|
Welcome to the YorkieTalk.com Forums Community - the community for Yorkshire Terriers. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. You will be able to chat with over 35,000 YorkieTalk members, read over 2,000,000 posted discussions, and view more than 15,000 Yorkie photos in the YorkieTalk Photo Gallery after you register. We would love to have you as a member! Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please click here to contact us. |
|
| LinkBack | Thread Tools |
08-20-2016, 05:33 AM | #1 |
and molliluv too! Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Irving TX, USA
Posts: 1,619
| Cleaning products/ Vaccums So due to diabetes my pup has been peeing all over our tile floor. I'm not sure if it's because of the sugar in his pee but even when I mop the floor tends to be sticky. The pee is also seeping into the grout! I don't know what to do (I currently have 3 pee pads out and let him out a million times a day and night but he still is having accidents). I got some Clorox pet urine spray which seems to work really well but I'm wondering what y'all use. Also does anyone have a tile cleaning vaccum they like? I was looking at the Shark 2-1 blast and spray maybe? Our tile area is huge and it might be worth the investment to get some sort of tile cleaning device. Thanks in advance!
__________________ Teapot Club Member |
Welcome Guest! | |
08-21-2016, 07:18 AM | #2 |
Resident Yorkie Nut Donating YT 20K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Texas
Posts: 27,450
| I have all tile and I use the Hoover Floor Mate. The following thread tells all about it...lots of YTers use it. http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/off...floormate.html
__________________ |
08-22-2016, 02:32 AM | #3 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | Yup, I have the Hoover Floor Mate as you can see by the thread Lj is linking .
__________________ ~ A friend told me I was delusional. I nearly fell off my unicorn. ~ °¨¨¨°ºOº°¨¨¨° Ann | Pfeiffer | Marcel Verdel Purcell | Wylie | Artie °¨¨¨°ºOº°¨¨¨° |
08-22-2016, 05:51 AM | #4 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Northern VA
Posts: 3,192
| For the grout... Maybe lightly coat it with clear caulk? Or put strips of clear tape (something thicker like packing tape) on the grouts so at least then the pee won't seep through. |
08-23-2016, 08:15 PM | #5 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Fargo
Posts: 230
| You should seal your grout. You paint it on with a small paint brush. It's like a coating of clear acrylic that liquid won't go in to the grout. We use it on all tile we install in our house so it's waterproof and holds up to mopping. |
08-24-2016, 02:06 AM | #6 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | Did you really have to go through your house w/ a tiny paintbrush and paint each strip of grout? Omg that task would make me go crazy !
__________________ ~ A friend told me I was delusional. I nearly fell off my unicorn. ~ °¨¨¨°ºOº°¨¨¨° Ann | Pfeiffer | Marcel Verdel Purcell | Wylie | Artie °¨¨¨°ºOº°¨¨¨° |
08-24-2016, 05:02 AM | #7 |
Resident Yorkie Nut Donating YT 20K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Texas
Posts: 27,450
| My guess is she doesn't live in a home with all tile. Also, the problem with sealants is that they are not permanent. There is a permanent solution....that will probably be my next big project. To have my grout professionally cleaned and that permanent color/product/forget what it is called applied.
__________________ Last edited by ladyjane; 08-24-2016 at 05:04 AM. |
08-24-2016, 05:11 AM | #8 |
Resident Yorkie Nut Donating YT 20K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Texas
Posts: 27,450
| This is interesting, IF you can deal with doing this in a whole house. I have way too much to do, so I need to find a professional. But, this might be good for small areas: Making Old Discolored Grout Look Like New | Young House Love
__________________ |
08-25-2016, 03:39 AM | #9 | |
and molliluv too! Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Irving TX, USA
Posts: 1,619
| Quote:
I didn't know. A huge portion of our house is tile, this would defiantly be a prodject. For right now I found Simple green is doing a pretty good job and I am looking into that floor mate. I just ordered a belly band so we will see if that helps. Also he's doing a little better, I got a Alphatrak but I feel so bad poking him all the time
__________________ Teapot Club Member | |
08-26-2016, 06:42 PM | #10 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Fargo
Posts: 230
| Yes we did but if you tile any floor should have grout sealer. We even tiled our whole lower level in our last house. I use a pretty good size brush but just hard on the knees but so worth it. Liquid just beads up. |
Bookmarks |
|
|
Thread Tools | |
| |
|
|
SHOP NOW: Amazon :: eBay :: Buy.com :: Newegg :: PetStore :: Petco :: PetSmart