Applying sealer.

[enduro]

Been on a job this week where the tiler was thrown of the job due to poor tiling...There are 4 bath rooms and he had tiled three and i have finished the last one...Now i have to fix the other bathrooms, cracked tiles, remove grout where there should be silicone etc. But the main bathroom has black Basalt tiles on the wall and the client wants them removed due to the sealing problem. So i got some Aqua Mix Sealer & Coating remover out of the van...Put some onto a tile on a wall tile and waited a couple of minutes..then scraped with a razor blade and the sealer came of in thin strips :yikes: I think i can save the job being ripped out as the client was happy with the results. Poor Knowledge on sealing i think!!! Will try and get some pics of removing the sealer next week.

 

[enduro]

Here is a picture of the tile that i started stripping the sealer off..its the bottom right and you can see where i stopped. Bit of a job to take a photo, there is some natural shading in the tile, but you can seel the sealing on the other tiles.

 

[enduro]

This is the same tile i fitted on the same job and they should look like this.

 

[david campbell]

apart from the tiling this guy should be embarrassed that he can not even be bothered to read the instructions on sealers:mad2:

 

[White Room]

Nice one enduro

 

[enduro]

Here are few pictures of tiles not cleaned before sealing and to much sealer applied...I used Aqua Mix sealer & coating remover applied with a white scotch pad. Gave it 5 Min's dwell time to soften the sealer. Then carefully used a razor scraper to remove sealer from the Basalt tile. You can see the sealer was thick and a Anthracite grout was used that's why its coming off black.

 

[White Room]

How long did that take enduro

 

[david campbell]

messy looking

 

[enduro]

messy looking

Only had one wall to do about 6sqm, had to apply twice to remove all of the sealer and it took about 2 hrs..Not to messy

 

[hillhead]

Good work Enduro,thanks for the pics

 

[itstony]

About o start a thread on applying sealer, but will use this one.

Finally found a sealer for Porcelain tiles in Spain. It's on order and wasn't esy to find.
It took the outlet a while to locate it, so can't be used much here.

The tech-brochure is pretty straight forward.
Application decribes to apply twice with a brush and do not let it go into the joints.

I'm sure this makes sense, to prevent a problem when grouting and bonding.
Is thay why?
I can see this being a right pain to prevent this happening without applying very, very carefully.
Is this usual practise for porcelain?

 

[itstony]

Sorry.... I know its common to seal Porcelain and why, just the application concerns on joints is what I meant