Tired of Dirty Grout Lines?
Can’t Even Remember the Color of the Grout?
There is no doubt that tiled surfaces add style and beauty to your home. But what happens when these surfaces begin to look dull and dirty? And, unless properly maintained, they will begin to look dull and dirty.
While ceramic tile is extremely durable and will last decades, the grout between the tiles is porous and easily absorbs dirt and staining soils. Over time, the dirt and staining soils infiltrate and become trapped in the pores of the grout. When this happens, your grout will appear dark, dirty, or even discolored. When the condition of the grout becomes this bad, traditional cleaning methods – including scrubbing on your hands and knees – isn’t going to help.
All Bright Cleaning offers a CONVENIENT and COST EFFECTIVE solution to ensure tile and grout continues to look its best.
All Bright provides high quality tile and grout cleaning and sealing services for most every tiled surface – kitchens and bathroom floors, counter tops, and more. Our cleaning process restores your tile and grout to its original beauty and preserves the grout with a protective sealant to prevent future staining.
All Bright Cleaning’s Clean & Sealing System will protect your newly installed or freshly restored grout from staining and soil buildup, making maintaining your tile and grout a breeze.
Professional tile and grout cleaning is perhaps the easiest, quickest, and most inexpensive way to make over a room without having to make a new purchase. Years of dirt and soil build-up are removed and the tile and grout restored to a like-new condition.
Our Tile & Grout Cleaning Process
* Inspect floor or area to be cleaned to identify potential problems
* Apply an alkaline-based cleaning solution to loosen dirt and other contaminants.
* Scrub the individual grout lines and the tiled surface.
* Utilizing a professional system designed specifically for cleaning tile and grout, rinse the surface and extract the residue utilizing high-pressure and hot water in just one-step.
* If the surface will not be color sealed, repeat Steps 2, 3, & 4 using a low Ph restorative cleaning solution.
* Dry surface by removing any remaining water on the surface and employing high powered fans if possible.
* Apply the selected sealer – Color Sealer or a penetrating sealer – to the surface.
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Color Sealing
Color Sealing provides the highest degree of stain protection and greatly reduces the maintenance required to keep tiled areas looking clean and fresh. Spills are easily wiped away. With regular mopping, your tile will look great for years to come!
All Bright’s grout COLOR SEALING process creates a resilient protective layer that prevents soil and staining liquids from being absorbed into the grout. Even grout that was once thought to be permanently stained can be made to look new again. You will be amazed at how we will transform your tiled surfaces.
Penetrating Sealing
A penetrating sealer helps protect grout by closing the pores of the grout to prevent soil and staining liquids from being absorbed. However, unlike color seal, a penetrating sealer does not provide a protective barrier which allows the surface of the grout to again become soiled. A penetrating sealer also breaks down over time and allows soil and staining liquids to be absorbed.
The benefit of a penetrating sealer is that follow-on professional cleanings are more effective.
Color Sealing provides a waterproof and stain proof layer of protection while maintaining the look and feel of sanded grout.
Color Sealing can match almost any grout color. You can preserve the original grout color or change to a completely new color.
Color Sealing reduces the maintenance required to keep your tile surfaces looking beautiful.
Please view our Color Sealing portfolio. We can make your floors look just as nice!
Don’t you wish your floors looked like this?
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Do follow the All Bright Cleaning Guidelines for Tile & Grout Care
Do use only the tile and grout cleaner supplied by All Bright Cleaning.
Do immediately clean up any spills.
Do contact All Bright Cleaning for periodic and regular maintenance of your tile and grout.
Don’t use vinegar and water for cleaning grout. Vinegar is acidic and will cause the sealer sealant to deteriorate. Prolonged use can also cause damage to the grout.
Don’t use bleach on a tile and grout surface. It is acidic, corrosive and toxic and has the same effect on tile and grout as vinegar.
Don’t clean the surface of tile with abrasive cleaning powders. They can scratch the tile and wear down glazed and unglazed surfaces prematurely.
Don’t use steel wool on tile – this is another way to scratch the tile surface.
A. Sealing your grout is the only way to protect your investment from water-based and oil-based stains. A sealer prevents a spill from penetrating into the porous surface of the floor, and gives you time to clean it up.
Q. How does a sealer protect my floor?
A. The sealer is absorbed by the pores of the grout. It fills the “nooks and crannies” so that wet soil and staining liquids cannot get below the surface, and soil sits on the surface until it is swept or wiped away.
Q. How is a sealer applied?
A. First, the floor is professionally cleaned. Then, the sealer is applied allowed to soak into the grout. Finally, any excess sealer is buffed from the surface.
Q. Is a sealer expensive?
A. Sealing grout actually SAVES money by making follow-on cleaning more effective and reducing the likelihood of replacing the grout.
Q. Why is it necessary for a professional to apply sealer? Can’t I do it myself?
A. Professionals have the training, experience, tools, and a wide variety of sealers for all types of natural stone, tiles, and grout. Professional application ensures complete protection for the entire surface of the floor. Improper sealing can leave a sticky residue on the surface of the floor that is difficult, if not impossible, to remove.
Q. Do you have different sealers to choose from?
A. Yes. We have a wide assortment of sealers, designed for a variety of surfaces and conditions. Some sealers are designed for interior use only, others for exterior use. We will assist you in selecting the most suitable sealer.
Q. Does a sealer alter the appearance of my grout?
A. A penetrating sealer will not alter the appearance of the grout. However, we also offer color sealing for interior surfaces that, depending on the color you have chosen, can change the appearance of grout.
Q. What is Color Sealing?
A. Color Sealing is a topical sealer that provides the highest degree of stain protection and greatly reduces the maintenance required to keep tiled areas looking clean and fresh. Spills are easily wiped away making the grout look clean and uniform in color.
Q. Why Haven’t I Heard Of Color Sealing?
A. There are a number of reasons.
- Plain and simple, color-sealing is hard work. Most companies don’t to invest the time and precision work required for color sealing and therefore don’t offer the service.
- Another reason is that many companies are like you, they haven’t heard of color sealing either! At All Bright Cleaning, we are constantly educating ourselves and exploring new ways to ensure our clients have available to them the services required to maintain a home.
- We also believe some cleaning companies don’t offer color sealing services because they are afraid you won’t be calling them back as often if they color-seal. At All Bright Cleaning, we believe in providing our clients with the best product on the market…period!
Q. Is Color Sealing Expensive?
A. Color Sealing is more expensive the sealing grout with a penetrating sealing. The product itself and more expensive and the application process is time consuming. However, it lasts much longer than a penetrating sealer and makes your tile surface look new again.
Color sealing is also much LESS EXPENSIVE the replacing tile and grout; roughly 1/3 the cost. Not to mention that color sealing is completed without displacing your family and without a making a mess of your home.
Q. How should I maintain my sealed floor?
A. We provide you with a top of the line cleaner to get you started off on the right foot. We will also provide you with Care & Maintenance Guidelines. It is important to use the correct cleaning solution as the wrong type can actually break down the sealer and render it useless.
Q. Will my floor ever have to be professionally cleaned and sealed again?
A. Yes. We can provide periodic maintenance cleaning and to keep your tile surfaces looking their best. The frequency will depend on the amount of traffic on them, frequency of spills, etc. Sealers make maintaining your floors much easier and more effective, yet not maintenance free.
