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    sallyg100 Posts: 6, Reputation: 1
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    Oct 24, 2007, 08:57 AM
    Regrouting old tile
    My house was built in the 40's and it has that little mosaic tile. There are a few places where I need new grout but most of it just needs to be cleaned up.

    Do I have to dig out ALL of the grout? Is there something that I could regrout with that would stick to the old grout and make it look fresh? What about some of the new epoxy grout?
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    Oct 26, 2007, 08:26 PM
    Id try some clorox to clean it with, maybe a tooth brush on the grout lines, now if it is a color grout then it may bleach the color. But if your going to regrout the whole floor then it really doesn't matter.
    They do make a dye for grout that you can buy, it goes on like a paint,

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