We haven't cleaned the bathroom floor in 2 years, any pointers?

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What are good products to get. I have a flat with not a lot of storage so don't want to keep any sort of mop bucket. Pic for reference so you know what kind of floor it is.

ACE bleach. It has certain properties that make it just right for bathrooms and toilets...

Looks amazingly clean for not having been cleaned for 2 years! Is it just the tile grout you want whitening? You can get specific pastes and stuff for that. Or you could carefully sand off a bit of the grout and redo it, if you've got a couple of days you're not going to be in the flat for it to set.

If it's general floor cleaning, the easiest thing in a flat is to get some specific purpose floor-cleaning wipes. The cheapest (and proper old-style thing to do) is to use a mixture of boiling water, white vinegar and bicarb of soda, but that *would* mean getting a mop and bucket really (otherwise you'll scald yourself with the boiling water ;) ). Otherwise just some generic cleaner and a scrubber of some kind.

Cool, wipes sound like a plan. The grout is actually not much darker than it was 2 years ago, so no problem with that. I'm lucky that my flat is mould-proof, no moisture, clothes dry within 24 hours etc

Why you haven't cleaned your bathroom 2 years? Bleach is good choice in my opinion. It is not expensive. You can try but 2 years is big period of time. It may not be helpful.

On a similar note, anyone know how to get rid of the white calcy type stuff on dark tiles? It mainly seems to be in the joints

Dettol is good to use as well, soak it in overnight, worked great for our bath and shower head/ hose, the scale was gone i the morning.

2 years?!?

Nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure..

lol you been watching too much Aliens.

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On a similar note, anyone know how to get rid of the white calcy type stuff on dark tiles? It mainly seems to be in the joints

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I have heared that vinegar can clean it but I have not tried it.

flame thrower....

I'm so glad Jiff didn't see this thread.

I went to his house once (no... twice) and had to clean the bathroom .. cos it just needed it!

Bathrooms clean best with toothbrushs and Flash Bathroom http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg this one

you'll need scrubbing pads (with WHITE abbrasive pads... not the green ones).. lots of clean cloths (wash and reuse another day) and patience.

and an eye for detail.

I love cleaning bathrooms but the owners tend to hate me afterwards... cos I really clean EVERYWHERE!!!! toilet seat off for example.

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Why you haven't cleaned your bathroom 2 years? Bleach is good choice in my opinion. It is not expensive. You can try but 2 years is big period of time. It may not be helpful.

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Just never got that dirty, we're relatively tidy and although we have parties every couple of months, no major accidents.

The flat is kinda crazy-good though, no damp, no stains, cleans up easy, low maintenance

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I'm so glad Jiff didn't see this thread.

I went to his house once (no... twice) and had to clean the bathroom .. cos it just needed it!

Bathrooms clean best with toothbrushs and Flash Bathroom http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg this one

you'll need scrubbing pads (with WHITE abbrasive pads... not the green ones).. lots of clean cloths (wash and reuse another day) and patience.

and an eye for detail.

I love cleaning bathrooms but the owners tend to hate me afterwards... cos I really clean EVERYWHERE!!!! toilet seat off for example.

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Can we arrange something?? :-p £££

Cillit Bang bathroom cleaner, we live in a very hard water area and this stuff gets rid of it chalky deposits wth ease.

Marcos have you did something about the bath cleaning because I am interested in the solution of that problem.

Nothing yet, but will try Cillit Bang next

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The tiles themselves look clean and only the grouting seems to need work. For that you can sand off the surface of the old stuff with a Dremmel or something and redo the grouting.
If you would simply prefer to clean them, the best tool would be one of those steam cleaners which I doubt most people have, but they will make short work of it.

Good luck

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The tiles themselves look clean and only the grouting seems to need work. For that you can sand off the surface of the old stuff with a Dremmel or something and redo the grouting.
If you would simply prefer to clean them, the best tool would be one of those steam cleaners which I doubt most people have, but they will make short work of it.

Good luck

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I think the grouting looks bad on the pics but I'm sure it was that colour when we moved in, I think it's just a darker shade than the tile

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I love cleaning bathrooms but the owners tend to hate me afterwards... cos I really clean EVERYWHERE!!!! toilet seat off for example.

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Hey, Zakky me ol' mucker, wanna come for a visit? Pack a bag for, say, a month. That'll be a good start.

:)

As for the best way to clean a bathroom floor, well, I prefer a steam cleaner (as long as it's tile, lino, etc, not carpet or wood). Marcos, it does mean storing a device, but a steam clean and a wipe, and my cleaner has a pad built-in, is (in my experience) highly efficient, fast, bloody effective, and requires minimal elbow grease. When a friend bought a new flat and had ceramic bathroom tiles that hadn't been cleaned in, I'd guess, well, ever (*), they tried all sorts of cleaning products with only limited success. I took the steam cleaner round and did the first wall in about 10 minutes with no real effort, and the tiles came up like new. So did the grout, for that matter.

I then told him the friend he/she needed the experience, so let them do the rest. They then bought a steam cleaner. ;)



(*) My guess would be a good 20 years. Maybe more.

PS. my cleaner is a Vax, if anyone's interested. Had no problems with it.

Sssh, now Google knows you have a Vax, there'll be targeted advertising hitting you any moment!

:) :clapping:

They have to work out who I am first. I doubt mail addressed to 'Saracen' is going to find either my inbox or front door. Unless someone who knows me tells them , or someone can access both my IP and ISP records, it'll be hard to link one with the other.

I was completely sold on those steam cleaners ten years ago when i used to watch those shopping channels out of boredom, glad to hear they can work well