Floor tile (grout) problem/question

[Richard]

Suffice to say that I have an industrious wife...don't ask why she did this just realize she did.

Upstairs bathroom, 12" square tiles... she thinks the grout is dirty. She spends a ton of time scraping the grout out and finds new grout to replace it with.

I tell her to try a test area FIRST before she does the entire floor (I've learned from experience to try to slow her down )

She puts the test sample on a couple inches.... leaves it for a "while" and decides to go ahead & grout the entire floor.

turns out it's not "antique white" like she asked for, it was considerably darker.

(remember, she did this just because the grout was 'dirty')

So, she's now ripped out the new grout and is preparing to replace it yet again with what is now, the right color.

Ok, here's the question/situation...

Just for conversation, let's say that the tiles have a 1/4" gap between them AND each tile has a tiny edge that is chamferred down at a slight angle

She's nervous now about putting this lighter grout down fearing that the darker shade she's replacing will either bleed through (not likely I told her) OR more probably... that the darker grout has been applied up the "shoulder" of the chamferred edges a bit and won't be convered per se' by the new grout and will then show.

So, my basic question is...

We've got some edges of the tile where there are indeed some speckles of darker grout.

What might be a easy way to remove those remanants of grout without damaging the tile?

I was wondering about a green scratch pad....a wad of steel wool.... something other??

So I thought I"d put it here, knowing there are some folks that have worked with tile more than me and maybe had this issue.

Don't ask why she did this...she's just like that and I told her when she mentioned it that she was opening a Pandoras box. Boy oh boy, did I hit that one on the head!!

 

[Lasgambler]

ELBO Greese. Green pad will work and should not damage the tile. A soft scrub brush should work as well.

 

[Willl]

Back when I did brick work years ago, the best thing to use to clean grout off was another piece of the same kind of brick.

Have no idea if this will work with tile, but if ya got some extra pieces laying around....

 

[plowking]

My wife has done some tile in our house,has some tools. She says you can purchases a grout removal tool at a home improvemnt store, she bought hers at Lowes, there are two or three different types of grout removal tool . plowking

 

[Egon]

Wait till the new white is in and then mention that it looks funny compared to the old grout!!