How to Remove Grout Haze from Marble

Tiling with marble looks fantastic, but there are a few little tricks you need to know. Namely, seal that stuff once you've got it up on the walls PRIOR to grouting. If you don't seal, the grout will discolor your marble and you'll be angry. sealer

Tip #2: don't try to use a normal grout haze remover product. It will scratch the ISH out of your marble and you'll be sad.

DO NOT USE THIS ON MARBLE!!!!!!!!!!

But how to address the grout haze? Ahhh haze. Anytime you tile and grout, a mysterious grout-y haze will be left behind. It looks basically like this:

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Water will not cut it, and normal grout haze remover will leave it scratched to all get out. After some snooping around on the interwebs, I found this miracle stuff:IMG_6142

You basically spray it on as a foam and miraculously, 30 seconds later, using a microfiber cloth, you wipe it AND the grout haze off of your marble. Leaving it SO HAPPY! (Who knew tiling was such an emotional situation?) The difference is unreal.

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Hazy:

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Not Hazy:

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Now that my tile was haze free, I had to seal it again with that green bottle of goodness up above, as well as address the angry spots on the drywall. Pink Caulk to the rescue!

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Sanding and painting followed as well as a furious round of caulking. I am hoping to have a final before and after for y'all by the end of the week! Stay tuned!

Spring 2015 House Tour

That's right y'all. I FINALLY am giving you a new house tour.  I have been slowly updating our house tour page and figured that since we got the painting done over the new island, crown molding up, and fence installed, it was time for an updated tour. I am going to give one before picture for most spaces and then skip right over the phase 1 stuff (after we moved in until now) and hit ya with where we are at currently. I am not going to include our to-do lists after each space on this post--those will stay on the House Tour page cause they are long. Thus, the House Tour page will also incorporate all iterations of a space with before, phase 1 AND phase 2/current photos, and to-do lists with linked completed project posts.

*For each space that has it's own pinterest board, I have linked to it.

So kick off your shoes (we have a white rug now) and come tour our casa.

Front of House

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Living Room

Before Living Room

 

View out dining room into living room windows.

Phase 2/After

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Dining

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Kitchen

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Treana's Office

Treana Office

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Master Bedroom

Master Bedroom

 

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Third Bedroom

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From door straight ahead into room.

 

Upstairs Bath

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Hallway to Basement

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Fourth Bedroom

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LB Office

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Basement Bath

Bathroom down hallway to right

Basement Living Room

Basement Living Before

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Basement Kitchen and Dining

Basement Kitchen

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Laundry Room

Before

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Backyard

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