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How Doing a Routine Cleaning?

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Sweep away and dirt or debris. Any loose dirt, debris, or dust should be swept from cement floors or walls before you begin cleaning. Use a broom to sweep the cement as clean as you can before applying a cleaner. When sweeping down a cement wall, lay down a tarp to catch loose dirt, debris, and dust.


Put on protective gear if necessary. When using chemical cleaners, such as degreasers, gloves and goggles are generally necessary. You should also wear older clothing, regardless of what kind of cleaner you’re using, as cleaning cement may get messy. Prepare a cleaning solution. Mildly dirty cement can be cleaned with mild laundry detergent diluted with warm water.


In a bucket, mix a third cup of your detergent with a gallon of water. When using degreaser, consult the label to figure out the proper degreaser to water ratio. Pour the solution on the concrete. It’s best to work in sections, especially when cleaning a large amount of cement. Pour enough of your cleaner over the cement you’re working on to get it thoroughly wet.


For very dirty concrete, allow the cleaner to sit for a few minutes before proceeding to clean it. Scrub the concrete. Use a deck brush to scrub your cleaner into the cement. Work the cleaner in until you’ve removed any troublesome layers of dirt and dust, and any obvious stains or set in dirt.


For very dirty floors, let the cleaner sit for five to ten minutes after scrubbing it once. Then, repeat the process. Rinse with a hose or pressure washer. A pressure washer is the best means to remove a cleaner from cement. These can be rented at most hardware stores. If you do not have a pressure washer, a high pressure hose can be used to rinse the cement.

How to Tile a Bathroom Floor?

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Lay out a single horizontal and vertical row of floor tiles across the floor along the chalk reference lines. Shift the fashion tiles, if needed, so any cuts that must be made by the wall are against the least noticeable wall. You also don’t want cut tiles at the entrance to the bathroom, so adjust the tiles so cuts are against the far wall. You can snap additional chalk reference lines, once the glazed rustic tile layout is finalized, if you wish.

Set the first tile in the far corner of the room and work towards the doorway. You won’t want to step on the newly laid Rome Stone tile before the mortar has a chance to dry. Work on laying the polished tile in small sections at a time. Mix up a small batch of thin-set mortar and spread a thin layer on the cement board with the notched trowel. Lay several pieces of tile with tile spacers to establish even grout lines. Firmly press the tile into the mortar so there are no air bubbles underneath. Set a level across the top of the cement tiles to make sure they are perfectly flat.

Cut tiles with a common marble tile cutter or wet saw, if necessary, to fit along the wall. As you work toward the walls, you may not be able to use a perfect number of tiles. You may also need to make cuts for Calacata tiles that sit around toilets and other rounded objects in the floor. Allow the thin-set to dry for at least a day. Follow the instructions recommended by the manufacturer before grouting.

Pull the bathroom tile spacers out from between the tiles before adding grout. Mix the sanded grout with water in a bucket, according to the manufacturer directions. Scoop some grout onto the file floor with a trowel. Firmly press it into the grout lines with the grout float, working in small sections at a time. Remove the excess grout from the surface of the Tundla tile before it has a chance to dry.

Fill a second bucket with water and use it to wet the large sponge with rounded corners. Wring out the sponge and then wipe over the wood tile so that you are moving at a diagonal to the grout lines. If you wipe parallel to the grout lines, you might gouge out some of the grout and leave an uneven surface. Rinse the sponge in the bucket of water and repeat until all the grout is removed from the surface of the tile. Wait at least 2 days for the grout to cure before sealing it. Sometimes its smart to leave a humidifier on during the two days you’re letting it sit, to help the grout gain in strength.