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  1. 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...
    • kaharrison9
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    • coverage liquid paint polished polished porcelain porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles seal sealing usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  2. 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
    • kopthis
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    • coverage liquid paint porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles seal sealing usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  3. 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...
    • Jonny Boxster
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    • black black limestone coverage limestone liquid outside paint seal sealing tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  4. 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...
  5. A

    miracle tile sealing products

    Looking for any feedback on the Miracle 511 solvent based impregnating sealer. And the 511 porous plus impregnating sealer. The forum obviously rates the LTP range very highly, does the miracle stack up against the LTP. We cant get the LTP down here in New Zealand, only brands...
    • astute1
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    • coverage liquid paint products seal sealing tile usa
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  6. R

    Can you skim over emulsion paint, then tile on it happily? Or removal of emulsion?

    This is linked to my earlier question about the notion of emulsion paint as a primer. I sanded 70% of the area of where the first line of tiles were going, then stuck on the tiles. This was a test, naturally. I had four tiles up, and let each one set for different periods of time ranging from 15...
  7. J

    Dark patches appearing on limestone floor tiles after laying and sealing

    Hi all, I'm really hoping you can give me some advice. I've just had my kitchen floor tiled in light grey Jura limestone tiles. The tiler fixed them on top of the existing ceramic tiles with Setaflex grey adhesive using the "spot" technique rather than a solid bed. Some areas where there...
    • jburnett
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    • coverage dark floor floor tiles floor tiling laying limestone liquid paint seal sealing tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 48
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
  8. B

    Sealing Before grouting?

    Just had 2 of the bathrooms upstairs tiled and the tiler has asked me to get a sealer to use before grouting so that the tiles can be cleaned up easily. The first bathroom is tiled in a matt ceramic (Padova from Topps) and we have the same tiles in the kitchen downstairs and the grout haze...
    • bordershouse
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    • coverage grout grouting liquid paint seal sealing tile grout usa
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  9. R

    Matt emulsion paint as primer for plastered wall before tiling?

    I've never heard of the above method being used. I was told by an experienced builder that this is what to use. Basically 3/4 of the plasterboard walls were taken off, new plasterboard put up, then had a skim of plaster to match up to what part of the walls wasn't taken down. The plaster has had...
  10. R

    Where to start when sealing shower cabinet

    I have already completed the sealing of the shower cabinet, but I then had a wee think to myself. Where should you start applying the sealant? Should you start at one of the inside corners and work your way from top to bottom and do the same with the other three corners before sealing...
  11. B

    Sealing Terracotta.

    Hi Fellas,Any one recommend a sealer for terracotta floor job ,got about 20m2 or so,have heard you need to give it 4 coats but I would have thought now days there must be something on the market that could suffice with two coats. Would it be less hassle to seal before laying as opposed to...
    • Billy Hunt
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    • coverage liquid paint seal sealing terracotta the tile association tta usa
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  12. Mouldy

    Paint

    Started a new job today and proceeded to rip out, room was half tiled with emulsion above. Tested the emulsion by sticking to it and pulling off, paint came with it. :yikes: So whats the easiest way to strip the paint? Never had to do it before. Substrate is Paramount, so cant reboard which...
  13. R

    sealing grout

    Can anybody recommend a grout sealer for kitchen splash backs to stop staining.thanks
    • russ1980
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    • coverage grout liquid paint seal sealing tile grout usa
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  14. E

    How To Remove Paint From Walls Prior To Priming & Tiling?

    I'm about to start a bathroom job which has half the walls made from Plasterboard and half from Blockwork. All the walls are painted other than the one's around the existing shower which are tiled. I will rip out the existing plasterboard (with tiles attached) around the shower and replace...
    • EViS
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    • how how to tile paint priming tiling tiling guide usa wall walls
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  15. G

    washy paint stains over the bangor slates

    I was unwise enough to try painting the chimney stack over the cold spell and the cold , combined with the rain has left a misty streak of white paint wash down the slates. I have tried to wash this off with WD40 as well as thinners but it doesn't seem to work. Should I put my hope in the...
  16. C

    Quartz composite tiles - sealing advice

    New here, so apologies with getting straight into a request for help. We've laid two floors with these composite (~95% quartz) tiles with a third going in soon. They look great after cleaning and a once-over with a mop, but when they dry the colour is nowhere near as deep as when they're...
    • clogman
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    • advice coverage liquid paint quartz seal sealing tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  17. R

    Identify your tile type for sealing...

    Wanted to put up some info on different tile and surface types and which need sealing and which dont. This info is from the LTP product range, many of the experts on here will recommend LTP sealers and have used them for many years. LTP products can be bought or ordered from any Tile Giant...
    • Rich
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    • coverage identify liquid paint seal sealing tile usa your
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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