Laying some 600x600 brilliant white porcelain and these have come with a protective film over every tile (like cling film). Removed a couple and it's left what feels like a oily residue, as a first for having this I am wondering if these need to be cleaned with anything specific prior to...
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I am looking to purchase a textured tile called Jewel from topps tiles, they have small little textured holes and they sell them in three colours.
I will be looking to purchase two of the colours, white for the wall and black for the floor.
I will be looking to use BAL micromax2 grout and...
Speedoman
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Dear Tilers
Had a lovely hearth put in with black quarry tiles, everything was going well I had put on one coat of the HG14 and it had dried nice and clear.
It then rained and as the chimney wasn't sealed ( getting a stove installed) rain/ soot came down chimney onto the tiles.
Today I have...
I put up some mosaics over the weekend in the shower. As instructed on here, to remove the protect film before I grout. All went well and spent hours and I mean hours taking the protective film off every dam tile when up on wall - very boring!!!
Now that I've taken off all the protective film...
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Ive had grout haze problems on the last couple of jobs where the tiles (ceramic & Porcelain) are matt black or dark. Reading through a few threads, there appears to be a few products on the market to help remove residue but i wonder if anyone has tried the BAL protective sealer before...
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I used the protective sealer properly, first coat, wait 15 mins, second coat, wait minimum an hour before use. In fact I waited about a day, as something cropped up.
All seemed good or so I thought.... I've now washed down umpteen times and there seems to still be a lot of surface "dust"...
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Hi all. Is it ok to use this temporary sealer with any tile? I wanted to use it on a porcelain tile. I've fixed this tile before and found the grout can get stuck in the ridged surface and ended up using grout remover. I haven't bought or seen it yet so can't refer to the bottle so thougt I...