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Good morning all.
After a little advice. I'll post pictures a bit later. However....
The homeowner of the property I'm working on has just come to me and asked if anything can be done about...
- AliGage
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Porcelain Tiles installed a fews months back and since installation they’ve got dull haze lines on a lot of them near the edges.
There is a lots and lots of hairline scratches which are apparent...
- Jax05
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Hi folks,
I have a problem I'm desperately hoping someone can help with.
I laid a tumbled limestone floor in a kitchen 2 weeks ago and when I applied the LTP Mattstone sealer that the tile...
- johu
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In a couple of places on our terrace these white stains have appeared. Can this be easily cleaned without damaging the non slip porcelain tiles.
The marks have the appearance of the type of...
- dedee
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Hi,
I have had both polished and matt textured wood effect tiles laid in my house and am having Kerapoxy installed on both floors.
The tiler installed the Kerapoxy on the polished floors last...
- azrno1
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Hi everyone, we recently had our Victorian hallway floor tiles cleaned with an acid wash but have since noticed white 'cloudy' patches appearing on a few of the tiles. Because the job overran...
- janeat38
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Hi I have a bit of an issue. Had some tiles laid down, and the builder put Antinox Handy Protection Sheet over them, to protect the tiles while he was working
Now when the protection sheets were...
- Ian Lee
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Good morning all,
I have been sold the wrong product to seal back limestone (Thompsons patio and block paving sealer - wet look). I took the chaps word for it and stupidly just started sealing!
It...
- danam1
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Hi
My tiler didn’t clean the grout haze from my new porcelain tiled floor. It’s not a glazed or polished porcelain.
I have used lithofin cement residue remover on the whole floor but I didn’t...
- thinspark97
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Hi I am looking for some help and advice on the best way to rectify damage done to a limestone floor by strips of Roll n Stroll, workmen had been carrying out work at the property and put a strip...
- Scott3252
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Really need a professional to remove the stains left by adhesive on limestone fireplace any advice welcome. Desperate seeking resolution! What products should I use?
- sarangels311
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Hello everyone, my first post here. I have recently had these tiles laid: Classico Fleur Silver Pattern Tiles -...
- Otis Ascot
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Hi,
I have acquired Victorian mosaic floor tiles that I am wanting to reuse to tile my exterior front door area!
How do I remove cement from the edges and do the tiles have to have all of the...
- Denzyb
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- lovevictorianstuff
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Hi Guys -- sorry, newbie questions -- lots of them, feel free to invite others...
Take a look at the attached photos.
What on earth is causing this white residue on my bathroom floor...
- tom8080
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The grout is white and suffering from cooking stains so will be redoing. Was thinking of using epoxy but from research some people say it go's yellow after a time and if I want to replace it its a...
- Filip
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We have just laid an outdoor patio and path using black limestone (now wishing I’d perhaps looked in this forum first)!
It hasn’t yet been sealed or grouted, but is already extremely dirty with...
- Elmocat
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Hello, A tile got scratched while trying to move a heavy furniture. Now it bothers me everytime I look at the floor.
Anyway to polish or remove it ?
Image attached
- tuhi009
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Hi,
I have a porcelain patio which has had terrible grout efflorescence and I have also had to replace some of the grout which has cracked. The problem is the replacement Bal micromax grout that...
- Rajanm
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The green bin leaked as I was taking it out last week. Any advice on how to remove the stains?
- mallaht
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I have dark brown tiles and brown grout in a shower (never again) that never looks clean. there is always a white haze over the tiles, which actually improves when wet. I'm not sure if this is...
- DrVinegar
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Hello ,
For some reason the cleaning product removed the gloss, or not sure what could happen, I have around 2000ft black floor and everything is with this type of damage, I have tried...
- jamesara
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Hi ! I’m a homeowner without any tiles related knowledge. So recently i use this hard chemical cleaner productbon my black bathroom tiles and right after that, it leaves white residues all over...
- Imra jean
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Dear All,
I am just trying to work out if these tiles are original to the building (built 1847) or could they have been installed later.
Kind regards. Hugo
Ps. Any advice on lifting the paint...
- zoobyshoe
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We had our bathroom fully tiled with epoxy grout. Unfortunately the grout colour for the floor has come out much lighter than we are wanting so hoping to remedy it. We have looked into Epoxy...
- Sussarus
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Hi,
Has anyone had an attempt to use olive oil as a color enhancer or a sealer on ceramic tile ?
any opinions on this ? why to do this and why not ?
Olive oil is not that expensive where I...
- Mohammedioz
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Hi ppl
Need advice regarding sealing kitchen tiles. I believe I have lappato tile laid on my kitchen floor . They get very dirty takes hours of scrubbing to clean them .
I need to seal them...
- Indi
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I've just painstakingly scrubbed/cleaned my kitchen tiles (& grout) with Lithofin Power Clean MN, which did a great job.
Bought some Lithofin grout sealer to finish off the job, which is proving...
- Marko797
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