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    Slate bathroom : stains, sealing and cracked grouting.

    Hi, We've just bought a house, and have a ten month old demanding baby :-). The previous owners had a flood and the bathroom was redone. It has a slate floor and shower( slate walls). The grouting is cracked in the shower, and it leaks through the kitchen ceiling when running for too long- is...
    • Mcarey
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    • aus bathroom coverage crack cracked cracking debonding grout grouting liquid paint seal sealing slate stains tile grout usa
    • Replies: 34
    • Forum: Bathroom Tiling Advice
  2. P

    sealing stuff out of the "norm"

    Hi all........ Been at it a bit recently.....but I have a job to do that is out of the "ordinairy".......and it needs to be sealed.....in fact it needs to be sealed prior to fixing, has to be soaked before fixing and then sealed prior to grouting and then sealed again...........FFS...
    • Protilers
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    • aus coverage liquid out paint seal sealing usa
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  3. Dan

    Natural Stone – Cleaning, Sealing and Maintaining Part One

    Cleaning, Sealing and Maintaining Stone Surfaces – Part One Natural stone has been used on floors and walls for centuries. As with all natural materials, it does need a certain level of care. This is the first in a 16 … Continue reading → More... Auto Feed from LTP Blog LTP Sealers Technical Blog
    • Dan
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    • aus cleaning coverage liquid natural natural stone paint seal sealing stone tile setting usa
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  5. S

    sealing slate after grouting

    Hi, Im going to seal slate before grouting and then reseal after grouting how long after grouting would you wait before sealing would the next day be enough time? Cheers Paul
    • shogun rua
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    • aus coverage grout grouting liquid paint seal sealing slate tile grout usa
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  6. C

    Sealing Crackle Glaze tiles, some advice please.

    Hi all, I'm tiling a cooker and worktop splash back with some crackle glaze tiles. The makers say they need to be sealed before grouting. Now, I'm on a really tight budget, and £20 for a litre seems a bit much to me, so can I use either some HG Impregnator that I have left over from a previous...
    • confusedyouwill
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    • advice aus coverage crack cracking debonding liquid paint please seal sealing tile tiles usa
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    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  7. A

    Sealing Porceline tiles

    Hi Guys Im looking for the correct type of sealant for sealing a matt rustic effect exterion PORCELINE tile I was reccomended a make called Fila. Although It said it was for this type of tiles and having applied it as of the discructions in this case after a couple of days it all started to...
    • anthonyric2010
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    • aus coverage liquid paint seal sealing tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  9. S

    Do these tiles need sealing or similar?

    Hi everyone, just a quick question, hopefully straightforward. Do these need sealing as per the advice on the Topps site?: Chic Craquele Tiles | Topps Tiles I'm using the brick shaped ones in a shower, tanked with WP1 and using bal rapidset flex and norcross grout as I had good results with...
    • stott
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    • aus coverage liquid paint seal sealing tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Canada Tile Advice
  10. A

    sealing a showere waste on travertine tiles

    Howdy y'all, been asked to re-tile a shower area. Cust wants travertine mosaics on floor, wht ceramic on walls. Thinking a bout using 'Homelux' sealing system on walls and floor. My questions are; With so many grout lines what is the best way to seal the shower waste on to travertine tiles...
    • adamrob
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    • aus coverage liquid paint seal sealing tile tiles travertine usa
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  11. I

    Sealing Shower Tray with flexible grout.

    Hi, I'm a plumber with (after reading some of this forum, very) limited tiling experience. After fitting a shower tray at a friends house, it has been set on 18mm ply on floorboards and set into the wall by approx 20mm as corner not square, silicon sealant around back edges. Friend has then...
    • iamajc
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    • aus coverage flexible grout liquid paint seal sealing shower shower tray tile grout tray usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  13. I

    Clening & Sealing Honed, Filled Trav Floor

    Apologies firstly as I've seen this question answered many times on the forum, But I can't specificly find the answers to my queries. I have 12.5m2 of Honed and filled trav to fit on my hall and kitchen floor and I'm wondering when and how best to clean before sealing. I understand you pro's...
    • itigeezer
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    • aus coverage floor floor tiling liquid paint seal sealing usa
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  14. K

