Jason from Kent Tile Doctor cleaned and sealed our encaustic tiles. Very pleased with the work undertaken by Jason from first enquiry prompt visit to advise on loose floor tiles missing grout and resealing shower cubicle and bath despite covid restrictions work undertaken to high standard and very pleased with the results revived a tired looking bathroom would highly recommend. The bathroom’s limestone had seen better days and Jason was able to give wall and floor tiles a new life, and also provided with useful advice for keeping them clean. Great work by Jason, our local Tile Doctor. Grout Haze removal from Quarry Tiles in Kent On this occasion however the customer wanted to wait until they had completed decorating and was happy to seal the floor themselves, so I gave them advice on what sealers to use and how best to use them and left them to it. I usually recommend Tile Doctor Seal & Go for Quarry tiled floors which is a Topical sealer as it is easier to maintain. The floor was now ready for sealing Quarry tile floors can accept two types of sealer, a topical sealer or an impregnated sealer. This ensured that all the formula had been cleansed from the floor this process was repeated across the whole floor, working on 1m2 at a time and then left to dry ready for sealing. This was then vacuumed up before I took a scrubbing brush and clean water from another bucket and scrubbed the area, before again vacuuming up. This was allowed to dwell on the tile for three to four minutes before I agitated the solution by hand with a pan scrubber and water. This was then sprayed onto the floor, covering an area of around 1m2 and spread so it covered the grout haze evenly. To remove the grout haze one part Tile Doctor Grout Clean-up was mixed with three parts water and poured into a spray bottle Grout Clean-up is a product specifically designed for removing grout haze. The cleaning residue was removed using a wet vacuum and we could now see all the grout haze quite clearly. I left the solution to dwell on the floor for a short while and then scrubbed the floor using my weighted floor scrubbing machine fitted with a black 17inch scrubbing pad. I also added a squirt of Tile Doctor NanoTech Ultra-Clean which is an abrasive clean cleaner and processed to apply the solution to the floor. For this I used a strong mixture of Tile Doctor Pro-Clean diluted with water in a 3:1 ratio. There had been a number of tradesmen working constantly on the premises so it was difficult to tell what was grout haze and what was builders mess so I the first job was to give the floor a good clean. Quarry tiles are highly porous and if not sealed before grouting the grout sitting on the tile soaks in leaving the colour of the grout as a haze over the tile. The cottage was undergoing a full renovation and extension, and the quarry tiled floor was recently installed, however it was not sealed prior to grouting, and a grey grout haze was now sitting across the whole floor. The attached pictures are of a Quarry Tiled floor in a kitchen and family room of a cottage in Kemsing, Kent.
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