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    fila stoneplus on natural honed black slate has left residue

    Hi everyone! My Tiler has just laid a honed black slate tile floor in my hall way and kitchen. He used Fila Stoneplus on it yesterday to seal it and the bottle said it would be dry in 8 hours. We have left it over 12 hours but when I just ran my fingers over a tile it left smear marks...
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    Wax residue on Tiles

    Hi ,Got a porcelain job comming up soon and its the 600x600 polished tiles from B&Q these come with a protective wax coating on to protect them during transit, i was talking to Dave and he said there is a new produst out from Lithofin that takes away the wax coating, pencil marks etc think its...
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    Removing grout residue on porcelain floor tiles

    Hi Just had my kitchen floor tiled with porcelain tiles a couple of days ago and noticed that there is a white chalky powder left on the tiles in places, which i assume is the grout residue. Despite scrubbing and mopping like mad, this powder 'disappears' when wet but it reappears when the...
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    Removing Bitumen Residue Prior to tiling

    Hi All, First post here, looking for some advice on the above please.... Think this might be a typical problem, but have a floor to tile soon where the old Marley tiles have been lifted, and the bitumen adhesive residue is left on the sand cement screed surface. According to BAL technical...
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    Residue on polished marble

    Hey guys. Taken over a polished marble job. The previous tiler hasn't cleaned the grout off the tiles he has done very well and it is very difficult to buff up. Can you use a chemical on polished marble?
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    Grout residue on slate

    Hi folks, grouted up 25m2 of slate floor today, and had a nightmare :(. I have already done a load in the same house with no problems. Problem today being warm tiles/ warm weather. The floor was cleaned plenty prior to grouting (I even use residue remover in my tiling water), and sealed twice...
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    White Residue On Natural Stone

    Muppet Of a Customer Just finished washing off after grouting and left with the normal residue. Already sealed the tiles several times and tested cleaning with no problems. Advised customer to leave floor and not be tempted to wash any further. Explained I would return the following day once...
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    Residue

    How can I get rid of a sticky residue left after apply Lithofin stain stop to balck granite as per the instructions. It shows up shoe prints. Which product should I use or is it elbow grease? I started to read the article about sealing stone on another thread and it reminded me of my time in...
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    bitumen residue on floor screed

    I've taken up some old thermoplastic floor tiles laid in the early 70's. This has left a black bitumenous residue on the concrete screed and I'm concerned about tiling onto it. I want to lay travertine stone tiles so should I seal the old surface first or apply adhesive directly? What products...

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