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  1. kilty55

    mapei fugi fresca coverage

    hi all,i have a kitchen floor which is cream porcelain with mapei beige grout to re grout they have a dog so the grout is badly discoloured in the centre of the kitchen in high traffic areas and has kept its colour in the edges making itlook bad customer doesnt want a dark grout put it so i...
  2. F

    Limestone paving sealing/cleaning advice please!

    Hi, I had a limestone front path laid 3 weeks ago by a guy who had done some general landscaping for us. The slabs are a darkish grey colour, similar to slate. They are untreated as I didn't know about treating it and only found out about this when I started looking for advice online regarding...
  3. D

    Mapei Mapelastic Aqua defence coverage.

    I have seen some comments on the price etc of Aqua defence... i would like to point out that yes you can get paste tanking kits for less but you have to remember that they are smaller in size.. Most are only 5kg paste and then tape etc within a 10 ltr bucket... Aqua defence is actually 15kg of...
  4. G

    terrazzo cleanin and sealing

    hi what the best way to clean and seal terrazzo doing a 400msq floor need something thats non smelly as its in a biscuit factory
  5. H

    Sealing top of tiles?????

    Hi, im just on the finishing touches of installing my new shower room. the ceiling has been newly skimmed on boards and ready for painting. There is a very thin gap between where the wall tile and ceiling join.....My question is that would it be best to use Silicon all the way around or would...
  6. U

    sealing around bath

    what is the best way to achieve a leak free seal around a bath
  7. M

    Advice on Terracotta Cleaning & re-sealing

    Hi All I'm needing some advice on cleaning back & resealing some terracotta tiles. My local tile shop has put my name forward to one of their customers to do the work. I've been told by the shop manager that the customer has all the right strippers & sealers supplied by LTP and all I need to do...
  8. M

    sealing travertine

    do you recommend sealing travertine before or after grouting? i usually seal before but i seen some of you seal after so the grout can fill the pores and then seal it in. i got a trav border to grout wednesday, cheers:thumbsup:
  9. D

    need info on installing and sealing Basalt tile

    Hi there. I would like to know what is the correct procedure when it comes to installing Basalt Honed stones. what products too. I have previously installed using ASA conflex mortar, ASA grout. sealed after grouting. with mediocre results. Did also have problems with some kind of white stain...
  10. T

    Porcelain need sealing or not ??????

    can someone reasure me please , i had an argument today in topps tiles with a sales assistant who has sold my customer some porceline tiles ( 60 x 40 ) and when they asked him if they needed sealing he said "no porceline doesnt need sealing only natural stone) unbeknown to him i was stood just...
  11. T

    B&Q black porcelain windsor tiles -removing wax and sealing

    Hi, I've bought some of the B&Q black porcelain windsor tiles for our kitchen along with the heavy duty cleaner they sell to remove the transit wax, but it isn't working! We have a fair few to do so we need to use something that is going to work to get the wax off properly so we don't have to...
  12. A

    Indian flagstone sealing problem

    Hi, we have laid Indian stone flags in our kitchen and have cleaned and scrubbed with HG Cleaner. After leaving for over 48hrs to dry, we sealed them with HG Impregnator using a mini roller as advised on the tin. After drying, a white dusty residue has been left on the surface which cannot be...
  13. P

    durabase sealing tape

    hi guys another question thanks very much for everyones advice both previously and hopefuly in advance very much appeciated. question: like an idiot i have forgotten to order the durabase wp sealing tape which apparently you site in the corner of the walls before applying the durabase wp...
  14. H

    Sealing Self Levelling Compound

    Howdy all. Wonder if you can help with a question about sealing a DIY SLC job before tiling it. A professional recommended using a self levelling compound on an old concrete kitchen floor but let us down due to being too busy to do the job. A 2nd "professional" tried to put down a SLC but...
  15. judge

    Sealing grout !

    If i tile around a bath with a shower above it and the substrate isnt tanked ,when grouted and siliconed should i seal the grout to stop the water penetrating the surface ?? ( I am going to suggest tanking the wall first ) :smilewinkgrin:
  16. H

    newbie, grout sealing

    Hi all, Pleased to be on a professional forum. Would appreciate advice if poss! Have tiled 2 en-suites (at home) with a cement/grout. It is very hard and if cleanedf off before it has dried, cleans out the gaps.... When dry leaves pin holes and bare areas of grout. If left to dry, is it...
  17. K

    Polished porcelain sealing

    Evening All Wiil be shortly sealing a polished porcelain floor with Lithofin Protective Impregnator w-fz. Will a lint free rag in a fist sized ball be fine(as i do trav when using stainstop) or is there any reccomendations which is best method to apply i.e sponge,roller. Also it's 60m2 as...
  18. K

    sealing porcelain

    hi all am laying porcelain tiles today,using a felt pen I noticed the pen would not come off the tile supplier said i should use a stone sealer before grouting to give the tiles more protection ,I have never come across this before these are top quality tiles,I thought porcelain was not porus thanks
  19. J

    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...
  20. D

    Sealing red bricks??

    Hello, First time on here so not sure if this'll end up in the right place. Anyway, Im after some advice regarding a shower cubicle in a bathroom. It has an open red brick wall which I want to place a shower tray up against, plumb in, tile the sides, etc but what I'd love is to be able to leave...

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