Advice Needed On Cleaning Newly Discovered Tile Floor Please

[Ian]

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[nybor62]

very nice ,im no expert when it comes to tile restoration , and im sure others will will be along soon

the one product that springs to mind is ltp grimex

 

[bennyp5938]

LTP Grimex and [DLMURL="http://www.ltp-online.co.uk/ltp-power-stripper_3.html"]LTP Power Stripper[/DLMURL] are the two solutions to choose from in my opinion. Power stripper is a stronger cleaner but both should be effective, along with a lot of elbow grease from you of course. You should be able to restore the floor to it's former glory. Good Luck.

 

[flirtygirty123]

Thanks to Brian and Rob for uploading the photo for me and for the advice, hubby s off to get some grimex later. ( I ll keep your number Rob for any future jobs we may have as we re only down the road in Retford) also thanks to the website/forum

 

[MARBLE_TONY]

Right first of all Grimex alone and elbow grease is not going to work. You have some serious in ground dirt among others like glues and other things probably waxes etc. The only way to go is to first Hire yourself a rotary machine no more than a 175rpm with a soft-medium brush and some white and black pads along with a wet vac. It is most likely not going to have a DPM so the wet vac is going to be important to minimize the amount of water ingress to prevent causing yourself another problem called efflorescence.

So firstly you need a good stripper to soften all that surface glue and wax residue you have on the surface either Aqua Mix Sealing & Coating Remover or the LTP route with Solvex agitate it in now its not elbow grease that is going to do it for you but a good dwell time of around 30 mins agitate in between but not for long. Give a good rinse and vac up.

Next pre wet the floor with clean water Dilute a Heavy duty cleaner such as Power Stripper and add agitate in and again allow to dwell for around 10mins then add a little Grimex agitate in dwell for a further 10mins rinse and vac again. Work in small manageable areas so not to allow to much water in grease.

Now at this point you will need to assess the floor and decide how far you want to go. If your still not please with it repeat above stage but add Aqua Seal Hone220 grit after the dwell time and then again asses it now at this point there is only one further step you can go and that is to Poultice the whole floor and leave it for 24-48 Hours.

Then seal with impregnating or topical sealer.

 

[swanman]

Great advise Marble Tony i would like to do one of your courses

What do you think of concrete polishing

 

[swanman]

Steam cleaning is a very good solution using it along side all the cleaning products

 

[MARBLE_TONY]

Concrete Polishing I love the possibilities of what can be achieved whether it is just a straight forward polish or stenciling in colours or logo's. Like a lot of things in this country we are slow on taking on new things but in general I think it will be the next "big" thing to come into the country although at the moment a lot of "commercial" properties are starting to embrace it as I have seen down the road from us at a local B&Poo although it is IMO to a poor standard. Have attached a photo of of a customers kitchen we did but in this case she did not want the full "Gloss" look which IMO was a mistake and the photo does not do it justice as in "real" life in person looked like a sheet of granite.

 

[MARBLE_TONY]

This was prior to the final buffing stage to clean any excess "dust" off hence you can see some footmarks in it. Was Coloured "black" but took a couple of shades of it as she didn't want it "midnight" black and she took the"fast" system but we advised on the "terrazzo effect" system but due to budget descided against it we also offer a "premium" polishing system as well.

 

[jonnyc]

If its not too big an area,I would try a small area with nitromrs paint stripper. This is stronger than most cleaners .i have cleaned many Edwardian tessellated floors in this fashion with this sort of staining.lithfin wax off also good for glue removal