How do I remove grit from glazed ceramic bathroom tile?

Question

I recently had the fiberglass bathtub in my bathroom reglazed. While glazing, the contractor also seemed to get some of the glazing material all over my tiled bathroom floor. Now the floor feels gritty and always looks dirty. How can I remove this grit without damaging the tile? Thanks!

Answer 1

Check with the contractor to see if the glaze is latex or something else. Be careful what you use, cause if the solvent is too strong, it will bleach the color of the floor tile. What does the contractor recommend? I would be afraid to recommend something without knowing more about the glaze.

Answer 2

I'm a contractor, and we install tile. We sometimes have to fix where someone else has left grout all over the tile. I am not absolutely certain glaze will come off the same way, but I'll tell you how we get grout off. I CAN tell you that you should take pictures, and document what happened, and find your reciept where you paid for the tub to be glazed, because if the contractor can't fix it, the contractor may have to pay for a new floor for your bathroom. You'd have to take him to court, but if he loses, and he would, he would have to pay the lawyer fee. Discuss this with him.
If you want to do it yourself, there are two ways. One is to get a bottle of Phosphoric Acid at Lowes or Home Depot for about five dollars. It eats away the grout, then scrub. Make sure you follow the directions. When I use a lot of Phosphoric acid in a bathroom, I always open a window and turn on a fan if I can, and I often walk out and close the door while it's working.
Sometimes, if the grout left over is old and thick, Phosphoric Acid will not get it all off. What we do in that case is sand it off with a palm sander. You can get a palm sander at Wal Mart really cheaply, or Lowes of Home Depot. They are very small circular sanders. You just sand the grout down to the tile, and don't sand too much on the tile. This should not damage the tile.
However, it really is the contractors responsibility. They didn't do a good job. They should come back and sand it off. Since the contractor uses the glaze, he should know how to clean it, and may have a specific chemical for the job.

Answer 3

try the "stone" you get for cleaning swimming pools. It's actually like a pumice stone for your feet ! ( I think it's the same thing ). I use it to scrub calcium or iron deposits out of my sinks, etc....

Answer 4

Your contractor should clean it for you. He screwed it up!!

Answer 5

i would use a straight edge razor blade