Black/Red/Yellow Quarry restore

[CJ]

Have a customer that I have done a fair bit of work for, and he asked me to have a look at his large-ish hallway floor which are black/red/yellow quarries.

Floor is generally not tooo bad, usual stuffs on it, paint,glue etc etc........except the softer yellows which have degraded and have a scabby kind of finish on SOME

Don't want to hire any abrasive/grinder gear, but a more gentle approach............any ideas?

The customer has asked me to tile OVER the lot (his wife wants to as well) :yikes::yikes:.........but I am hoping to change his mind and said I would get back to him about restoring it as best as possible.

 

[CJ]

So thats a no then....

 

[DHTiling]

Only just seen this..

Some pics would be good Col..plz

 

[CJ]

Will do Dave.........need to make arrangments to call into the place again

 

[CJ]

Ok.........so wot do ya reckon..............for all you restorers.
The blacks mostly look ok........as do most of the reds. The yellows, (only in a small area) are very slightly blown, but just a couple of mill

 

[CJ]

Helppppppp

 

[DHTiling]

Hi Col... Is there some surface/topical sealer on those..?

 

[CJ]

Hi Col... Is there some surface/topical sealer on those..?

Doesn't seem to be Dave. Its weird how only a few of the yellows have blown as well.

 

[DHTiling]

It is as they are vitrified.. they tend to wear evenly.... the pic looks like peeling....

Some paint on there as well.. LTP solvex will shift that.. i would try the solvex forst and see what finish you get.. do you have a scrubber..?

 

[CJ]

It is as they are vitrified.. they tend to wear evenly.... the pic looks like peeling....

Some paint on there as well.. LTP solvex will shift that.. i would try the solvex forst and see what finish you get.. do you have a scrubber..?

Going to try the heavy clean option first...........then think about heavier duty stuff if that fails.

Going to hire a scrubber..........first time for everything :yikes:

I'm really trying to talk him into keeping them..........if not, I wonder if I could lift them and use them myself.