Newport Beach project
Tile and grout deep cleaning and sealing in Newport Beach
This tile and grout cleaning job in Newport Beach covered about 840 square feet of floor across six rooms: kitchen, dining room, hall, laundry, hall bath, and primary bathroom. We scrubbed every tile with a floor machine, rinsed the floor, and sealed the grout.
It is the same grout cleaning and sealing work we do across Orange County, including in homes around Newport Beach.
- Location
- Newport Beach, CA
- Surface
- Interior tile and grout, about 840 sq ft
- Rooms
- Kitchen, dining room, hall, laundry, hall bath, primary bathroom
- Scope
- Machine deep clean, rinse, grout seal
- Products
- StonePro Quick Clean, Formula 51, StonePro Crystal Clean, Miracle Sealants 511
Before
The problem in this Newport Beach home
The same light, stone-look tile runs through most of the house. Over time it picked up a gray film that mopping would not move. The grout lines went dark with it.
Nothing was cracked or loose. The floor just looked tired, and regular cleaning was not getting it back.
On site
What we found once we started
The dirt was in the tile, not only in the grout.
Most people assume dark grout is the whole problem. On this floor the tile face has a light texture, and the low spots in that texture were holding soil. The photo shows our first cleaned strip next to tile we had not touched yet. The line between them is hard to miss.
A grout brush alone would not have been enough here. Every square foot needed machine scrubbing.
How we did it
Our cleaning process and materials
01
Deep clean
We put down StonePro Quick Clean and Formula 51 and worked them in with a nylon brush on a floor machine. Nylon bristles are stiff enough to get down into the tile texture and the grout joints, and they do not scratch the tile.
02
Rinse
We rinsed the floor with StonePro Crystal Clean. The rinse matters as much as the scrub. Cleaner left behind dries sticky and grabs new dirt, and the floor turns gray again fast.
03
Seal the grout
Once the floor was dry, we sealed the grout lines with Miracle Sealants 511 sealer. It soaks into the grout and does not leave a coating on top, so the grout keeps its natural look. Spills sit on the surface longer and wipe up before they stain.
After
The finished floor
The tile is back to its original light color, and the grout lines match from room to room. The gray film is gone from the kitchen walkways, around the island, and along the cabinets.
With the grout sealed, regular mopping with a neutral cleaner should keep this floor looking the way it does in the photo.
Does your tile look dull no matter how often you mop?
Text us a photo. We will tell you whether it needs a deep clean, a new coat of grout sealer, or something more.