Tips & Advice

Grout should be sealed after sitting for at least 48 hours

• If your tile is a natural stone, the tiles also need to be sealed.
• Before you begin sealing your grout, make sure that the surface is clean and dry.
• All you need to seal your grout is a sealer, a brush (foam or paint brush), dry towels and a shallow container to put the sealer in.
• Apply sealer to grout in a small area and let sit for 3 to 5 minutes.
• Take one towel and wipe up the excess sealer. Take another towel and buff the area dry. Important: Do not let the sealer dry on the surface of the grout or the surface of the tile. It will leave a film.
• Repeat this until the entired tiled area is covered.
• As you move along, your towels can become too saturated to absorb the sealer. Keep a few towels handy to ensure the clean up is done properly.
  
• If you are sealing a wall: Seal the grout in columns. Apply sealer in narrow strips from top to bottom. We recommend this because the sealer will run down the wall and minimize waste.
• After a minimum of 3 hours, apply some water to the sealed grout. If the grout darkens, another coat of sealer is needed.

Cleaning your grout and tile after it has been sealed

Sealers will naturally break down over time. The length of time is dependent on:

• The quality of the sealer you use.
• The amount of traffic the tile and grout get.
• The cleaning product used.
• How oftern the tile and grout is cleaned.

We recommend using our concentrated tile and stone cleaner. This is a neutral cleaner and will not break down the sealer like many houshold cleaners.

We will install it for you or help you install it yourself.

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