Can isopropyl alcohol be used to clean ceramic floor tile and if so how much per gallon of water should you use?

Answer 1

Rubbing Alcohol has never harmed my flooring. I have used it on carpet to help remove pet urine, to vinyl flooring, and even on my ceramic tiling. I started using it when I was cleaning a cut and got some on the bathroom floor (that's ceramic), I just used a dry white wash cloth to wipe it up that's when I noticed that it doesn't attract dust back to the flooring so I started using it in my bathroom all the time. I used straight alcohol for a duration of time and it never harmed the tile nor grout, when I'm running low on rubbing alcohol around the house I'll use 3/4 cup alcohol to a gallon of water and it seems to give the same cleaning power. If your trying to clean up a residue off of your flooring my best advice I can give to you is to try to use straight water to break up as much as you can. (I perfer a Shark Brand steam mop due to the heat) and then use the alcohol on your flooring :) *IF that fails, use a couple drops of Ivory Brand dish soap to a gallon of warm water and rub that over your floors with a white wash cloth and let it sit for a few minutes to penetrate the dirt and lift it. *THEN mop that up with straight water and a new mop (or mop head) then apply your rubbing alcohol to the floor to help remove the remaining residue. Hope that will help you to some degree!