The tiles are the kings of the kitchens and bathrooms, and it is rare the house that does not count with them in any of these rooms. Its insulating and protective function of walls, as well as the possibility of cleaning them, something that we cannot do on the painting, makes them indisputable in these places.
Although its cleanliness is very simple, not always the results accompany. And it is that the passage of time, coupled with factors such as daily accumulation of fat or lime make it difficult on many occasions for them to become shiny again.
There are specific products in the market for this task, but I'm going to recommend the methods I use and I have good results, both in the bathroom and in the kitchen, but when it comes to fighting lime I decant more for vinegar and fat I prefer ammonia.
Water and vinegar
Pour water and a good stream of white vinegar (a glass) into a container. Remove and with the help of a piece of newspaper paper soaked in the liquid, we are cleaning the tiles. We finished the task by passing a cloth moistened in water, to remove any rest that could remain. If the tiles have accumulated a lot of lime, they will glow like new if you wash them with hot vinegar. Wait a minute for them to dry and then frótalos with a clean, soft cloth. You'll be surprised at the results. We can also clean the faucets and shower head. For the latter, it is advisable to disassemble it and soak it with water and vinegar, at least one night.
Believe it or not, vinegarhas more than 1,000 uses and almost every time is more effective than any commercial product and much cheaper. In some post I will talk about this wonderful product that is a great ally for cleaning the home.
Water and ammonia
Same as the previous one, but replacing the vinegar with ammonia. Your results are very similar, we can choose the version that we like. The ammonia, another fantastic ally of the cleanliness of the home and of which I already wrote, is very useful for the tiles of the kitchen, since it is a magnificent degreaser and also leaves no trace, something that does happen with the lye.
Liquid soap and vinegar
Mix liquid soap From the one used for scrubbing with vinegar to the same proportion. You must shake it well and use it instantly applying with a sponge, and leaving it for 10-15 minutes. After take it with water, it also serves as bactericide. You can add a few drops of lemon.
Water Vapor
A quick and economical way to clean the kitchen tiles is to put a pressure cooker filled with water to the fire. Close windows and doors. The steam that releases the pot, moisten the tiles and reblandecerá the grease in them. Then you pass a dry cloth, and you're done.
Burning Alcohol
Clean the tiles with burning alcohol and a lint-free cotton rag. They're left with an incredible glow. There are those who mix alcohol of burning and ammonia in equal parts, add a jet of concentrated detergent and incorporate a pint of water and rub with a rag or paper. A quick way to clean the bathroom tiles is to pass them a cloth soaked in alcohol, soon to take a bath, when they still have vapor impregnated, as it soften the dirt.
TO IMPROVE THE Brightness: I have a friend who once finishes cleaning the tiles with any of the above methods, they pass a clean cloth with glass cleaner and the result is very good. In any case, if things are done right, with the above exposed is enough to achieve a perfect shine.
FOR JOINTS
For the perfect cleaning and whiteness of the joints there is also a very effective solution. There are products. There's even a kind of markers that paint the joints and leave them white. But what I suggest is much simpler, cheaper and you can repeat it whenever you want. Just take a bottle of bleach from those normally used for housekeeping and an old toothbrush, better if it is medium or hard-hardness bristles. On the same stopper of the bleach bottle, we put a little bit of it. There we wet the toothbrush and rub it all together. It's a good thing to wear latex gloves, as we're going to be with wet hands in lye for a while. I recommend to apply the lye first throughout the joint to go on acting and then we can proceed to rub a little in the places where the dirt is more embedded.
CAL IN HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES
I cannot resist the temptation to give you advice in which vinegar is the protagonist. It is a matter of eliminating the lime that accumulates in the appliances, like the coffee machine or the iron, a very common problem in the hearth, especially in places where the water is hard, that is, that has a lot of lime. There is a very simple solution , economical and accessible to all. Just prepare the coffeemaker as if we were going to make coffee.... But we won't have coffee in the tank, just water with vinegar. How much vinegar? Well, that's a thing for everyone. If the coffeemaker is very clogged, that almost no water is released, we can use pure vinegar, as it is not a very strong acid. Let's say we pour a glass of pure vinegar. We connect the coffeemaker and let the Vinegar Act. If it is a routine cleaning, we can dilute that same vinegar in water and put it back into the tank, so now it would be two glasses. If it is still stuck, we can use pure vinegar again, but the most normal thing to do is to rinse it by preparing several coffeemakers with water without vinegar. This is very important (apart from the taste), because vinegar tends to be abrasive with aluminum, stings or oxidizes, and our coffeemaker can have some aluminum element inside. Rinsing perfectly, we will not have problems.
With the home plate we will act in a similar way. Fill the water tank with vinegar and give the self-clean button, or let all the steam out. We must pass it by an old rag, for it will surely stain. Finally, we do as with the coffee maker: we fill the tank with clean water to clarify. If it is distilled water, better, as it would carry better traces of vinegar and lime that could remain. And that easy. With regular cleaning, the coffeemakers and griddles will always be at full performance and will last much longer.