how often do you need to clean white subway tiles?

12 years ago

I love the look of the white subway tiles with white grout that many people on here have done. However, is it difficult to keep looking clean? how often do you have to really scrub them to get rid of stains?

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golfschnell
12 years ago
good porcelain is easy to clean and color is less the issue than quality of the material. White grout is more problematic, but if you use a good quality stain resistant grout and then properly seal its really not bad. I thoroughly clean my white subway with a commercial steamer I own 1 a year and reseal the grout every 2. The majority of the time I clean it like I would any other shower and have no problem keeping it clean. Where white on white is an issue is the floor. Before I redid my bathrooms this is what I had in builders grade carp and it was impossible to keep clean. I use medium greys and browns for floor grouts.
michoumonster
Original Author
12 years ago
hi golfschnell, how can you tell which is good porcelain and which is bad? what stain resistant grouts do you recommend? unsanded or sanded? thanks!
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As far as grout, Use Laticrete Spectralock or PermaColor and another high end Bright White grout is Quartz Lock 2 #120 High White.
I'm allergic to Epoxy so my 2 go to grouts are PermaColor and QL2!

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