for their labor, they will do the work quickly, and properly, eliminating the headaches, and potential for major damage to your home's floors as well.

If you want your home's floor to look good, it has to be properly maintained and cared for over the years. You don't have to worry about difficult flooring, or stuck on stains. By hiring professionals to clean your floors, they will look good, and they will be properly maintained for years to come. Not only does this save time over the years, it will also save you headaches, and the physical demand of having to do the work yourself.  All very good reasons to hire a professional tile cleaning service in Manhattan Beach, California.

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Professional Tile Cleaning Services and Your Home or Business

Professional tile cleaning services help your floor not only look good, but stay looking good between visits.

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Why You Should Hire a Professional Tile Cleaning Service

Why should you hire a professional tile cleaning service?  Whether you have tile floors, hardwoods, or carpet in the home, you have to properly perform floor care and maintenance work regularly. Sure, vacuuming, mopping, and even waxing with different cleaning products will help in maintaining the appearance of your floors. But only hiring a professional to provide floor care and maintenance work will really bring out the shine, and help preserve the quality of your floors for years to come.

Hire licensed cleaners -
When hiring a company to perform the floor care work and cleaning services, you have to hire a company that is licensed, bonded, and fully insured to do the work. In addition to being skilled and having the experience, these companies will also provide you with service guarantees for the work they do for you. You will know they are going to do the job right, you will also know they are going to use the best quality tools, equipment, and cleaners, when performing different floor care services around your home.

The Professional Tile Cleaning Difference

When you hire a professional company to perform floor care and maintenance work, you also want to know they are experienced in dealing with the type of flooring you have in the home. Whether it is tile or older hardwoods, you want to know the most experienced people are doing the work for you. The right cleaners will not only have the right equipment to clean the floors, but will also use the best grade cleaning products, so that your floors look brand new once they are finished with their services in your home.

The equipment & cleaning products -
When you hire a professional cleaning company, you are doing so to ensure the floor care and maintenance work they do, is done properly. You want to know they are using the highest quality floor cleaners, to naturally bring out the shine, to get out stains, and to really make your floors look new again. Further, you want to know they are using the best equipment, to help get out the stains, to bring out the floor's shine, and to get out the toughest dirt you can't get out when you clean up your floors.  That's why you should hire a tile cleaning service in Manhattan Beach

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Reasons for Hiring a Tile Cleaning Service (Contd.)

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Here are more reasons to hire a tile cleaning service.

Tile Cleaning Vs. Professional Tile Cleaning

There's a big difference between tile cleaning and professional tile cleaning, as we covered a bit previously.  The average consumer often severely scratch and damage their tiles in an effort to get them completely clean. Not only can you scratch and damage the tile, but you can also damage the grout if you try to vigorously clean your tile floors yourself.

Damaging your grout can actually be worse than damaging just your tile. This is due to the fact that damaging the grout can compromise its sealing which would allow moisture to penetrate into other areas in, between, and even beneath the tiles. This can ultimately lead to the damaging of the structural integrity of other tiles, and no one wants that to happen to their flooring. A professional tile cleaning service has the proper cleaning products and instruments needed to thoroughly clean your tile and grout without scratching and/or damaging your tile floors in any way. This reason alone can be a good enough reason to decide to hire a professional tile cleaning service instead of attempting a thorough tile and grout cleaning on your own.

Professional Tile Cleaning Services: Knowledge, Equipment and Experience

Even if you have had tile flooring for a very long time and consider yourself very experienced tile floor cleaner, a professional tile cleaning service has relevant training and knowledge that the average consumer does not. It’s actually very probable that if you have been cleaning your tile and grout floors yourself, and have never had them professionally cleaned, you most likely have scratched and/or damaged your tile and your grout. This can lead to the premature ruining of your tile flooring. You may even end up needing to repair and/or replace some or all of your tile flooring sooner than you should have to. On the other hand, if you always use a professional tile cleaning service to thoroughly and properly clean your tile and grout flooring instead, your tile flooring can actually end up lasting much longer than they would had you chose to clean them yourself.

Hiring a professional tile cleaning service is also the wisest and best choice for the cleaning and care of your tile and grout flooring because the end result of any and every professional tile cleaning results in a complete, proper and thorough cleaning of the tile and the grout respectively, and an evenly shining flooring surface. When hiring any tile cleaning service everything is done up to professional specifications.

In conclusion, if you truly want your tile and grout flooring to last the longest amount of time possible, and to look as amazing as possible at all times, you should definitely hire a professional tile cleaning service.

 

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Reasons for Hiring a Tile Cleaning Service

Tile cleaning services do more than just clean your tile.  They also do other work as well, like taking care of your grout.

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Is Tile Cleaning Hard?

Is tile cleaning hard?  It can be, yes.  Anyone who has ever lived in a home with tile flooring is probably all too familiar with the fact that cleaning those tile floors can be a huge pain in the neck. If you have a large amount of tile flooring in your home, or more than one room with tile flooring, that huge pain in the neck can become an even bigger headache. The fact of the matter is, even though some consumers feel that tile flooring is easier to clean than carpeted flooring, cleaning tile floors is usually a task that is better left to a professional tile cleaning service.

Your floor is most often the largest surface in your home and keeping those floors clean can turn into a real night mare, especially if your floors are tile flooring. Tile flooring can be difficult to clean because not only do the tiles themselves collect dust and dirt, but the grout between the tiles also collects lots of grit and grime.

Grout Cleaning and How Important It Can Be

The grout, which is the material between the tiles that essentially them in place, can make the cleaning of tiles a very challenging task for the average consumer. Sometimes the excess dirt, grit and grime that accumulates on the tiles and grout can become excessive and cannot be properly removed by conventional methods of the average person. In this case, using a professional tile cleaning service would be the best and wisest decision. There are several common mistakes average consumers make when cleaning tile floors.

There are a few drawbacks to attempting to clean your tile flooring on your own. The average person who attempts to clean tile and grout themselves often end up cleaning unevenly. Some areas of the floor will be noticeably cleaner in certain spots than in others. This can ultimately lead to uneven discoloration of your tile flooring, especially if a professional tile cleaner is never brought in to do the job properly. Another one of the drawbacks of self-cleaning your tile and grout flooring is scratches.  That's why you not only have to be careful, but you have to know when it is time to call a tile cleaning service instead.

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