cleaning

Looking for some advice. We recently tiled 4 changing rooms which are not cleaning up anywhere near as well as expected. We used HG Cement, mortar & efflorescence remover but it hasn't made much difference. The tiles are Canuk Abete purchased from Solus. The grout was Mapei Anthracite. Any...

Right, so nearly finished grouting, just the shower tray left. What's the best way to give a good final clean, I have been washing down several times and all clean. I know there are tiles cleaners/finishers. But at the end of the day they are just degreasers, so I was thinking of using the...

Hi all was tiling a small Kitchen Floor 12m with a 60x60 White Semi Polished and when i grouted the floor with Grey Grout it has left a stain very slightly but you can see it if you look closely (that's how slight it is). Any How i have been tiling 25 years and i am very sure this was not my...

Just viewed a wetroom which was tiled a few months ago,the Lady got in contact with me and said the floor needs replacing,went to have a look.The tiles on the walls and floor are 600 x 600 black porcs with mosaic to the shower area,all the grout has come away from the floor tiles which puzzled...

Did a job tomorrow for a plumber I know, he normally does site work but this was a domestic job. I'd just finished grouting and was waiting for it to dry to be polished, he asked me what I was waiting for! Dust off I said. Why? All the tilers on site spray there sponges with WD-40 and wipe over...

Tilled an en-suite shower room about 7yrs ago, there is no window only an extractor fan. The tiles are filled and honed travertine. The stone was all sealed when laid. I dont think it has been sealed again at any time. There is now black mould that seems to be in any small imperfections. What...

Looking for advice on how to clean fire damaged unfilled limestone. The client tells me the tiles were never sealed although it's difficult to confirm this and the fire was a plastic based fire in the basement affecting the ground floor entrance floor tiles. It's difficult to say how much of the...

Hi All, A small swim spa has travertine coping and waterline tiles that are chalky white when dry. Not sure if it is the chlorine or something else. Is it a bad idea to use this type of stone around pools because of it's porosity? How should the problem be dealt with?

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...

In all the years ive been working not once have i done a job to clean grout lines on floor tiles but as they aul saying goes, theres a first for everything. TBH, i was offered them jobs before but with the amount of work i had on, i just never touched it and stuck to what i know best. Now that...

Hi, Had a bit of nightmare at work. I poured some floor level onto a step which was to be tiled with new victorian geometric. I then went to get some lunch, when I came back the level had broken/leaked through the barrier I'd set up, and had run all over remaining victorian geometric floor...

A pet hate of mine is seeing addy bleeding through grout joints. , and I fear I may be a bit OCD with it all! My current job is tiling a bathroom, the clients hall has already been tiled , and they seem to be really pleased with it! Now in my opinion the addy is bleeding through a lot , And...

I have just had my kitchen splashback wall & around the window tiled with chiaro tumbled travertine-it looks stunning-I am going to seal it before & after grouting but my question is do I need to clean the tiles with something before I seal them ? the job was finished about 1 week ago-also I am...

We have had a wonderful black cleft slate kitchen floor (unsealed/no enhancement) for the past 12 months, and have little issue keeping it clean thus far. We're considering using either Lithofin Slate Seal or Colour Enhancer (depending on results of patch testing left over tiles), and are...

Hopefully someone here can help me. in 10yrs of cleaning and restoring slate/ terracotta/ sandstone/ marble/ granite ect have just been to look at first flagstone floor and boy is it a mess. whilst it have never been worried about taking on a task of restoring a stone floor and failing this one...

What would you guys use to remove any grout residue left in those bumpy, wavy , textured tiles ?, i have fixed a single row in my cloakroom the wife bought, and i gave them what i thought was a good couple of washes, the grout was granfix fast setting, lime colour when it was wet it looked...

Well, last year I just hosed off the travertine floor and resealed and put some grout in the cracks. All looked great. This year, blimming disaster. The grout is discoloured. I need to clean it using another method and wondered if anyone could suggest what equipment I should hire and also...

I'm using an adhesive (Weber.set RapidSPF) that goes off fairly quickly, good for some things but a pain for large areas to tile. Because those large areas always have a few fiddly bits that take time. So I only get a few tiles done before it starts to go off and I need to then stop and clean...

For 8 years i have been using bits of old cardboard, pencil ends, spacers and wedges to clean out my tile joins. Or my finger which is now torn to shreds!! But then i had a light bulb moment and took my tooth brush in to do the job........... Perfect remedy for this annoying job, one wipe with...

My Rubi Diamond blade is no longer cutting and becomes very hot, but there is plenty of diamond surface remaining. Are cleaning blocks effective for revitalising diamond cutters?