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    Polished Porcelain

    Black Polished Porcelain Hi everyone, been a while since ive been on the forum anyways Are any special tools required for cutting Polished Porcelain floor tiles as ive only ever cut ceramic or will just using a normal tile cutter/saw do the job Also do i have to use a special adhesive and...
  2. M

    Polished porcelain tile help for newbie!

    Hi guys I know theres loads of threads regarding this tile on here but its all going above my head!! Ive recently bought from B&Q some black polished porcelain floor tiles 300 x 300! Being a newbie i tiled them straight onto the floor the grouted 24 hours later! Now i have a white haze on edges...
  3. B

    Polished porcelain

    Hi chaps/esses, Am pricing a job, 36 m2 (very plush new!) kitchen floor + dining floor (concrete substrate) - self levelling between the 2 floors. Tiles are 60x 60. To be honest I haven't had much call for PP at all, all I know is that the last one I did I felt I'd underpriced by the time I'd...
  4. J

    Polished black Granite gone dull

    Hi all Just been to have a look at a granite floor that was laid about a week ago and some of the tiles have gone dull , asked the coustimer if they had been sealed and he said he was not sure , so i dought they were. Is there any way of making them look good again :thumbsup:
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    residue left after sealing polished porcelin

    hi guys, 1st post so bare with me! just laid 20m2 of 600 x 600 cream polished porcelin..... from b & q, i know wot yous might think, as i did after reading all that i have on here, after i had bought them, but they were spot on size and square and went down a treat! They had a protective...
  6. U

    Polished Porcelain Tile Inspectors

    I need an independent tile inspector to look at some tiles for me as Topps Tiles will not accept responsibility for the fault we have, they were laid by a professional tiler, but I do not believ this to be his fault, can anyone give any advice please?
  7. U

    Bright coloured large polished porcelain?

    Hi, Wanted to use some polished large (eg 600mm x00mm) porcelain as a splashback and under cabinet tiling, but the colour range I can find seems to be fairly mundane black/white/beige. Does anyone know where I might get these in brighter colours - ege the aubergine/purple that's popular in...
  8. J

    Best Polished Porcelain Sealer

    I know that this has been covered but I can't seem to find the definitive post which says which of the impregnators you guys feel is the best. Any directions to a good summary or views?
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    Polished Porcelain disaster

    Hi all, Hoping for some much need help. I purchase black polished porcelain tiles for my kitchen. After my tiler laid them (ignoring the fact they needed to be sealed before grouting) there was grey marks on them. I thought this was grout haze and bought lithofin cement remover which the tiler...
  10. S

    Sealing polished sandstone slabs

    Hi, I need to seal polished sandstone paving slabs and was wondering what the cheapest but effective option ? Would Thompsons Waterseal do the job ? Many Thanks.
  11. M

    first large format polished porcelain job

    Hi all looking for some advice and tips on laying large format polished porcelain. I've got a kitchen job coming up soon with some polished porcelain tiles 600x600 I'm going to be laying insulation board, underfloor heating mat, SLC & then the large format porcelain tiles. I've laid...
  12. S

    Gemini Eagle polished porcelain

    Have 3 full boxes of these left from a job, Never got chance to return and has been a few months so no chance of CTD taking them back Just less that 3 sqm(15 tiles 600x300) in Ivory, Perfect for small bathroom floor or similar Cost around £30 per sqm to trade Crate of beer or £20 Located...
  13. B

    Polished porcelain

    Hi folks, Just finishing off a bathroom, looks good, but am not 100 % happy with the shine on all the tiles. They were waxed which I removed with loads of elbow grease...then lightly sealed, and wiped off, then buffed by hand. Is it normal to buff the whole lot with a polisher once it's all...
  14. L

    Advice please - products & order to clean grout & seal new polished porcelain

    Hi, I'm after advice please on the correct/best products to use, and the right order to apply. New polished porcelain (not b&q!) ivory 400 x 400 floor tile (laid in kitchen/diner, with a bathroom & utility room to follow). Fixed with keraquick mixed with latex plus but not grouted yet, will...
  15. aflemi

    polished marble job hornchurch essex

    Hopefully someone will be up for this. I popped into a recently opened stone tile retailer today and he is looking for someone to do this job. It's too big for me, I don't have all the details but what I have is : New build or refurb, screed laid recently, looking to start tiling 2/3 weeks...
  16. U

    Black Polished Porcelain with Grout Residue

    Hi I have had some black polished porcelain tiles installed floor to ceiling (including floor) in my bathroom. The tiles were from tiles2go 600 x 300. The tiles were sealed with LTP MPG sealer, 2 coats, polished up with a professional polisher and lambs wool bonnet. The tiles were then grouted...
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    Tiling on to polished porcelain!

    Hi all Not posted for a while but I have a question polished B&Q porcelain 600x600 laid over 18m2 (not sealed) in a kitchen with units in and an island laid for the second time by a second tiler very poorly gaps from 1mm to over 5mm not level cut a long story short the builder wants me to tile...
  18. D

    Polished Porcelian marked by Masking tape

    Hi all, Went to have a look at a job tonight, Customer has had 24m2 of black polished Porcelain (NOT the B & Q ones tho) floor tiles on their kitchen floor, the problem the customer has is marks around every tile caused by the Tiler using 50mm masking tape, I’ve never heard of doing it...
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    sealing polished porcelian

    hi all, had a job to do with polished black por,was not sure if they where sealed,so i tested half a tile with some sealer,the next morning the side that had seal looked greasy and cloudy,and would not rub clean.do you guys think that this was sealed already,as when i cleaned up with a sealer...
  20. S

    New Polished Porcelain Tiles have hazing!

    Hi all, my first post and I hope one of you guys can help. We have just had our Polished Porcelain tiles layed and there is a hazing over tiles that looks like a film of dust over parts ofthem. It is very noticeable in one area of my dining area as there is lighting streaming in it. I have...

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