Goof up on tile shower walls

[jlohrenz]

Hello.

I have a shower stall that was tiled with 6x6 tumbled marble that was not originally filled. When I did the grouting it filled all the holes. Sealed it up with a good enhancer/sealant.
Fast forward to today my oldest in an attempt to help cleaned the shower with tilex. Now the tiles look very pale similar to their look before I sealed them.
I'm assuming the tilex removed the sealant coat and now I'm back to where I started? (the grout seems to be absorbing water now too.

Do I just need to let it dry and then reseal the shower with my enhancer/sealer?

I don't know if this is etching as these tiles did not have a nice finished surface from the get-go, they were rough and textured. Attached are a couple of pics. The first is the shower stall and the second is another wall in the bathroom that was not cleaned with tilex for comparison.

My hope is to, after I washed the walls with water and a cleaner designed for the natural stone that I could let the walls dry and then reseal them.

Thoughts?

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[Davestone]

Tilex is acidic and shouldn't be used on stone.It has etched the finish from the stone, and also may have some residue left on it.Typically you would need to rehone it, but you may be able to get by with useing an enhancing sealer to mask the damage.

[jlohrenz]

Yep. I knew that about tilex and most standard bathroom cleaners. I had a bottle of appropriate cleaner sitting in the bathroom, but he didn't use it. We even told him as we were cleaning that day that if he was going to clean the shower to ask so we could make sure he used the right stuff.

I'm testing the enhancer/sealer on a spot this afternoon and I'll let you know what happens.

Today, after the tiles had completely dried they look exactally the same as they did the day I installed them (before they were sealed) so maybe I'll be lucky.

Thanks for the tip.

JL