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Friday, January 14th, 2011
8:15 am	Secrets to Eliminating Dirty Grout Forever Grout Staining is often a necessity that many home and business owners aren’t educated with. When grout is stained, a tinted color sealer is added to improve the color and consistency of your existing grout. Simply put, Grout Staining is the re-coloring of existing grout. Grout Staining offers many benefits including maximizing protection and beauty while minimizing maintenance. Additionally, grout staining gives home or business owners the option of changing the grout to either a lighter or darker color. If done right, grout staining can increase property values by giving a clean, updated look to the tile installation for many years to come. Clean Image of Orlando has countless satisfied clients for grout staining in Orlando, Longwood, Lake Mary, Winter Park and all surrounding cities. Grout Color sealing also known as grout coloring or grout staining is an epoxy/acrylic based sealer that is applied at about a millimeter thick to the top of grout. This will help prevent dirt and stains from entering the pores of grout, and allow you time to clean up spills. This process should only be done by trained professionals. In most instances, two aggressive grout cleaning detergents are used with our truck mounted hot water extraction cleaning machine to thoroughly clean your tile prior to our grout staining process. Our process creates a long-lasting durable bond that locks in the Grout Stain while dirt and stains are sealed out. To the amazement of many, Grout Staining can be done on freshly grouted tiles as well as old tiles alike. While applying grout stain to freshly grouted tiles, one must give ample time for the grout to cure. Usually, a period of 10 days is enough for the grout to cure. Clients are able to choose the color of their choice from the several grout stain colorants available in the market. Darker shades of grout stain prevent the grout from looking dirty, even if it accumulates dirt and grime. This considerably reduces the maintenance for grout. Lighter shades of grout stain give a sophisticated and clean appearance to your flooring. At Clean Image of Orlando we provide tile cleaning, hard floor sealing, grout staining, grout repair and surface restoration solutions for residential and commercial establishments in Orlando and the surrounding areas. Clean Image of Orlando is locally owned and operated. We specialize in grout staining in Orlando, Longwood, Lake Mary and all surrounding cities for all hard floor surfaces including cleaning, sealing, stripping, finishing, color seal (grout stain) and repairing your surfaces. Current Mood: accomplished (Comment on this)
7:45 am	Grout Color Sealing Made Easy Color sealing, also known as grout stain grout color grout paint dye could be utilized to examine color, refresh and seal grout. Color sealing grout is a fantastic choice to having to re-grout a whole tile ground. It will very last indefinitely if it is never scratched, scraped out or stripped - even then, it may be touched up or repaired at any time. Protection and new color is 100% even with both one and two coats based to the color and application method. Color sealing makes use of: • Refresh grout appearance • Recolor ground • Change grout color fully • Superior method for renovations and remodels • Seal grout color to enhance longevity I'll go Color sealing grout results in a long-lasting, durable layer of protection prevents dirt and spills from becoming absorbed through the grout. The grout coloration is “locked in” even though dirt and stains are “sealed out”. With today's technologies we are able to clean and color seals your grout without taking it out. Color-sealer will change the color and seal your grout within the exact same application, 1 action! Regrettably the tile and grout business somewhat neglects to explain the grout is really a really porous materials that you simply actually can't clear without damaging or discoloring it. We also comprehend dirty tile grout could make a pricey ceramic or porcelain tile floor look aged and worn out and we actually really feel for our customers who have never heard of long lasting color sealing their grout. Lasting color sealing will need to go hand and hand using the tile and grout set up process. But up until now there has not been a grout sealer in the marketplace well worth utilizing. All of the grout sealers that we have seen and exhaustively tested eventually around a modest period of time will yellow, peel, chip, or simply plain wash off until the discovery of our revolutionary time-tested method. Ceramic tile flooring within the kitchen may be a long lasting and lower surface if properly protected correct through the commence having a top quality grout hues to work grout stain sealer. These types of floor covers protect new grout stains by stain proofing the surface. This stain proofing protection goes effectively beyond the protection supplied by your grout sealer she might be familiar with grout coloration sealers could also retailer all grout back again to uniform stain totally free appearance. With the additional capacity to change grout colors color ceiling grout also saves the time, expense and hassle of removing or replacing tile. The kitchen update can be accomplished successfully without letting go with the valuable reminiscences and feeling of house, kitchen or other place. Now that now we have additional to do than ever before, each and every small added convenience assists out a wonderful offer. Don't you owe it to yourself to discover our proprietary color-sealing service? Revive your boring and dingy grout with our assured color-sealing grout procedure in Orlando|Longwood|Winter Park, FL. Current Mood: accomplished (Comment on this)
12:56 am	Tile and Grout Cleaning Methods Explored Its undisputed dirty grout can ruin the appeal of probably the most beautiful tile. Clean Image of Orlando continues to determine that tile and grout cleaning in Orlando|Longwood|WinterPark along with other areas of Central FL are sometimes not carried out on a regular basis. Tile and grout flooring is put in heavily trafficked locations. Not deep cleaning the ceramic tile and grout for prolonged period of time can cause grout line deterioration, odor issues also appearance and decreased capability to maintain it clean on the regular foundation. Tile floors will ultimately create traffic patterns, much like carpeted walkways, with discoloration inside the grout joints. As soon as your ground has been cleaned and rinsed, a Clean, penetrating sealer is applied to defend your grout joints from long run discoloration. Probably the most effective approach to clean tile and grout is using a high-pressure truck mount. The truck mount uses heat, water strain, and chemical compounds to create a shot glass cleaning impact. This permits the grout to be totally cleaned. In these situations the water pressure acts like a high-powered energy washer plus the vacuum from the truck mount extracts the chemical, excess water and dirt and soil, leaving the tile and grout clean and refreshed. However, neglecting to clean tile and grout on a standard routine can result in permanently staining the grout. In an industrial facility it may be essential to clean the tile and grout twice a year. In the residential setting a home owner may well realistically go 12 to 18 months prior to needing to Clean the tile and grout. Clean Image of Orlando strongly recommends that regular sweeping and vacuuming are crucial in preserving clean tile and grout. They also recommend that the suitable quality neutral pH balanced stone cleaner be utilized when cleaning the tile and grout. Utilizing the improper cleaning items will degrade the sealer applied towards the grout and really likely leave a residue on the tile and grout which will attract soil; thereby, hastening an unnecessary repeated tile and grout cleaning schedule. Clean Image of Orlando’s proprietary restoration methods have acquired the respect of our industry as being a foremost answer inside the aftermarket grout and tile companies market. Actually, they have been chosen because the after-care professional of selection by many of the Central Florida’s leading realtors, House Managers and numerous homeowners. Knowing you'll receive the friendliest and most complete tile and grout cleaning in Orlando| Longwood|WinterPark and other locations of Central FL call them @ 407- 298- 3132. Current Mood: accomplished (Comment on this)