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We recently had a Bradstone natural slate patio installed by builders. They grouted/laid in the rain.We had lots of cement overspill on face and sides. They promised to clean next day but didn't turn up for 7 days. They scrubbed with brushes/water, to no avail. They used Grimex to no avail...
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About I year ago I fixed some polished Jerusalem White Fossil polished tiles onto primed green plasterboard using Mapei keraflex maxi, grouted with BAL limestone grout, sealed with Lithofin Stainstop. All cleaned, polished and gorgeous.
A couple of months ago my customer told me that she was...
Hi, I recently had a patio laid with Indian Stone, the contractor who did the job sealed it afterwards but it has gone dusty white over most of the surface, some of the white is flaking off, can anyone tell me what has caused this, and what should I get him to do to rectify it. Any suggestions...
Will Aquamix HD be suitable to remove Linseed oil from quarry tile or would I need sealer stripper?
Also, once the quarry is bare, will an impregnator stop any damp from rising and any associated efflorescence?
hi all,
hope you can provide some advice for me ... I've read through lots of this forum with great interest. Attached is the problem we have with some quarry tiles. It does wash away, but it keeps coming back! A builder has told us it's rising damp, but reading posts on here I'm not so sure...
We have had a few Threads on posts about white shading in grout lines etc and some tilers and DIY'rs saying they think it is Efflorescence.
When more than likely it is polymer latex leaching.
Here is a great article written by the TCNA and it gives good clarity as to why efflorescence and...
Hello there, long time reader, first time poster. Good forum!
My father has just begun trying to renovate his hallway floor using a seemingly random assortment of nasty chemicals. He first scrubbed it with Cillit Bang and steel wool, then Flash, and most recently he's been using a mixture of...
Hi, I had a problem with efflorescence in a BAL superlex wide joint grout back in December 2008. The whole 54m floor area was affected in a new build. It was cold and I'm pretty confident (it was a long while ago) that I would've explained my concerns to the customer at the time but he wanted...
Hi to all, i recently tiled a bathroom, and 3 weeks later all the grout is a lemon yellow colour,been told i could have used too much water in washing,fair enough.does anyone have any experience with the unibond grout reviver and would the yellow bleed through eventually?please give me any...
hi there i have had my bathroom walls and floors tiled in real slate and grouted with granfix maxigrout black grout but the joints have turned grey in various shades through effloresence i think but the tiles have been sealed could anybody tell me if i can darken the joints back down any...
Hi guys
Anyone got any idea why bal charcoal grout in porcelain mosaic on walls is discolouring.ie:
some of the grout is almost black and other parts are quite grey in appearance
this is happenning on a job i am working on now so far i have only grouted some of the job.
my suspicion is...
Hi Guys, great forum you've got here. I was searching for help restoring quarry tiles and ended up here for hours last night reading everything.
So - I'm no tiler, I teach canoeing and climbing for a living. We've just moved in to an old farmhouse near Whitchurch in North Shropshire, and...
neilgilmour
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Dear All
I have a serious case of efflorescence in my newly laid black grout. I have a couple of options but am struggling with which is the right one so if anyone can help that would be fantastic:
Option 1
Use AQUA MIX EFF-EX to clean the grout then use Aqua Mix Enrich & Seal to seal it...
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Hi fellas,
I mixed up some Bal microflex grout this evening exactly to the instructions:
4 parts powder to 1 part water, to make it easier I followed the example of 250ml water to 1kg of powder.
I mixed using a whisk on a drill at the slowest speed but I could tell that this was no way...
jrm
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Hi Guys,
I have a customers shower that has very bad effloescence build up (like white hard cristals) coming from the black grout. What is the best method to get rid of it, and how do you stop it coming back if possible? I have tryed to take the grout out to re-grout, but it is like rock...
Hi Guys, nice forums, some good info,
Ive just laid my black slightly rivened porcelain tile kitchen floor, about 12m2, alls good. Grouted with BAL Superflex in grey, now i have the problem of efflorecense where the grout is the right colour when wet and then drys in light patches, also ive...
I have a problem with a large job used Howtex grey grout not had previous problems but grout is very patcy on this job I am getting an ear bashing over it but feel that it is unjust any one got any articles I can read up on this problem
Gazza
Yesterday I mixed up some BAL Ebony to use with these cheap B&Q tiles my customer bought, fearing the dreaded efflorescence. Today there was none!
The white along the sides is SBR. I prepped the walls with it, then washed the tiles down to avoid it clinging to them.
I am extremely pleased...
cornish_crofter
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