Grout Sealing

You should only seal cement based grout.

Epoxy, urethane and other types of artificial grouts don’t have to be sealed. Sealing these types of artificial grouts can do more injury than good for protecting them. You also should not seal your grout if it’s been re-colored, dyed or sealed with an epoxy based grout colorant.

Grout colorants will place a outer coating of sealer on top of the grout which also serves to seal the grout. Sealing grout that has had a grout colorant implemented can do more harm than great for shielding the grout.

You always reseal your grout even if it’s been deep cleaned.

You should always reseal your grout it’s been deep cleaned. Deep cleaning grout with strong alkaline and acidic cleansers can break down the sealers in grout. Grout sealers will also break down over time, so you have to seal your grout at least every 3-5 years. You always have to thoroughly clean your grout before sealing it. You don’t need to seal in any dirt and contaminates causing irreversible difficult to remove stains in the grout.

You have to seal your grout if it isn’t too hot and you don’t need to seal the grout in direct sunlight.

It’s essential the sealer doesn’t dry on the tile surface as you’re sealing the grout. If it’s a hot summer day, try to seal the grout in the morning or evening when it’s the coolest.

You also don’t need to seal grout in freezing cold temperatures. You have to navigate the grout sealer manufactures instructions for the appropriate requirements and temperatures recommended for using their grout sealer.

It’s important to only use a top quality professional grade sealer.

Low quality sealers from local home improvement stores won’t provide much protection to your grout and they will allow your grout to readily become stained. Additionally these low grade sealers won’t last long and they will break down readily with ordinary everyday cleaning solutions. 

You should first seal the vertical tile surfaces such as backsplashes and shower walls.

Try to get as much bleach to the vertical grout joints as you can without allowing the sealer to dry on the surface of the tiles. Gradually using sealants to the vertical grout lines while always wiping the excess sealer off the tile surfaces would be the ideal method of sealing grout on vertical tile surfaces.

After sealing the vertical tile surfaces then you can use the roller wheel applicator to seal the grout on the flat tile surfaces.

It is significantly simpler to keep the grout saturated with sealer on the flat tile surfaces such as tile countertops and tile floors . These flat surfaces may get dirty more quickly so it’s more significant into completely seals these surfaces to protect the grout from getting stained and filthy.

After the grout has been saturated with sealer for 5-10 minutes you then need into wash off the excess sealer in the grout and tile surfaces.

The easiest method to wash off the excess grout sealer is to simply use standard paper towels. Roll up about ten sheets of paper towels and use them to wash down the tile and grout surfaces. When your sheets of paper towels become soaked with sealer then only throw them away and find a fresh wad of paper towels and keep cleaning up the excess grout sealer.

Remove all the sealer from the grout and tile surfaces and ensure that there are no puddles of sealer left in the grout lines.

Continue wiping the tile before all traces of this grout sealer are gone and there’s absolutely no grout sealer haze left on the tile surfaces. It’s important not to leave any traces of sealer residue on the tile surfaces. Examine the tiles from different angles to guarantee there is no sealer bleach or residue haze left on the tile surfaces.

After you’re done sealing the whole area then do a final review to test for grout sealer haze or sealer residue left on the tile surfaces.

Should you find a grout sealer haze on the tiles then you can apply some more sealer to the regions of sealer haze. This will reactivate the grout sealer so the grout sealer haze can be removed. After the grout sealer haze was reactivated it is likely to wipe up the grout sealer haze with paper towels.

You should allow the sealer dry for around 3 hours before walking on the tile floor or using any of the tile surfaces.

Additionally try to reduction spilling any fluids or getting any dirt or contaminates on the grout lines for a entire 24 hours after sealing them. You should see the grout lines to lighten up and return for their first color because the grout sealer dries in the grout lines.