Is back-breaking scrubbing w/ a grout brush the only way to attack grout?

[timmyrock]

Is there a better, smarter way to clean grout lines. I pray there is!

 

[Johnny]

I use an OP with a grout brush, but still need a pole brush. What cleaner chems are you using?

 

[carpetcleaner]

Almost 100% residential grout comes clean with turbo style tool and my TM. Everything except for the 1/2" near the walls, island, ect. I do that by hand. Commercial grout, I sometimes have to prescrub. I use my rotary with a hard surface brush. I have an OP with tile brush, which also works very well.

For the cleaning agent, I use a private labeled product from my distributor. I don't know what it is, but it cleans just about any dirty grout.

 

[mcatt]

I use on occasion my 175 with grout brush but most clean fine with proper dwell time and my TM & Turbo tool. I use enz-all as my pre treat.

 

[trojancarpetcare]

After I let prespray sit for about 10 minutes or so I use my scrubber with a Tampico brush on it then my spinner and tm.

 

[Giorgio]

retired the grout pole when i got a crb machine.

 

[dealtimeman]

This is a quick video.

http://s694.photobucket.com/albums/...A-A10C-6955830C758F-6793-000003FFABE95D67.mp4

 

[KevinD]

I'll take out my Sebo Duo before I would scrub groutlines with a pole brush

 

[GreenTechAgain]

DSC Relief and plenty of dwell time, usually no reason for agitation.
But there are always the exceptions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03UCwV5iJ-w

 

[Mikey P]

back breaking?

Those brushes and the poll must weigh a whole pound and a half.

 

[GeneMiller]

i never scrubbed grout before i got my whittaker. it cleans just fine without scrubbing but you can go faster if you scrub. we scrub them all now, the whittaker is so fast and easy.

gene

 

[KevinL]

It is back breaking when you put your weight over the pole to scrub the lines. Have you never used one Mike? I'm surprised in that first video that you aren't running your crb parallel with the grout lines. How close to the walls does that crb get?

 

[Mikey P]

Yes Kevin, I use it all the time.


Picking strawberries all day is what I would call back breaking.

 

[timmyrock]

Seriously dude!!

 

[Mikey P]

I like those Grout brushes.
Home depots has a good one too.


All sort of uses for them.


Try running one along a base board/carpet edge the next time you clean a dog home..

Scrubbing tile along side a toilet, under cabinets, steps, corners.... We find it makes the Turboing go that much quicker and we can use less heat and pressure.


Both of which can grout to crack and come loose.

 

[handdi]

we started using oxyblaster from magic wand made our lives a lot easier on tile and grout