Flooring Tile - Removing 'extra' dried grout?

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Cerestes
06-04-05, 04:14 PM
Tiled a bathroom, didn't wipe it down well enough and now we have a light haze of dried grout coating most of the tiles.

Any fancy tricks to remove this other than taking something (drywall trowel?) and scraping it off?

twelvepole
06-04-05, 04:24 PM
Grout haze can be buffed off with terry cloth towel and elbow grease. Dried grout is dried cement. Try saturating and using scrubbie. You may be able to force grout off with plastic spatula. Acids will not remove a heavy film of grout or portland cement.
Tileman
06-04-05, 07:55 PM
50/50 vinegar and water, don't let it sit on the joints though.:)

Acids will remove haze.:)

But don't use them indoors, if that doesn't work, try sulfamic acid crystals sold at HD.:)