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  1. C

    Question On Black Floor Adhesive

    Hi, I have just removed cork tiles from my concrete kitchen floor, I'm now left with a black tar like adhesive, even though this is applied thinly, it's a total nightmare to remove, I aim to tile this area with ceramic tiles, now I've heard that a slurry application is the way forward, my...
  2. Sean Kelly

    What's The Black Stuff?

    Took up some laminate in a kitchen this morning only to find a layer of lino tiles which have been attached to the concrete floor with black stuff? What is this black stuff and can I prime over it or slc it? Cheers Sean
  3. B

    Porcelain Equivalent Of Black Quartz Stardust

    Hi all, A newbie here and looking to buy the black quartz starlight or stardust, Stardust Black 60x60 | Topps Tiles Is this porcelain ? If not I was wondering if there was a porcelain equivalent of that I could purchase online or in a shop, My tiler has recommended porcelain and prefers that...
    • berilac
    • Thread
    • aus black equivalent porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles quartz usa
    • Replies: 66
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  4. R

    New black floor tiles, grout not fully black

    Hello, I have had a tiler do my bathroom walls and floor. The tile work is good but the grout is not black as it is supposed to be. The grout used was ultra colour plus black I've read around on here and from what I gather this is efflorescence. I was told by my tiler to clean the floor with...
    • Richard Payne
    • Thread
    • aus black floor floor tiles grout new build not tile tile grout tiles usa
    • Replies: 31
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
  5. N

    Black Polished Porcelain Wall Tiles From Topps-Lots Of Marks On Them ?

    Hi there I've just joined after reading a few old threads regarding these tiles to see if anybody can advise. We bought the above tiles and were advised to buy the Fila products,one for removing the wax on them and one for sealing them. We had a Bathroom Fitter supposedly follow the...
  6. N

    black polished porc scratched and dull

    iv'e just been to look at a job my pal had done , i was unable to do the job as im working away all the time black polished porc from topps tiles , laid onto ply, the tiles are all scratched and dull, the tiler tried buffing them up not sure what with there are 8 floor level lights laid...
  7. B

    Black tiles on shop front.

    Hello to all & Happy Holidays, Any and all advice appreciated. With the black tiles likely to attract more heat are there any preferred adhesives or other issues to consider. Does the type of grout matter. customer prefers grey. Shop front is already tiled and customer is reluctant to remove...
  8. P

    Cleaning small Black and white Victorian tiles

    Hi guys and girls I am looking for a project over Christmas. I have these black and white tiles in the outside and inside porch. One area is 1 m2 and the other about 2m2. So not big areas. The he advice that I am looking for is what products am I best used or clean them with, I don't have...
    • Phil Robinson01
    • Thread
    • aus black cleaning edwardian edwardian floor geometric small tile tiles usa victorian victorian floor victorian floor tiling victorian tiles white
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  9. S

    stone vs Black Grout

    Doing a floor at the moment and I have to tile up to an old large random stone fireplace...no bother until the customer has asked for black grout, surely the dye in it will stain his nice stone fireplace, no matter how careful I am with the float and sponge, masking it is out of the question as...
    • Spare Tool
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    • aus black grout stone tile grout usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  10. D

    600x600 Quartz Black floor tiles

    Hi I have just purchased 8sqm of 600x600 starlight quartz tiles from Tile HQ and now that they have been delivered they seem very big for my kitchen floor. I now have 2 options, fitstly I can return these for a refund or exchange at my own cost or the second option is to cut them into 600x300...
    • Dave UK
    • Thread
    • 600x600 aus black floor floor tiles quartz tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
  11. G

    Conrete floor with black rubber/glue after removing pvc tiles.

    Hi all, I'm fitting kitchen and customer asked me to lay tiles on the floor just in the middle (less then 5 m2). I removed old pvc tiles and now I've got concrete covered with black rubber/glue (not sure what it is exactly). How should I prepare this concrete before laying new tiles ? Thanks...
  12. area tiling

    Black bevelled tiles

    Current job is a bathroom , with a Feature wall tiled in black bevelled 150 x 75 gloss tiles , in a random pattern ! This wall also features the bath and a rather large window , rest of the walls are white ! My conundrum is black grout or white grout between the tiles, just can't make my mind...
  13. M

    Black limestone indoors

    Just about to lay 70m2 black limestone indoors, read a lot of horror stories so just looking for an insight. The customer / stone supplier is supplying all sealers. I intend to seal prior to laying, fronts sides and backs. I intend to seal again prior grouting and after grouting. The horror...
  14. M

    Recently Laid Black Limestone Looking Awful!!!

    We had black limestone laid in May this year. At first it looked great... It had 2 coats of Universeal Ultimate Stone enhancer/sealer but within a couple of weeks looked patchy. The contractor came back and added a 3rd coat. It is supposed to repel most things but everything that touches it...
    • Meander
    • Thread
    • aus black black limestone limestone looking usa
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  15. C

    just recieved my sigma 2g black edition

    • crizzdee
    • Thread
    • aus black cutter just sigma sigma 2g sigma cutter tile cutter usa
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  16. J

    Black Limestone Patio Issues

    I hired a contractor to lay me a new patio using black limestone (that I provided from his preferred supplier). The work was completed approx 2 weeks ago and payment was made. At the time he finished I made reference to the fact that the patio was dirty and needed a clean, but was told to leave...
    • JamieB69
    • Thread
    • aus black black limestone limestone patio usa
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  17. L

    Black Limestone slabs in garden water marks

    Hi, I wonder if anybody can help, I have just had my garden laid with black kota limestone slabs, these were then covered by our landscaper with lithofin colour intensifier. for a few days it looked brilliant, however since then I have been left with patches of water marks on approx. 10-20% of...
    • ljd
    • Thread
    • aus black black limestone garden limestone marks slabs usa water
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  18. D

    Black swimming pool

    just finished in glostershire in Pacelite :thumbsup:. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsSO-JfmfFA
    • Diamond Pool Finishers
    • Thread
    • aus black pool swimming swimming pool tanking usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Australia Tiling Forum
  19. gamma38

    Black grout

    As above, i'm sure like me everybody hates the stuff, i was just wondering what opinions people have and which is the best/easiest to use both application and clean up. Personally i use bal micromax 2 and mapei ultra colour. I find the mapei the easiest to clean up but the bal the easiest to apply.
  20. M

    Buying black quartz starlight online

    Hello All first post on here Would like some advice if possible Ive been quoted £79.99 m2 30x30cm black quartz tiles by a local discount tile shop in Newcastle (Jamies tiles) Ive been looking online and have discovered a couple of websites selling the exact same tiles for £35-£45 m2 This is...

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