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    Sealing Black Limestone tiles outside

    Hi Can anyone help. I've got a limestone slate tile patio in garden and need to seal it. I used Fila Colour Intensifier. The weather had been hot and dry for 4 weeks, so tiles were absolutely dry. I applied Fila Colour Intensifier to one tile as a test. It did not rain for another 5 days so...
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    • black black limestone coverage limestone liquid outside paint seal sealing tile tiles usa
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  2. M

    black limestone hearth

    I have just opened up a chimney breast and laid a black limestone hearth. The client is happy with the work except for the greyish colour of the stone.A few years ago I seem to remember that boiled linseed oil was a good way of darkening black limestone. Can anyone confirm this.
  3. M

    Black Limestone Problem

    Hi, I wonder if anyone can help. In February I had 30msq of black limestone laid at the front of my house. Since then the chap who laid it has tried to sort out the dreadful staining that appears. He has used Colour Enhancer and then Stain Stop but I've just hosed the area down again and now...
  4. S

    Black Limestone, now not so Black! Help!

    Last summer we had a lovely black limestone patio laid, however as i have now discovered using a generic acidic patio cleaner is not very good for limestone (why i didn't realise this at the time I don't know?!) Anyway I am trying to restore the colour and get it back to black, just how it...
  5. R

    Black limestone nightmare.

    I had a black limestone patio laid last year. Had it sealed and it looked lovely. Then when it rains white marks show up all over it wherever water has sat for a while. Have stripped on sealer and tried various others but all end up the same after rain. What can i do bar taking it up and...
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    Black Limestone Hearth

    Hi, I'm after some advice on laying a black limestone hearth which will be home to a wood burner. The hearth will be 1.4metres wide beyond the chimney recess and 1metre inside the chimney. The new hearth will sit on top of what's left of the concrete constructional hearth. Firstly, I doubt...
  7. A

    Black Limestone Flags

    I've had a patio and pathways paved with Indian Black Limestone. As the Black Limestone can loose it's colour in sunlight, it's requires sealing. The builder recommended a manufacturer he used for sealants. After I had checked with the manufacturer, to find a suitable product to use. The...
  8. M

    Advice for laying a black limestone hearth underneath log burner

    Hi, We're having a log burner installed in a couple of weeks and need to lay a new hearth beforehand. We like the dark coloured natural look and found some nice flagstones at B&Q. They were black limestone. I think these are the ones... B&Q Select Natural Quarry Limestone Black (L)60 x...
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    • advice black black limestone hearth laying limestone usa
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  9. E

    black limestone help

    I've had a patio laid using black limestone flags. The builder grouted using sand & cement and then washed it off using brick acid. He didn't seal them before he grouted or washed off. The flags are obviously porous and so the grout/water soaked into the flags. They are now light grey...
  10. U

    Black Limestone Paving Nightmare!!!!! Please help!!!!

    Hello, I have just laid black indian limestone in my garden. I am halfway through grouting it all but tested the jet washer on the finished bits to see how it came out. Unfortunaley the slabs don't look any different. There are sandy patches (even though i got all the excess cement off the...
  11. T

    Renovating Stained Black Limestone Flags

    I have a black limestone floor (currrently unsealed) that has some greasy and stained patches. I want to clean and seal it. I could scrub, clean and impregnate with a sealer, but I am wondering a good finish might be difficult to achieve. Do the impregnating sealers accentuate the greasy...
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    A black limestone dilema

    Hi all, Thank god for this forum, I couldn't find anywhere to turn! Here is my predicament... I have just purchased a property that has a log stove placed upon a hearth of two natural black limestone flagstones. They look reasonably similar to the flag stones seen here: Special offer...
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