I hate tiles

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What I hate about tile cleaning is having to scrub the grout lines with a hand brush. I mean the tapered brushes on a pole. I did one tonight where the tiles are 4 inches by 12 inches. Even on a small 10 x 15 area, that's a lot of scrubbing. I've tried crb's and 175's but can't seem to get into the deep grout lines. I turned down a job from a neighboring restaurant tonight because it just seemed like too much work. What works on grout lines besides a tapered brush. By the way, I love my old beat up turbo hybrid.
 
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What I like about their brush is that it is tapered. They suggest that it gets deeper into the grout lines. I think it's worthwhile to try it out. I am turning down a lot of tile jobs just because I am already busy and they seem like a lot of work. If I can simplify it, I don't mind taking on some.
 

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What I hate about tile cleaning is having to scrub the grout lines with a hand brush. I mean the tapered brushes on a pole. I did one tonight where the tiles are 4 inches by 12 inches. Even on a small 10 x 15 area, that's a lot of scrubbing. I've tried crb's and 175's but can't seem to get into the deep grout lines. I turned down a job from a neighboring restaurant tonight because it just seemed like too much work. What works on grout lines besides a tapered brush. By the way, I love my old beat up turbo hybrid.
I dont do a lot of commercial tile but on restaurants I just use my single jet grout wand 1st then use the spinner no scrubbing

would depend on area of course
 

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What I like about their brush is that it is tapered. They suggest that it gets deeper into the grout lines. I think it's worthwhile to try it out. I am turning down a lot of tile jobs just because I am already busy and they seem like a lot of work. If I can simplify it, I don't mind taking on some.
Like upholstery tile jobs take waaay too much time, but if one can mechanize it woohoo... we are definitely loving Mark Markovich's Turbo-Seal products... game changer.
 
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My wife attached a small tile brush to a reciprocating saw and cleaned the grout in our kitchen.
It worked great. You gotta love that woman.
Actually, that’s pretty frickin cool...
I’ve wanted to get a mini square scrub (Doodle Bug I think), and try that....
 
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or the industrious MacGiver can easily make their own with any brush they want




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and here are some sawzalls that are "sOOper approved"


full size are too unwieldy, heavy and stroke too long for detail work
so I won't mention them and stick to compacts

battery

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for corded compacts, the Rigid is a solid "contractor grade" tool
(Rigid has stepped up their game in the last 10 years, and some of their tools are now "fo-reel" contractor grade)

this is one of them



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..L.T.A.
 
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Matt and I are really good at cleaning tile with pole tile brushes

Customers love the results and it’s good money... I actually pay him double time when we do it

We both hate it ... We’d rather clean carpet any day and all day
 
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