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Mme poivre

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Yep Javel! you can pay minimal amounts or have it re-badged by any number of companies but check the back of the container they are based on bleach.

Do not use a metal scourer or coloured as you will transfer the colour and make it worse.

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Those steam cleaners that they demonstrate on the French tellyshopping channels appear to do a good job of cleaning grout, and lets face it they are too small to do any of the other jobs that they reckon they will, I cant help but thinking however that the demos are set up like the spray on bathroom cleaner adverts with Barry the shouting man.
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[quote user="BIG MAC"]

Brick cleaning products like Disclean  or Spirt of salts both clean grout as does toothpaste

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That's hydrochloric acid without the fancy brand names, watch out for the fumes (wear a charcoal mask and eye protection)

DO NOT MIX WITH BLEACH that would be bad!!![+o(]

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[quote user="Théière"][quote user="BIG MAC"]

Brick cleaning products like Disclean  or Spirt of salts both clean grout as does toothpaste

[/quote]

That's hydrochloric acid without the fancy brand names, watch out for the fumes (wear a charcoal mask and eye protection)

DO NOT MIX WITH BLEACH that would be bad!!![+o(]

[/quote]

Now, now teapot..no need to overdramatise things its only 23% gay-lussac the fumes are minimalist.

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[quote user="pachapapa"][quote user="Théière"][quote user="BIG MAC"]

Brick cleaning products like Disclean  or Spirt of salts both clean grout as does toothpaste

[/quote]

That's hydrochloric acid without the fancy brand names, watch out for the fumes (wear a charcoal mask and eye protection)

DO NOT MIX WITH BLEACH that would be bad!!![+o(]

[/quote]

Now, now teapot..no need to overdramatise things its only 23% gay-lussac the fumes are minimalist.

[/quote]

From Wiki:

Concentrated hydrochloric acid (fuming hydrochloric acid) forms acidic mists. Both the mist and the solution have a corrosive effect on human tissue, with the potential to damage respiratory organs, eyes, skin, and intestines. Upon mixing hydrochloric acid with common oxidizing chemicals, such as sodium hypochlorite (bleach, NaClO) or potassium permanganate (KMnO4), the toxic gas chlorine is produced.

NaClO + 2 HCl → H2O + NaCl + Cl2

2 KMnO4 + 16 HCl → 2 MnCl2 + 8 H2O + 2 KCl + 5 Cl2

Personal protective equipment such as rubber or PVC gloves, protective eye goggles, and chemical-resistant clothing and shoes are used to minimize risks when handling hydrochloric acid.[5]

The hazards of solutions of hydrochloric acid depend on the concentration. The following table lists the EU classification of hydrochloric acid solutions.[21]

Concentration
by weight
ClassificationR-Phrases
10–25%Irritant (Xi)R36/37/38
> 25%Corrosive (C)R34 R37

The United States Environmental Protection Agency rates and regulates hydrochloric acid as a toxic substance.[22]

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I think it has been done with tooth paste,

White vinegar is just weak acetic acid so it does the same but slower, bicarb is always a good cleaner, one of my favorites. don't waste money on branded products if that does'nt work as the article from RH says use bleach (hydrogen peroxide or chlorine, chlorine kills faster)

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