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The method of cleaning internal porcelain tiles may depend on the type and finish of your porcelain tiles. Modern matt finish interior textured porcelains tiles can be harder to clean than a fully polished porcelain tile.
Textured interior tiles often quickly collect dirt & grime, this can be quite obvious on both lighter and darker tiles.
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Polished porcelain. This type of porcelain often has a mirror finish and is usually an interior tile. Normally it is micro-porous so could be sealed (generally it is left unsealed as they are so unlikely to stain). We would recommend cleaning with an everyday gentle cleaner like Everyday Porcelain Tile Cleaner. Polished porcelain has a mirror finish which suffers from obvious scuff marks and streaking. Polished porcelain can be cleaned with our Everyday Porcelain Tile Cleaner at a low dilution rate.
Glazed porcelain or fully vitrified porcelain. This is the largest group of porcelains found on interior floors. It is likely that your porcelain tile falls into this category/type of tile. This type of tile will be totally non-porous, it might have a sheen but can also be in a matt textured finish. Matt finish tiles often have a more distinct anti-slip texture. We recommend Everyday Porcelain Tile Cleaner for general everyday cleaning. Or for periodic deep cleaning use Floorseal Intensive Tile Cleaner. Normally the Everyday Porcelain tile Cleaner is sufficient for most floors.
Unglazed or semi-vitrified or micro/semi-porous porcelains. This is a much smaller group of porcelains which will absorb a little liquid, this type of porcelain is not very common. It will almost certainly be in a matt finish – they will be porous to some degree. We recommend Everyday Porcelain Tile Cleaner for everyday cleaning. Or for very occasional deep cleaning use Floorseal Intensive Tile Cleaner. It is unlikely your floor would fit into this category of porcelain tile. Most floors are fully vitrified and non-porous, the cleaning regime is generally similar/identical regardless of type.
For everyday cleaning of any kind of interior porcelain tile, we recommend using Everyday Porcelain Tile Cleaner It is a relatively gentle cleaning agent which can be used regularly to clean and sanitise your tiles. The product can be diluted from 1:2 to 1:4 into warm water. Ultimately you can adapt the dilution rate to suite your floor
This product is a daily use cleaner, degreaser, & sanitiser, it is safe to use on any porcelain tile fitted to floors or walls. This cleaner can be applied by hand sprayer (for cleaning walls or around taps etc). Or apply with a general stringy mop, microfibre flat mop, rotary machine or scrubber drier.
Most tiles can be deep cleaned with Everyday Porcelain Tile Cleaner. But for occasional really deep cleaning interior porcelain tiles use Floorseal Intensive Tile Cleaner. This cleaner can be used on fully vitrified or semi vitrified tiles. It is particularly effective for deep cleaning and sanitising textured anti-slip tiles that easily attract dirt.
If you have a pet which is causing your tiles to quickly become grimy, an occasional deep clean with Floorseal Intensive Tile Cleaner will remove really ingrained dirt. Take some care around painted and varnished surfaces with this cleaner.
You can then continue to daily clean the floor with Everyday Porcelain Tile Cleaner for everyday daily general cleaning, once the surface has had a very intensive deep clean.
Floorseal Cement & Grout Haze Remover will remove cement-based grout hazes. Suitable for use during the installation of porcelain tiles. Cement & Grout Haze Remover can be used to remove cement-based grout hazes after grouting. Please note that this product will not remove resin or epoxy resin-based hazes. However, resin-based grouts are normally only used on external installations.
As discussed, it depends on what you need your cleaner for and the type of the tile.
For interior porcelain tiled floors, Everyday Porcelain Tile Cleaner is suitable for general everyday use. This product is suitable for cleaning almost all porcelain tiled floors.
Floorseal Intensive Tile Cleaner is suitable for periodic deep cleaning of really grimy porcelains. Generally Intensive Tile Cleaner is only required for the occasional deep clean. The Everyday Porcelain Tile Cleaner will resolve most issues.
A reminder of the recommended application methods for cleaning porcelain floor tiles:
Everyday Porcelain Tile Cleaner Dilute at 1:20 or up to 1:4. Ultimately you can adapt to suit your floor. Can be used in a hand sprayer to clean walls & surrounding surfaces such as metal and plastics. Will clean, sanitise & degrease. Perfect for general everyday cleaning & sanitisation of any type of porcelain tiled floor or wall.
Floorseal Intensive Tile Cleaner. – Can be used diluted from 1:10 upwards. A dwell time of 10-15 minutes can really boost the cleaning power of this product, as well as agitation with a mop. For use on very ingrained dirt & grime on interior floors, particularly useful for occasional cleaning of semi-textured matt finish porcelains. Rinse heavily after use.
The Everyday Porcelain Tile Cleaner & Intensive Tile Cleaner can be applied by mop, flat mop, rotary machine, & scrubber drier.
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The information contained within this article is not exhaustive. If you need further information please contact Floorseal on (01484) 861461 or email us info@floorseal.co.uk our web address is www.floorseal.co.uk.
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