    Limestone patchy shine after sealing

    Hope someone can help. We've laid new classical flagstone minster tiles. Cleaned and sealed them using Lithofin power clean and multi seal. The tiles are now patchy where shiny on smooth parts and dull on rough parts so floor looks a mess. We know we need to take seal off and start again as the...
    • Kcb
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    • aus coverage grout limestone liquid paint patchy seal sealing usa
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  15. A

    Sealing Victorian quarry tiles

    Help We have Victorian 6 inch quarries laid in a porch/utility area. We have been leaving them to dry out as the reclaim yard cleaned them with brick acid and they were also stored outside so they were very wet and a lot of salt was coming to the surface. They are now dry but drops of water is...
    • ataylor
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    • aus coverage edwardian edwardian floor geometric liquid paint quarry seal sealing tile tiles usa victorian victorian floor victorian floor tiling
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    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  17. W

    Quartz Starlight - sealing?

    I bought some Black Starlight Quartz tiles from Tile HQ for my kitchen and love them! When ordering I was advised to seal them and so I purchased LTP MPG sealer (for polished tiles). The builder is due to finish the job today and told me he would leave sealing until last... however he is now...
  18. J

    help with cleaning and sealing newly laid porcelain tiles please

    Hi I am hoping to find someone to clean and seal our newly laid porcelain tiles. They are not polished and were laid in May as part of a major refurb of our house. They weren't sealed after they were laid and have various stains from the builders work which I can't get out by regular cleaning...
    • jennyR
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    • aus cleaning coverage help liquid paint please porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles seal sealing tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  19. P

    Basalt Sealing

    Im just passing this on to you, as I have had the Stone Federation in looking at this Basalt Bathroom that is now stained to high hell. It appears that I should have not followed the architects instructions to seal with Lithofin and should have known better. See below:- As we do not know the...
  21. J

    Hi. Looking for help with cleaning and sealing porcelain tiles

    Hi. I an hoping to find someone who can clean and seal our new porcelain tiles (they aren't polished). We bought them from Tilegiant - tile is called Concept and we have the cream and the light grey colors - tile giant told us that they didn't need sealing. They were laid in May as part of a...
    • jennyR
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    • aus cleaning coverage help liquid looking paint porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles seal sealing tile tiles usa
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  22. A

    Sealing Victorian quarry tiles

    Hi everyone I did as suggested and bought fairly clean reclaimed Victorian quarries for my porch and utility area. I have done quite a lot of research on how to seal them but there seems to be quite a few different suggestions. I want a matt finish but I think they need to be sealed as we have...
    • ataylor
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    • aus coverage edwardian edwardian floor geometric liquid paint quarry seal sealing tile tiles usa victorian victorian floor victorian floor tiling
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  23. C

    Advice re sealing zamorra mosaic brick please

    Hello, looking for advice re sealing zamorra mosaic brick sheets (stone with some glass / metal 'bricks'). I was sold Fila protector for honed/tumbled travertine/marble, which seems ok - I've tried it out on a spare section, but wondered if this was the best stuff to use for these tiles. I'm...
    • CJC
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    • advice aus brick coverage liquid mosaic mosaic tiling mosaics paint please seal sealing usa
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  25. S

    Cleaning & Sealing Unglazed Porcelain - Matt Black

    Hello Guys & Girls, I'm very new to the tiling game and therefore I would like your valued advice please. I've recently laid a tile called Luna 60 x 30 from Homebase. It’s an unglazed matt black porcelaintile, the problem is I’m unsure how achieve the best finish for it. The Homebase...
    • Stealth_S400
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    • aus black cleaning coverage liquid matt paint porcelain porcelain tile porcelain tiles seal sealing usa
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
  26. C

    Travertine - Re-sealing and 'polishing'

    Just been asked to re-seal a travertine tiled bathroom - I tend to avoid this sort of job like the plague but with the way things are at the moment I don't think its commercially wise to turn anything down. Anyway I've never done any resealing so am a bit out of my comfort zone. I'm assuming...
    • CDS
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    • aus coverage liquid paint polishing seal sealing travertine usa
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: British & UK Tiling Forum
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