You know what isn't MM?

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Ruining your glass subway tile shower. I'm pretty sure the totally non-domestic-goddess in me (what's the opposite...domestic....idiot?) ruined our shower by cleaning it with the wrong thing. DH put the tile in himself and it still cost an arm and a leg. I suck. I hope there is osmething else happening, like it's just residue that can be taken off with somehting. I stopped messing with it for fear I would just make it worse. +o(

[sjh722]

what did you use to clean it with?

[Susie]

How did you ruin glass tile?

Natural stone, I can see messing up. But I thought glass was pretty resilient.

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STEEL WOOL!

[explorer2001]

Did you ruin the tile or the grout? You can regrout.

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Aug 21, 2012 16:49:39 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

STEEL WOOL!

haha. Basically.

No, I used bar keeper's friend and a kitchen sponge with the scrubby side....? WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME?!?!

DH just said this morning that he feels like he is the only one who cares about keeping the house looking nice (we have 2 small kids, nice house is like....an oxymoron).

So I was trying to be all SAHM who actually does things you're supposed to do and I may have ruined the shower...? I'm dying. I really hope he will come home and just be like - oh no biggie, that comes off...rather than "oh great, I have to redo the shower someday"

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OMG, I was kidding.

I haz sads for you.

[pugz]

use a magic eraser and see if that takes it off!

says the person who may have just taken paint off the wall trying to clean it with one....BUT TRY IT!!!

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Aug 21, 2012 16:58:09 GMT -5 pugz said:

use a magic eraser and see if that takes it off!

says the person who may have just taken paint off the wall trying to clean it with one....BUT TRY IT!!!

I have the magic eraser that's meant for walls..... I'm scared to keep going back with more stuff - what if it just gets worse and worse??? lol. OMG.

[Susie]

and you can't tell whether it's scratched or just has residue on it? This has me confused.

I would be surprised if a sponge scratched glass tile, even the scratchy side. I mean, you use it on glasses in the kitchen sink all the time, right? But I don't want to suggest something to try without seeing it.

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There's no way you ruined it. What exactly did you do and what does it look like?

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See? No way did you ruin it. ths.gardenweb.com//forums/load/kitchbath/msg0819454411686.html?5

Maybe you just used too much and need to keep rinsing.

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Aug 21, 2012 17:03:25 GMT -5 aswartzw said:

There's no way you ruined it. What exactly did you do and what does it look like?

I cleaned the grout and tile (and tub) w/ bar keeper's friend powder mixed with water. It looked fine, then after it dried it looked "foggy" sort of so I tried to clean it with just regular windex....you can feel the texture (which admittedly could be residue?). And it looks awful. But if I rinse and rinse it's not coming off. It just looks nice wet and crappy dry.

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I'm googling: someone said after you let it dry, take a dry cloth and wipe off. It may take some scrubbing.

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Aug 21, 2012 17:09:05 GMT -5 aswartzw said:

See? No way did you ruin it. ths.gardenweb.com//forums/load/kitchbath/msg0819454411686.html?5

Maybe you just used too much and need to keep rinsing.

This is the kind of stuff I was reading too - which is why I thought it was safe....hopefully it's just a serious haze that can be cleaned off. I'm waiting for hubby to proceed. We really should switch roles here......

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Also try vinegar.

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Aug 21, 2012 17:18:26 GMT -5 aswartzw said:

Also try vinegar.

Ok I'm taking a shower tonight - I'll see if I can just scrub it off. pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease.

[dirtyred]

Did you use a sponge with a blue scrubby side or a green scrubby side? The blue is supposed to be non-scratch, while the green one will, alas, scratch glass and ceramics if you apply enough force.

[MixedBerryJam]

I have seen that green scrubby side of a sponge ruin the shiny finish on some stuff, but I'm picturing those glass cubes, and I'm not sure it would ruin that, so maybe there's hope. If you have somehow etched the glass, go to Depot and talk to the people there about polishing systems. There's something ... I don't know what it's called, but I'll try to google it after I post this ... that is a very, very fine powder that restored the shine to our fiberglass jacuzzi after my husband dropped a whole sheet of sheetrock on it. It was pretty amazing, actually. There's actually alot of stuff that restores a shine. I even fixed a small ding on a ceramic tile with a nail buffer. Good luck. I'll post whatever it is I'm thinking of if I find it online.

This is not the actual stuff I used, but it was this general idea.
www.eastwood.com/pro-glass-polishing-kit.html

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Aug 21, 2012 17:33:34 GMT -5 dirtyred said:

Did you use a sponge with a blue scrubby side or a green scrubby side? The blue is supposed to be non-scratch, while the green one will, alas, scratch glass and ceramics if you apply enough force.

hehe. I used the beige colored one that Scotch started making that is supposedly "green" as in sustainable, not green in color...

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Aug 21, 2012 17:38:38 GMT -5 MixedBerryJam said:

I have seen that green scrubby side of a sponge ruin the shiny finish on some stuff, but I'm picturing those glass cubes, and I'm not sure it would ruin that, so maybe there's hope. If you have somehow etched the glass, go to Depot and talk to the people there about polishing systems. There's something ... I don't know what it's called, but I'll try to google it after I post this ... that is a very, very fine powder that restored the shine to our fiberglass jacuzzi after my husband dropped a whole sheet of sheetrock on it. It was pretty amazing, actually. There's actually alot of stuff that restores a shine. I even fixed a small ding on a ceramic tile with a nail buffer. Good luck. I'll post whatever it is I'm thinking of if I find it online.

This is not the actual stuff I used, but it was this general idea.
www.eastwood.com/pro-glass-polishing-kit.html

The tile is not cubes, but same idea - it's subway tile which I think is 3 x 6 instead of the 1 x 1 cubes. Thanks for this - if necessary I'll look into it.

[jenjen]

Aug 21, 2012 18:35:36 GMT -5 @sirsleepsalot said:

hehe. I used the beige colored one that Scotch started making that is supposedly "green" as in sustainable, not green in color...

There's no way that sponge ruined the tile. I used the exact same sponge (incl the rough side) on a microfiber couch this morning and did no damage. Def not rough enough to scratch tile.