steam room tanning - Tile Advice

[housekeeper1]

:mad2: hello everyone
I am a housekeeper that feels like she is banging her head on a steam room wall :lol:. Can anyone help with my problem. We have a steam room in the hotel and the grout over a steady period of time has turned brown. We have had a tiler in to look at it and thinks it could be caused by fake tan.... would this be possible, we have cleaners etc for body fats and general grime but it will not remove the rusty coloured marks from the grout, any ideas please. Looks awful and like we don't care, is there a wondeful product out there we could try, I have tried as many old fashioned remedies as I could find but nothing seems to help.

thanks
Housekeeper1

 

[Gazzer]

Hello housekeeper1, welcome aboard TF.

 

[Gazzer]

What sort of grout was used. An epoxy would have been best IMO.
You can either try someone like LTP Online | Tile Cleaning, Sealing and Maintenance Products for cleaning products or even recolour the grout which a good grout colourant Tradetiler Universeal Grout Colour

 

[housekeeper1]

not sure really, but apparantly the tiler says it was the correct grout for this type of steam room. Please can I ask what is an epoxy IMO? Sorry for being a bit thick here but it is useful to know.

thanks
housekeeper1

 

[Gazzer]

Epoxy grout, IMO (in my opinion)
Epoxy grout is a water proof grout and mainly specified in food area and area of hygiene.
What colour was the grout when new ? white? not a good choice for these areas as they do tend to discolour.

 

[cam_low]

My local baths steam room grout was a terrible ivory dirty colour. Should have used grey

 

[DHTiling]

Is this discolouring all over or just some small locations ..?

 

[White Room]

Hi and welcome.....

 

[nybor62]

welcome to the forum

epoxy grout is the way to go imho

 

[housekeeper1]

thanks, i will discuss today

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

Have you had any chemical spillage's in these places, and what sanitisers do you use to clean with please??