Cream floor tiles-big mistake! How to clean?

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

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.

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!

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!)

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.

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.

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! 🤔

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Our bathroom floor is cream vinyl, slightly rough to make it non-slip. But it holds the dirt and looks grimy. I got a steam cleaner which did the job but it was too cheap and soon packed up. There are others, but do I want to spend £££ when I can still scrub?

I have them too. all you can honestly do is use neat bleach and a scourer. Not least but works a treat and doesn't damage the tiles. Need to have all windows and doors open, and wear a mask and protective clothing.

I have high gloss cream porcelain tiles in my kitchen put down by the last owner. I hate them!!! Every speck of dirt, every footprint/paw print. I've fallen twice when there was unseen water on the floor. My partner slipped coming in from outside with damp trainers and twisted his knee which has caused ongoing issues. I'm hoping to sell up and move soon otherwise I would replace them. I put karndean vinyl planking all through the rest of the downstairs including hall and porch and would redo kitchen with that if I stayed. The tiles look good for about 2 mins after cleaning but the cream grout remains grubby and two tiles have cracked on the corner in high use areas.

I have cream porcelain tiles in my kitchen, I think the make was called something like Porcellenosa, and the were the best investment ever ! They have been down for 15 years and still look shiny and new. All I do is whizz over them with a steamer once a week

Flash speedmop could be the answer. Quick and easy to use.
Good luck.

I have cream, very slightly mottled tiles on the kitchen and entrance floors. Yes, I do think they get grubby but I think you'll find it's only you who notices this. My sister always says how clean the house always looks and I think it's the light coloured tiles that give this illusion. I have an acquaintance with similar flooring and whenever I go to her house I always think how clean the floor looks. The fact that it's light coloured makes it look clean whether it really is or not.

What kind of cleaning agent do the makers of the tiles recommend?

I would start by discussing the problem with the maker or the supplier, or both.

Next, what do you use to wash the floor - a mop, or a floor-cloth? And do you sweep it prior to washing it?

I feel you get a floor cleaner if you use a floor-cloth to wash the floor. This does not mean getting down on your hands and knees - you can push the cloth back and forwards using a stiff broom.

However, you should make sure that the cloth is clean - changing it at need if one cloth cannot stay reasonably clean for the entire floor. And preferably dry the floor off using another floor-cloth.

Try blue magic. You can buy it from QVC or Amazon. I have had many successes with it as it is very versatile so if it doesn’t work then you can use it on many other things. I don’t have ceramic floors but on my wood/vynil floors it’s the best thing I have tried. You can use it on clothes dishes just about anything.

I must be so slovenly. Kitchen diner in porceain tiles light beige. Twice a week I use a spray mop and that's it. I do have a steam mop and use that very rarely as don't like all the moisture it leaves in the room.one bathroom and ensuite also have lught beige tiles but they are high shine and they too just get a wipe twice a week. Other bathroom and cloak room have high shine sparkly black tiles, never see any marks on them, but they too get the twice weekly mop. They are floors, so of course they get dirty.

crazyH

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 😫

Those are great my son has those and they look.good.too.
I once lived in a newish house which has Marley times on the kitchen.floor. they looked dreadful even when washed, they were sorting it grey and were slightly patterned. I hated those, I really wouldn't want cream or white tiles either. Used to have a light coloured work top and I was forever having to clean it, not because it was dirty per se or unhygienic, just every spot of tea coffee or suchlike made it look like it hadn't been cleaned since the war. When I got a new kitchen I got a darker mottled countertop.

I have a large area of virtually white Travertine marble flooring which is prone to chipping and damages.

When I had a spine operation I bought a (pretty expensive) Karcher floor mop which cleans the tiles and also sucks the water off so it is almost immediately dry.

When clean I sporadically apply HG High Shine polish, a couple of coats of which make the surface dirt resistant. Every few years or so I Brillo the white grouting in the cooking area and reapply the HG High Shine.

It seems to work very well but then I don’t have pets.

Not wishing to brag but I went into tile shop and requested tiles that would not show the muck or paw prints The guy said not been asked that before
Made a suggestion. Bingo they are fantastic In porch hall kitchen and boot room
Living in country with two spaniels and numerous pair of wellies they never seem to show the muck a quick brush in the porch does the job
The colour ranges from dark cream to light brown after about eight years still look good

Could you use some of those plexi floorcoverings they sell at Ikea's? They're ment to go under a deskchair (with wheels) to protect a wooden floor. But they're really sturdy, see-through ánd clean easily.
www.ikea.com/be/nl/p/kolon-vloerbeschermer-44881100/