Mundane topics like whitening tile grout in bathrooms and kitchens don’t attract much interest on a platform like this. But today, I confirmed —not without a certain amount of astonishment— that some online home improvement gurus have almost as many followers as Joe Rogan himself.

This tedious work can be done in many ways, though none of them is pleasant. It requires thorough cleaning and a large dose of patience if you want your tiles to shine like mirrors, and it also takes forever to finish the whole thing.

Professionals, of course, have a more “holistic” approach. They apply the whitener with a plastering trowel, making precise, clever twists and turns with their wrists. I don’t think I could do that, let alone while standing on the edge of a tub.

So however you choose to whiten your tile grout, I recommend you wear a mask unless you want to end up looking like a cocaine-addicted buffalo, which is pretty much what happened to me the first time.

That’s all for today. Haaappy Tuesday!