The shower is one of the most used areas of your home. This means that over time, shower glass can become stained and etched by the minerals in the water supply. While you may think that replacing the glass is your only option, you can save money on replacement costs and opt for restoration instead.
In this blog post, we’ll explain the main benefits of restoring glass surfaces—and how GroutPro can help as professional shower glass specialists.
If you’ve tried every product and cleaning hack to remove scum, stains and water spots, professional shower glass restoration is a great solution. Here are the main advantages that people see from shower glass restoration.
While our specialists can certainly bring your glass back to life, it’s important to protect against future buildup and water spotting as well. Unprotected glass will always degrade—bringing you back to square one, as you consider whether to replace or restore once again.
In a single application, our Enduroshield coating will create an invisible barrier on the glass to repel hard water minerals and soap scum. Being anti-stick, the benefit of this is that your shower will stay much cleaner for longer, and will be easier to clean when you do need to give it a scrub. Our shower glass coating provides a durable and slick finish.
Glass is sensitive to damage, and can easily become discoloured, stained, cracked or scratched. The level of severity can vary from mild to severe. Here are the most common types of glass damage that our specialists have dealt with in their years of experience.
By far, hard water stains are the most common culprit when it comes to glass damage. This is because when water droplets are left on the glass, the mineral deposits etch into the glass in the shape of water drips. This can result in a hazy look, which is very stubborn to remove.
Like hard water, soap scum has a filmy white or grey appearance—and is also the result of mineral deposits left on the glass surface. Calcium stearate and magnesium stearate react with hard water, creating a chalky and filmy residue that can prove very difficult to clean.
Scratches can be unsightly, tarnishing an otherwise pristine piece of glass, and are usually caused by over-aggressive cleaners. The severity of scratches can range from being invisible to the naked eye, all the way through to being the product of graffiti. Unfortunately, there is very little that can be done to remove scratches from glass so care must be taken when cleaning to minimise this risk of damage.
If you’re looking to bring that sparkle back to your glass, GroutPro is qualified to deliver with great results. Our technicians have experience repairing and restoring glass shower screens all over New Zealand.
Are you wanting to spruce up your bathrooms and kitchen with some shiny new tiles and tile grout?
Are you tired of dealing with pesky soap scum and stubborn mould in your shower tiles?
Grout sealing is a simple but very important task that you can either do by yourself or with the help of an experienced professional.
This depends on the leak and the construction of the shower.
If a shower is leaking through a wall into an adjacent room, there is a failure with the waterproofing membrane behind the tiles. This cannot be repaired without a major deconstruction of the shower and can be very costly. Simply replacing failed grout and silicone, which may look like it is waterproofed the area, is not a solution that can be guaranteed.
Unless your grout has been sealed properly there is nothing that will keep it clean. Many people resort to bleach or even acids to try and remove stains which will, in fact, damage the grout. GroutPro specialises in sealing the grout so that mild eco-friendly cleaners are all that is needed to keep it looking in tip top condition. If your grout is already stained we can recolour it and seal it with our Colourseal sealer.
There is no easy answer to this question as it comes down to your daily maintenance process. Moisture, heat, and soap residue are what mould thrives on, so in order to minimise growth we recommend ensuring a good extractor fan is used during showering, and that you wipe your shower dry after each use. This removes the conditions that mould needs to grow.
We have found that silicone in a shower typically requires replacement every couple of years.
Epoxy grout is recommended in wet areas as it is waterproof and much more resistant to staining. We regrout shower bases with Epoxy to provide the longest lasting solution. Grout on shower walls can be protected using our Colourseal grout sealer, which provides similar protection to Epoxy grout.
This really depends on the extent of the damage. Small chips and cracks can be disguised so they are much less noticeable, but larger damage requires us to replace the tile.
Water spotting is caused my minerals such as calcium, lime, and iron in the water supply fusing to the microscopic pores of the glass. This happens when the water droplets are left on the glass after showering – the water evaporates leaving the minerals. Over time these minerals block the clarity of the glass. Specialist abrasive products (and a lot of elbow grease) are required to remove these minerals without damaging the glass. In most cases we can restore 80%-90% of the clarity, but occasionally the glass is unable to be restored.
The best way to minimise water marks is to dry the glass after each use.
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