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Questions: "Pale" tiles - advice needed

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    • CommentAuthor1620Anna
    • CommentTimeMay 19th 2007 edited
     

    I read a lot about tiles and tiling in different of your blogs and therefore I'm looking for some advice:


    We have beautiful old tiles (red and grey chequer-board pattern) in our entrance hall, I guess they're about 60-70 years old although I don't really know.


    In general they are in good condition, but what bothers me is that they're kind of pale or colourless which is obviously not what they looked like originally. I'd like to refresh the original colours (especially the red tiles) but I don't know how to do that.


    At first I thought it might be some kind of cement residue that makes the tiles look colourless, but it isn't. Of course I tried cleaning them, even with a special tile cleaner (although I have the impression it's just a cool name on a simple general-purpose cleaner), and superficially they're clean now, but the paleness remains.


    Any ideas out there how I could handle this?


    Thanks in advance! 

    Anna

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      CommentAuthorJeannie
    • CommentTimeMay 19th 2007 edited
     

    Hi Anna--


    I've never attempted this myself, but there is an article about restoring tile on Urban Revivals.  Because that is a high-traffic area, though, I'm not sure how well this approach will work.  Maybe others have different ideas?  My mom tried lemon oil on my front hall tiles after I cleaned them which brightened them slightly.  Other folks swear by the BarKeeper's Friend. And I frequently clean my unglazed bath tiles gently with a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser.

    • CommentAuthor1620Anna
    • CommentTimeMay 20th 2007 edited
     

    Hi Jeannie,


    thanks a lot for your ideas and links! I'll definitely try the lemon oil!


    I've seen those Magic Erasers many times in all supermarkets, but to be honest I always thought it just another trick to make us buy even more cleaning stuff...  I'll give them a try!


    By the way, just a funny little detail: We have that trademark (Mr. Clean) over here, too - same baldy, but he's called "Meister Proper" here ...

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