How to Remove Condiments from Grout
Food spills are bound to happen in the kitchen. Ketchup, mustard, and BBQ sauce can easily stain grout. From hot dogs and burgers to chicken and fries, there’s a lot of food we cook in our homes that we use condiments for. Whether we are squeezing a bottle or dipping a fry, there’s a chance something will drip or spill onto grout lines.
In most homes, grout is white or a lighter color, which means it can easily stain from condiments, which come in all sorts of colors. Since it is porous, grout will absorb condiments easily. Condiments can stain easily and grout can be difficult to clean, so this is a bad combination. With the right grout cleaning and sealing products, it will look like the food spill never happened.
Most DIY cleaning articles may tell you to clean up the condiments with bleach, ammonia or white vinegar. These chemicals may work, but they also aren’t really cleaning the grout, and many of these chemicals can cause the grout to crack or break.
To remove the condiment stains, you want to first blot the area dry with a clean cloth. Wipe the area clean. You may notice your grout is stained a brownish/reddish/yellowish tint now from the condiments. To remove the food stains, you will want to use Grout Shield’s Grout & Tile Deep Cleaner, which cleans and lifts deep and hard-to-clean stains out of the grout’s pores.