In your kitchen, bathroom and in some of your more luxurious rooms you may have ceramic tile on the floor. Ceramics are a beautiful addition to all homes and they are easy to care for as well. While most ceramics will appear clean with just plain dish soap and warm water, you will also need to disinfect and leave a streak free clean on your floor for a real clean that you can be proud of. You should make note to never use scratch pads or abrasive cleaners on your ceramic tiles because you could leave deep scratches in your flooring.
Simple dusting
To simply dust your ceramic floor, you can use a wet rag and wipe around the baseboards and the edges for a dust free floor.
Scuff marks
Do you have a few scuffmarks on your ceramic floor? These scuff marks will come off by using this method: simply poke a hole in a tennis ball/ or similar type hollow ball and then push a broom handle through it. Rub the ceramic floor tile with the ball to remove scuffs and to leave your floor shiny.
Water and vinegar
Without having to get down and actually ‘wipe’ the floor you can use a wet mop with simply water and vinegar to dust the edges and the baseboards of your room. You will have to be careful how much vinegar you use on your floor over a long period of time, as it will start to break down your grout.
Dishwashing liquid
Using a little bit of dishwashing liquid with warm water will clean your ceramic floor while leaving it streak free and grease free.
Towel drying is best
When washing your ceramic floor with water it is always best to use a towel to dry up the floor to keep additional stains from getting on the grout.
Wax crayon
When trying to clean crayon out of the crevices of your porous ceramic floor use very hot water and a toothbrush to melt the crayon and then dry up with a towel to make sure you get it all up without hurting the tile. Leaving dirty water on a porous ceramic tile floor will cause the stains or other dirt to get in to the pores.
Waxing
Using your recipe for hardwood floor wax, you can wax your porous and your non-porous ceramic tile flooring for a shine the lasts while it protects as well.
Water stains
If your ceramic tile is getting a rough white coating on it, this is from your hard water. Using (sparingly) Vinegar and water to wipe down the entire floor area will cut through the hard water stains.
Ammonia
For a deep clean on your ceramic floor use a mixture of 50/50 water and ammonia to clean your floor and wipe up all loose dirt and water when you are finished mopping.
Mops
Using a sponge mop on your ceramic floor can often leave you with a ‘torn up’ mop as the sponge gets stuck on your grout, to best clean a ceramic floor us a micro fiber or other fabric type mop.
