Tile & Grout Tools & Accessories
Hard surface work punishes equipment in a way carpet cleaning does not — higher pressures, hotter water, abrasive slurry, and a customer expecting the grout back to its original colour. The tool has to contain the spray, lift the slurry and leave the floor close to dry.
Spinners do the bulk of the field, but grout lines, edges, coving and shower recesses are still hand work, and the detail tools decide how long that takes.
The range covers Hydro-Force SX-12 and SX-15 rotary tile cleaners, the TurboForce Turbo Hybrid in 12 inch and 15 inch with concrete adapter and hyper casters, the Gekko system — wand, 4 inch head, SX-7 and SX-15 attachments, squeegee and brush heads, hand tool, and the edge, corner and coving tool — plus stainless grout brushes, pressure wash guns, the Injectimate sub-surface injection system and the Hydro Stick grout seal applicator.
How to choose
Size the spinner to the machine, not to the floor. Diameter drives vacuum demand. A 15 inch head needs materially more airflow and lift to clear its own slurry than a 12 inch, and a machine that cannot keep up leaves water behind. On a portable, work out your available vacuum before choosing a diameter.
Pressure rating governs what you can actually clean. Sealed porcelain and glazed tile tolerate far more than natural stone or an old cement-based grout. Check the tool's rating and the machine's output together, and treat stone as a lower-pressure job until you have tested an inconspicuous area.
Detail tools earn their keep on the edges. A spinner cannot reach the perimeter, the coving or a shower recess. The Gekko hand tool, the 4 inch head and the edge and coving tool are what stop a good floor being let down by its margins.
Decide whether you are sealing. If grout sealing is part of the service, plan the applicator and chemistry in from the start — the floor has to be genuinely dry, which changes the order of the day.
Hose sizing matters more here than on carpet. Slurry needs velocity — undersized or over-long hose is a common reason a correctly specified spinner underperforms.
Machine-specific parts are grouped in SX12 Rotary Tile Tool Parts and SX15 Rotary Tile Tool Parts, the complete Gekko system is in Gekko Tools, and the chemistry that goes with it is in Tile and Grout Cleaning Chemicals.
