How to Remove Orange Soap Scum From Grout

Chlorine Bleach

• 1

  Combine 3/4 cup of chlorine bleach with 1 gallon of warm water.

• 2

  Dip a soft-bristle brush into the diluted chlorine bleach.

• 3

  Scrub on the tile grout to remove the soap scum stains.

• 4

  Let the bleach solution sit on the grout stain for 10 minutes.

• 5

  Scrub on the grout area again. Rinse the tile grout with clean water.

Baking Soda Paste

• 6

  Combine 1 cup table salt, 1 cup baking soda and 1 cup of white vinegar into a bowl to create a paste.

• 7

  Apply the paste to the tile grout with a washcloth.

• 8

  Scrub on the tile grout with an old toothbrush.

• 9

  Allow the baking soda paste to sit for five to 10 minutes.

• 10

  Rinse the grout with clean water.

White Vinegar

• 11

  Fill a clean spray bottle or bowl with undiluted white vinegar.

• 12

  Spray the vinegar onto the bathroom tile grout. Apply the vinegar onto the grout with a washcloth if you do not have a spray bottle.

• 13

  Scrub on the grout with an old toothbrush or nonabrasive sponge.

• 14

  Rinse the grout with clean water.

Ammonia, White Vinegar and Borax

• 15

  Mix 1/2 cup white vinegar, 1/4 cup borax and 1/2 cup of ammonia in a bucket with 1 gallon of warm water.

• 16

  Apply the solution to the tile grout with a nonabrasive sponge.

• 17

  Scrub on the tile grout to remove the soap scum.

• 18

  Rinse the grout with clean water.