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    water drip marks on ceramics? also Silicon residue

    guys, I have some dried on soapy water drip marks that ive seen in low light on my ceramic tiles.. (from spraying soapy water on silcone ) These are proper hard work to rub out/off.. is there a specific product I can use to assist me? or a house hold liquid.. such as vinegar??? (will stink so...
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    Marks on Marble

    Was wondering if any one could tell me what these marks are. I think it's residue left after cutting the marble and then its been sealed in. Thx in advance.
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    Grout marks, chalky surface

    Hi Guys I have recently done some tilling in my bathroom, im pleased with the results but after grouting the mosaics there has been a chalky residue left on them (See Photo's) I installed the tiles, applied 2 coats of sealer then grouted. I have used a B&Q heavy duty tile cleaner that is...
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    Porcelain Tiles have marks on?

    We have just bought & had professionally laid 55sq meters of black shiny porcelain tiles from Topps Tiles, They came with a film on & was told by Topps it's for protection & they are ok to lay, They have now been laid & we are starting the process of cleaning them up in order to seal, Well we...
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    Moisture marks on newly laid limestone tiles - help!!please!!!

    :mad2:My tiler has now completed two bathroom walls - one yesterday and one today. Most of the tiles are showing 'mosture marks' coming through from the dollops of adhesive used. These are not showing any signs of drying and not sure whether this is an oily residue rather than water. He said he...
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    Help with water marks on sealed sandstone

    Hi allWe've spent a fortune on our new patio and were distraught to find that once sealed; any water, rain or tap, leaves it with White spots.Our builders sealed it with a wickes sealant and it cost about £25.Help with removing it and if the white marks can be avoided would be very much...
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    white marks on my newly sealed black limestone

    Just had 45m2 of black strata limestone laid, we cleaned it last week and allowed it to dry and then sealed it the next day with Thompsons clear limestone sealer, it dried for about 6 hours and then came the rain. I have now a patio covered with what looks like white salt marks and it looks...
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    Aliminum marks on polished porcelain

    May be of intrest to anyone. Noticed my spirit level was leaving dull silver marks on some ivory polished porcelain. Tried rubbing off with rubber,cloth,scouring pad to no joy then tried the adhesive i was using with has very fine sand content.It took it immediatley off and no scratches
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    Scratch marks on black ceramic tiles

    Hi there - can anyone help? Is there anything I can do to get rid of numerous scratch marks on newly-laid polished black tiles (bevilled edge brick ceramic from Wickes) on kitchen wall, please? They've appeared after the grouting (Buildfix black flexible wall & floor grout) was applied.
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    Metal trim marks on granite worktop

    Hi. I got a granite worktop marked with metal tile trim. Any chance someone knows how to remove it. It's not a scratch, it looks like it's been drawn with pencil.
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    HELP! Cant remove white marks on black porcelain floor tiles from premixed adhesive

    Hi Guys, They are matt finish black porcelain floor tiles, and i dropped a fair amount of premixed addy on them when doing the customers walls. I stupidly let it dry on there. After i scraped off the chunks im left with them white stain marks on the tile. ive tried mineral turpentie, nano...
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    Marks on tiles

    Hi everybody I'm in the middle of my first tiling project, just cleaning up before grouting and i've notice the tiles i've cut have black marks where the lever was pressed to break them. Of course i didn't notice until the adhesive is set, so please tell me there is some way to get them...
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    pencil marks on Porcelain

    Can anyone tell me how to get pencil marks off Porcelain tiles? Also does porcelain always need sealing or does it depend on the type?
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    Basalt - adhesive marks!

    Can someone help? My tiler has laid 25m2 of 600x600 x15mm Basalt tiles using a BAL flexible adhesive on to sand and cement screed. The problem is marks have come up through the tile leaving dark areas on each tile. We have left this for 4 days but the marks are still very noticeable. Can...
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    Red marks in travertine

    Hey guys i had this travertine laid about 5/6 weeks ago and the customer has noticed some red/pink marks appear in a few places. I stripped off the sealer (HG) and the marks are stil there. Im guessing it could have gone through the sealer and onto the tile. The affected areas do feel slightly...
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    pass port marks & spencers

    anyone out there ever had to do a test to work on marks&spencers jobs floor tiling .got to do one next sat.any info please
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    marks on a travertine floor?

    ok, following on from my question about the buffing machine, i got the trav floor(honed) really clean, applied 2 coats of mn colour enhancer 24 hours apart and then grouted after another 24 hours, now when ive cleaned it there are marks all over it, almost as if its marks in the sealer, they...
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    Removing water marks from Travertine?

    Today i was laying a Travertine floor, with Trav skirting, but i've noticed that the water from my mates bridge cutter has left a residue on the edges of some of the tiles. If i wipe them with a wet sponge it goes, but when it dries it returns, same as grout haze. What's the best way of cleaning...
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    Pencil Marks on White Porcelain

    Hi I've got some white porcelain tiles, matt finish. They have pencil marks on them - that will not come out. I've tried various cleaning methods, last one being Lithofin Wexa Multipurpose Cleaner. Didn't appear to even touch it. Not even rubbing with an emulsifying pad. Nowt. Any...
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    help - power wash marks on limestone

    Just had grey/black indian limestone slabs laid - the builders gave them a power wash before sealing... but now left with squiqqly lines covering all the stone, and lots of white areas around the grout. I don't they used any product - just water - but obviously they used a concentrated jet...

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