DuraCeramic is a cross between laminate flooring and ceramic tile. It’s available as individual tiles that can be scored and cut to fit. Since the tiles are flexible, you can install them without a completely level subfloor. Joints can even be grouted to look just like ceramic tile. And because the floor is composed of individual tiles, it’s easy to replace damaged sections.

Cleaning Duraceramic Flooring

For all of it’s advantages, there’s still a lot of question regarding the best way to keep it clean. Another post comparing ceramic tile and Duraceramic received several questions about cleaning but it also generated a few responses. I’ve gone through and pulled several different opinions. Hopefully this post will shed some light on the subject.

• It is easy to clean and doesn’t really show much dirt.
• We just mop – have not done any special cleaning of the tile or grout.
• Still after 5 mos I can’t remove all of the grout haze in the indentions. Just went to look at the inlaws floor and after 1 yr it is showing dirt in the indentions.
• The cleaning of it is very easy. My wife just uses water.
• The floors are very easy to clean. I usually clean it with one of the Swiffer WetJets about every other week to remove muddy paw prints. For especially tough stains, I use a wet paper towel
• I use a water / vinegar solution to clean my kitchen floor, 2 ozs. vinegar to 1 qt water. Just acidic enough to help w/ dirt removal. I am the one who posted bk in Feb about dirt on my MIL’s duracermic. I went out and bought a Hoover floormate. A pricey machine ($100) but I have been soooooooo pleased.
• I would go with 1/4 cup household ammonia to one gallon of warm water, or Windex works too.
• Vinegar is the natural antibacterial, bacteria don’t like the 5% acidity. But it’s really the Hoover floormate that cleans, being able to flood the floor with water and vacum it right up.
• Ours has all dirt and stains in the indentations and looks terrible.
• I use the Shark steam mop (retails at about $79) and it works great. Tiles are still smooth and shiny.
• The Congoleum liquid cleaner that you delute with water has not done a good job at all on the floor.
• We have recently purchased a Shark Pocket Steamer & have used that twice. While the mop pads (I used a total of 4 sides for the 2 cleanings) have gotten very dirty, the floor is still dirty.

What do you think? How do you clean Duraceramic tile?
Image courtesy of Tandemracer

Originally posted on One Project Closer

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