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A grandmother’s trick to bring the shine back to dirty tiles

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This ingredient has increased the cleaning and degreasing power of the dishwashing liquid – no need to overdose! And, of course, you also need to put in a little effort, especially if you plan to do tile floors, walls and tile grouting with your household cleaning product…

A grandmother’s trick to bring the shine back to dirty tiles
Daily mail
Last step in her plan: mum leaves the classic mop in the cupboard! She replaced it with a cleaning brush. Something to scrape and remove dirt without having to scrub too much. In minutes, she can scrub the whole floor and just rinse and wipe.

Other detergents that might be useful?
No bleach needed! For even more cleaning and degreasing of all stains while allowing you to remove all traces of limescale in the kitchen or bathroom, you can use other natural products from grandma that you already use in your interiors. For good cleaning, there is white vinegar or lemon juice (both to be avoided on porous cementitious floor coverings) as well as milk (dark floors) or a bottle of glass cleaner (less natural, but ideal on a light or white floor).

A grandmother’s trick to bring back the shine to dirty tiles.
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Baking soda or clay stone allow them to remove stains. And cough seed oil is the perfect product to add shine. As for black soap, it is also an excellent cleaning product to use in small quantities on a sponge in case of stains or in the recipe explained above as a replacement for dishwashing liquid.

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