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technodad
Hi folks.
I have an ongoing saga with some basalt tiles. We had a kitchen floor tiled with them, and i fear not enough sealer was applied - sealer used was LTP mattstone H20. The floor is 20 m2 and reading the back of the bottle, high porosity floor should take up to 4L of sealer for every 10m2 which would of course make 8L...i think we got through maybe 2-3L. it felt like a lot at the time. but i guess it wasnt enough because grease spots are appearing on tiles every time there is a minor spillage. Which suggests they are not sealed enough.
My question is: is there any chance of removing the grease spots using eg phosphoric acid? this would also remove the sealear and we'd need to start again i guess. or do i just live with existing grease spots and seal them in...hopefully preventing further damage in future?
One answer is just to try it on a corner and see what happens...was just wondering if anyone had experience of this before i waste lots of elbow grease. IS a super-porous sealed basalt tile really any use for a kitchen? should the sealer repel the usual kitchen grease spots?
I now HATE basalt, incidentally. so would be happy to rip it all up and replace it with something easy to maintain. sadly a) we have spent all our money and b)missus still has a bizarre fondness for them
I have an ongoing saga with some basalt tiles. We had a kitchen floor tiled with them, and i fear not enough sealer was applied - sealer used was LTP mattstone H20. The floor is 20 m2 and reading the back of the bottle, high porosity floor should take up to 4L of sealer for every 10m2 which would of course make 8L...i think we got through maybe 2-3L. it felt like a lot at the time. but i guess it wasnt enough because grease spots are appearing on tiles every time there is a minor spillage. Which suggests they are not sealed enough.
My question is: is there any chance of removing the grease spots using eg phosphoric acid? this would also remove the sealear and we'd need to start again i guess. or do i just live with existing grease spots and seal them in...hopefully preventing further damage in future?
One answer is just to try it on a corner and see what happens...was just wondering if anyone had experience of this before i waste lots of elbow grease. IS a super-porous sealed basalt tile really any use for a kitchen? should the sealer repel the usual kitchen grease spots?
I now HATE basalt, incidentally. so would be happy to rip it all up and replace it with something easy to maintain. sadly a) we have spent all our money and b)missus still has a bizarre fondness for them
