All types of cleaning are tough jobs, but if you imagine the advantages of having a clean environment, doing it becomes one of those essential chores. Although cleaning your outdoor terrace might seem tedious, that shouldn’t be so. Rest assured, it won’t take much of your time. Different tile demands unique cleaning methods. So, here is how to clean your patio, whether ceramic, raw stone, or paving stone; and keep it shining naturally.
Steps for cleaning outdoor tiles and grout
It doesn’t matter the materials used to make your terrace, cleaning it keeps it shinning. Again, you might have heard that the grey color is easier to clean. So, if you are looking for grey ceramic tiles, you can get lots of them.
Just so you know, what you will learn here will enable you to wipe all types of grime, and dust off porcelain tiles. First, you can get all the items needed for the task from the hardware store and get set to do the job in no time.
What you must do right away is find out the kind of tile used for your outside patio. Doing so will allow you to use the right process to prevent any damage or defacement of the tile. Concrete last long, however, you have to handle paving stones and natural stones with more care.
Remove things cluttering the location
Clear furnishing, toys, or any mechanical items in the way of the work you are going to do there. It might also serve as the best occasion to clean the cushions on the outside piece of furniture.
Sweep the terrace
Get a sturdy broom to sweep trash created by leaves and tree branches that had fallen from trees and gravel on the patio.
Wash the place
Splash some water on the terrace with a garden hose and wash it off. Then get a bucket filled with water and gently sprinkle the water equally to cover the outside of the patio completely.
Use a cleansing formula
Ensure you get a chemical formula that is gentle on your outdoor-floor tiles and the vegetation, before using it. You might like to know that coarse chemicals can spoil your patio tiles and harm your pets, buds, and trees in that area, including harmless insects in that garden.
It is best to select natural products used for cleaning terraces. Read product reviews on the internet about soft and natural terrace cleaning products that you can buy. Also, read the maker’s directions, then test a tiny spot to avert any unwanted counter reactions. If the test goes well, then you can begin the cleaning activity.
Scrubbing grime
Get a natural or artificial brush to clean up the place. Do not use an iron brush to avoid scratching the normal pebble stone, and leaving remnant stuff that will degrade with time and start corroding.
Read about what differentiates grime and damage on the web, to understand how to deal with that situation if it occurs on your outside terrace.
Grout cleaning
As you clean the outdoor-floor tile, do the same to the grout, too. Make sure you buy a specific natural grout-cleaning formula. Then apply it the same way you did on the floor tiles and wash the grout using the same method.
Wash the mucky water off
After completely scouring the terrace floor, use clean water in the garden hose to wash off any remaining dirt on the area. You can use a power washer if available.
Another method you can use is to fill a bucket with water and a squeaky-clean broom to sweep the outside of the terrace clean.
Let air dry the area
Allow air to completely dry the whole area. Once you are sure it is dry, return the piece of furniture and other things you removed earlier.
Apply Glue to the place
Supposing the tiles and grout need sealing material, after washing, apply the bond to safeguard and secure the area, so that the place stays clean.
How to make ceramic floors tiles shine without waxing it
If you abandon caring for your ceramic floor tiles, it will look drab. The brilliance it used to have, disappears. That’s because of the grime and discolorations and debris that shoes deposit on it.
You can make your outdoor terrace and other tiles in your home shine without applying wax. Use the methods below to bring back that shine your ceramic tiles once had.
Soapy water
Mix soap and warm water to create the right solution for that extra shine of your floor tiles.
Here is how you make soapy water. Add some natural detergent into a bucket of warm water, then mix exhaustively. Next, dip your clean swab into the bucket and apply the mixture using the method below.
- Squeeze suitably before you use it on the floor
- Also, swab the floor with the soapy water solution
- To avert causing lines of filth on the floor, replace the dingy soapy water
- Next, get a soft sponge or brush to rub the discolored area on the floor
Finally, wash off the floor with clean water.
Baking soda
Use baking soda to remove discolorations on the terrace floor tiles, any floor tiles in your living room, or other parts of your home. This substance will remove any discoloration or grime. Prepare the baking soda mixture using this method.
- Get two gallons of warm water and empty it into a bucket for scouring the floor
- Add ¼ or 0:25 cupful of baking soda, a tablespoon of fluid soap for washing dishes, plus 0:25 cupful of vinegar
- Put some droplets of essential oil of lilac fragrance to make the terrace and home fresh flavor
- Combine the baking soda exhaustively to produce a paste
- Put the baking soda on the outside patio floor tiles and let it stay on it for ten minutes, then wash the floor with clean water
- If there are areas on the floor tiles with stubborn stains, do the activity again
Finally, let air dry the floor surface.
