Help with getting matte black ceramic tile to look clean/even!
Ended up getting a good deal on these matte hexagon tiles through a friend. Didn't get much info on them other than they will look like what I want. Tiles are unfinished ceramic according to the box they came in. Tried cleaning them with a neutral cleanser and just soap and water but finish seems to be quite uneven almost like certain parts are more dry than others. I can rub off what's seems to be a thin coating of something and the tile looks much better after that. Not sure how to get these looking good. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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last yearI have a picture of my dirty tiles before/after cleaning with a magic eraser, Dollar Tree knock-off.
You can't tell in the picture because the grout is still wet, but it came out white. The process went like this.
- Soak the eraser in water.
- Massage the eraser over the tile using only the weight of the soaking wet eraser. It will look like nothing happened after a minute of this massaging, but it's time to rinse the eraser.
- Wring the eraser out in the bucket and redo step 2. At the 1 minute mark it will start to look muddy. Time to rinse out the eraser again.
- Wring the eraser, but this time don't soak it - leave it wrung out. Massage again using only the weight of the dry eraser to blot up the mud created in step 3. That should do it. Rinse the eraser and move on.
After I figured out the process, we switched to a magic eraser mop and covered about 400 square feet in an hour. It is really important to not push or scrub with a magic eraser. They wear out extremely quickly. I keep one in my shower for the floor and door. It's been there for a year and looks fine.
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10 months agolast modified: 10 months agoI have these in black and white in the kitchen and absolutley hate them. They do not get clean. the matte finish grabs on to any dirt and grease. I have to use a scrub brush to try to pull up the dirt. I am going to try sealing with Dry Treat and see if that works.
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