I am now on day 9 of a 5 day job!
I have set & grouted 25sqm of 45x45x8 porcelain anti-slip tiles. This link gives more detail Walls and Floors Tiles -Anti-Slip Floor Tiles, Bathroom Tiles, Floor Tiles, Porcelain Wall & Floor Tiles - Cordoba tiles - Nacar tiles - 450x450x8mm
I last worked with anti-slip tiles for a commercial kitchen 2 years ago. They were a bugger to clean, but at least we only had to use water and a scrubbing brush. The tiles I have been tiling with this week are an absolute nightmare to cut because they are made up of a grid pattern and within each tiny square there is what I can only describe as a ‘fingerprint’. The dry cutter jumps from grid to grid and I keep getting jagged cuts.
Anyway, the tiling has been completed and I did the grouting. I tried to clean off the residue within a few minutes, but as you see from the pics the grout is still embedded in the tiny grooves of the tiles. I had to leave the job the other day because the more I tried to clean the tiles the more grout I was raking out of the grout line.
These tiles are on the walls and the floor.
I have tried sponges, emulsifying pads, grout brushes, Black & Decker sander, Fila grout residue remover, Lithofin Cement Away, Fila Tiles & Stone cleaner, wire wool. It took me 3 hours to clean one tile, and that tile is still not as clean as I would like.
I am at the point where I’m thinking of using a specialised tile cleaning company.
Any ideas anyone?
I have set & grouted 25sqm of 45x45x8 porcelain anti-slip tiles. This link gives more detail Walls and Floors Tiles -Anti-Slip Floor Tiles, Bathroom Tiles, Floor Tiles, Porcelain Wall & Floor Tiles - Cordoba tiles - Nacar tiles - 450x450x8mm
I last worked with anti-slip tiles for a commercial kitchen 2 years ago. They were a bugger to clean, but at least we only had to use water and a scrubbing brush. The tiles I have been tiling with this week are an absolute nightmare to cut because they are made up of a grid pattern and within each tiny square there is what I can only describe as a ‘fingerprint’. The dry cutter jumps from grid to grid and I keep getting jagged cuts.
Anyway, the tiling has been completed and I did the grouting. I tried to clean off the residue within a few minutes, but as you see from the pics the grout is still embedded in the tiny grooves of the tiles. I had to leave the job the other day because the more I tried to clean the tiles the more grout I was raking out of the grout line.
These tiles are on the walls and the floor.
I have tried sponges, emulsifying pads, grout brushes, Black & Decker sander, Fila grout residue remover, Lithofin Cement Away, Fila Tiles & Stone cleaner, wire wool. It took me 3 hours to clean one tile, and that tile is still not as clean as I would like.
I am at the point where I’m thinking of using a specialised tile cleaning company.
Any ideas anyone?
But from the distance it's not quite the same is it, oh dear. Brick acid sounds good and then there was that car tar and cement eater product, too, wasn't there, I'l see if I can find it now and edit it on if I can find it. What a daft idea to put antislip tiles on the wall though! Why?
