Cream floor tiles-big mistake! How to clean?

The problem is, if you've gone for cream tiles, then you'll probably want a light coloured rug, then that'll get grubby as well.

I think you should find old glasses that make it look fuzzy to look at them! So long as I have swept up any bits and then done over with a squeezy mop, I know it is clean. Tough if it doesnt look it. Dont bother what anyone else thinks of it, can you live with it yourself? If so dont worry, but if it really annoys you save up and change them. You may have read the saga of my bathroom which has only just been finished. Well the plumber was very good but the sink is no good at all. It is too small, the stupid tap sticks out over half the plug area and i am having to stand at a slight angle as the metal from the edge of the shower sticks out a bit. I will be ringing the plumber tomorrow and am going to have to change it for a bigger corner sink. I have enough problems with my back and to not stand straight at the sink will drive me mad, and cause more pain. I didnt choose that, because it was a matter of getting something to be able to get water on and get back in the flat , so it wasnt his fault, just one of those things. But as i will be using the bathroom every day as long as I live here , there is no way I am going to be irritated and annoyed every day. So it is worth the money to change things if you cant find a way that is easy for you as it is now. Hope someone can give you a brilliant idea but if not , bite the bullet and get rid and put something there that suits you. Good luck

lixy

My FiL bought a Flotex carpet to go over tiles in their kitchen. It looked good for many years.

In the meantime maybe just forget to wear your glasses in the kitchen?!

Flotex is even worse it attract every bit of fluff and dust, and is impossible to hover clean, I have it in my dining room and hall, wonderful when we needed to push the wheelchair around, but I whatnot being able to get rid of all the fluff.
I have cream tiles in my bathroom and as they are rough I find they attract the dirt too, but it is only me who use the bathroom, so I jus wash them weekly and forget about it. I have pale blue tiles and it looks lovely, which is all that matters to me.

But a washable kitchen rug. They’re thin and don’t slip about and really useful!

Thanks.
I did the whole kitchen floor for about £45. (including tasteful mat)
Much less than those blasted tiles, and it'll tide me over until I win the lottery.

That name me laugh!
Wot!???
I knew I shouldn't have come on GN on Boxing Day. 🍷 🥂

Nice orange mat there MissA. Almost matches my red dogs! 🤔

I've discovered that you should never ever use tiling for the kitchen floor or the bathroom floor, it's more trouble than it's worth. It's a nightmare to keep clean. My mother's solution was to get someone to clean the floor for her. My father eventually ripped out the tile flooring and put down vinyl, end of problem.

This is what I put over my cream tiles.
A bit too dark, but I can live with that easier than the cream dingey look.

Another vote for a robot floor washer here. I haven't got one, but another member of the family swears by theirs. They have matt charcoal ceramic tiles, but the flooring wasn't immune from 2 messy toddlers. Robot was pressed into service every night and the floor was immaculate in the morning, so the toddlers could safely eat off it (which they often did!)

Cream porcelain tiles through the hall and into the kitchen.
That name me laugh! This was my town house in Essex. Every flippin surface cream tiles!
I gave up and moved house instead!

Sorry to say I did the same thing when we moved here about five years ago. Cream porcelain tiles through the hall and into the kitchen. Gave up on them about a year ago and had wooden floors installed over them. Life’s just to short for the amount of cleaning required.

It might be an idea to find a firm that will etch the floors and then seal them.

Witzend

Since it’s a small space, I’d just call it a day and put a cushioned vinyl on top.

May well do this, Witzend. Yours looks good.

karmalady

Have the tiles been sealed? Many floor tiles are porous and will absorb dirt, look dirty ever after

No, Karmalady, they haven’t been sealed. We are planning to do that in the hope that things will improve!

Have the tiles been sealed? Many floor tiles are porous and will absorb dirt, look dirty ever after

I have light kitchen flooring, I use a steam mop and they look clean. I think they add light and a feeling of space to the kitchen which is quite a good size.

I've got cream floor tiles ... I doubt they are perfectly clean. That get a bit of a clean once a week ... in between I live my life and just let it be.

Just don't look at them close up ... problem solved. Honestly life is just too short to be crawling round the floor looking for dirt. Chill man...

I put vinyl down over mine.
It was making my life a misery, and becoming an almost unhealthy obsession.

Witzend

Since it’s a small space, I’d just call it a day and put a cushioned vinyl on top.

Oops, one like mine - quite light but the cunning markings mean it never looks dirty even when it’s not exactly pristine!

Since it’s a small space, I’d just call it a day and put a cushioned vinyl on top.

Retiled

skydancer if your kitchen is tiny, why don’t you have them retired ? I believe you can tile over the existing tile. Just a thought.

I don’t want to rub it in, but I think my kitchen floor tiles are the best ever. It’s matt, it’s got dominant grey with hints of all sorts They’re certainly not gloss - the most dangerous finish for a kitchen floor 😫

Similarly my friend's mum in France made us all walk round with cloths under our shoes when we visited the house as children. So we were buffing the tiles as we walked about and making them shine. Cheap labour, just a chocolate baguette for payment! 🥖 + 🍫