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eclipse 
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 Topic: phosphoric acid vers alkalinePosted: 11/September/2010 at 3:40am |
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What is the best tile cleaning chemical?
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Posted: 13/September/2010 at 3:27pm |
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The answer is totally dependent on the soil you are attempting to remove. Restaurant type food grease will respond better to an alkaline. Yet, bathroom tiles that are soap scummy respond better to a mild form of acid. If you are only maintaining then a neutral product is the best.
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Mark McMaster
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Posted: 25/September/2010 at 5:38pm |
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Use a alkaline or degreaser. Then you can follow these chems with an acid if needed
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Michael
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Posted: 25/September/2010 at 7:50pm |
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What Mark said. In a kitchen, I usually use both: alkaline followed by acid. Most of the time, acid alone is enough. Just be sure to reseal the grout.
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MR. STEAMER
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Posted: 28/September/2010 at 10:52pm |
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How do you avoid marble walk off's when using ACID????
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Posted: 02/October/2010 at 1:14pm |
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Stay away from acids with natural stone. We use a bath mat sprayed with an alkaline pre spray to wipe our feet before heading out to another surface like cement. Leaving footprints down the clients sidewalk is bad for business.
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Posted: 02/October/2010 at 1:16pm |
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I forgot acids are great for grout lines especially if you use a grout brush since they will take a very small amount of cement off and get you back to new, clean grout.
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alexgman
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Posted: 05/October/2010 at 6:58am |
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I prefer Alkaline in surface cleaning to acid. Acid sometimes damage the surface. Any way it depends on the flooring material.
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Michael
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Posted: 05/October/2010 at 5:14pm |
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Yes, the main use of acid is on grout lines. You can use it on natural stone but only if it is already completely matte, like slate. Otherwise, you'll etch away the patina/shine.
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Posted: 07/May/2012 at 1:09am |
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High ph cleaners are more safe to work with and avoid secondary damage such as over spray or vapor fumes off acid
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