Botched sealant job

[SMO]

It's very informative reading these posts. Thanks for everyone for sharing their knowledge!

I'm wondering if there is anything I can do to save my grout. Here's what happened:

Our new home has a lot of travertine - floors and bathrooms. It appears that the idiot who applied the sealant literally dumped it on the floor and sloshed everything around with a mop. Our builders have spent thousands buffing and stripping all the shiny permanent puddles all over the floor, repainting the floorboards that got splashed, and cleaning our appliances.

To add insult to injury, the sealant was applied over a newly constructed filthy floor - they didn't clean first - so all that fine gray construction dust got sealed into our travertine and grout.

The travertine is getting to where I can live with it, but the brown grout has lots of grey imbedded in it, and the strippers havent' been able to get it up. Is there anything I can do to make my grout look nice again, or do I need to dig it all up and replace it?

Thanks for any ideas!

Sara

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[Davestone]

I think if the grout is still terrible after all the stripping and cleaning you would be better off just removing the grout and redoing it.Here's a website where you can find a person that might be in your area that does that kind of work....http://www.dirtygrout.com/forums/

[doitright]

Hi Sara, Welcome!

It depends on what the sealer actually was, and what was used to attempt to strip it. Can you get us some product specific details? :shades:

How much square footage do you have?

[SMO]

Hi John!

I'm not sure the exact square footage, but we have around 3100 square feet - the kitchen, mudroom, 3.5 bathrooms, dining nook, entry and a hallway all has travertine flooring.

The original sealant that was misapplied - we don't know.

Since then: It was stripped twice with MiraStrip and then Porous Plus was applied. When that didn't work completely they "buffed" or "polished" the stones and reapplied Porous Plus.

:)

Sara