All week I have been looking forward to a good long bike ride. I signed up for my first official ride, which is in two weeks. I will be riding 50 miles in the "Little Red" century in Lewiston, Utah. I checked the weather last night, three different sources. All signs pointed to clear weather in the morning!! I was up, dressed, helmet and all by 6:00 in the morning, and that hurts on a Saturday. I walked out into....rain. That's right beautiful Utah spring rain.
Time for plan B.
I have desperately needed to clean the grout in my kitchen tile.
Check out my disgusting grout lines :(
So I googled the best way to clean grout and decided to try out the two methods that used basic, on hand supplies. I did one section using the peroxide and soda and a different section with hot water and Oxiclean to see which one worked best. Two of my sweet daughters agreed to assist me in the undertaking. Here is what we did:
Ingredients for method 1)
Hydrogen Peroxide
Baking Soda
Supplies for method 2)
Hot Water
Oxiclean
Directions for both methods are pretty similar. Start by putting a little bit of the liquid (Peroxide or Hot Water) on the grout lines and use your scrubbing brush to spread it along the grout line, then sprinkle the powder (Soda or Oxiclean) onto the grout line and scrub it in. **Not much scrubbing required :) Let the product sit on the grout lines until you finish the entire floor, then sweep up the loose powdery leftover product and mop as usual. I was surprised how easily the grimey guck came out. The whole process went pretty quickly, we finished the entire kitchen and entrance floors in about 30 minutes. When we finished, I couldn't tell the difference between the two sections. I think the peroxide and soda cleaned the grime faster, but they were pretty even in performance and results.
Welcome back pretty floor :)
