Cleaning/restoring Minton victorian tiles

[ANewKillerStar]

Hello all,

I'm a new member and this is my first post. The house I recently bought has some wonderful multi-coloured minton floor tiles along the downstairs hallway, but given their age they are looking grubby and tired. I'm a novice DIYer but eager to learn how to revive these great tiles to something close to their former glory and I'm hoping that some of you guys could help by letting me know exactly what I need to do, and what products are best to use. Ideally I'd like to give it a deep clean and then seal it so it has a nice satin finish but I just don't know the process to achieving this.

Any advice is appreciated and if you need any more info I'll provide it quickly!

Thanks,
Rob.

 

[Gazzer]

Aquamix is the word you need.

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

this sound's like one for john to me anyway:welcome::welcome: to the forum dude

 

[ANewKillerStar]

Just having a look at the Aqua Mix website now.

I'm intrigued to hear from this John you mention!

 

[enduro]

Aquamix is the word you need.

That is the right word...Aqua mix Sealer & coating Remover mix with a bit of nanoscrub, and seal with either Aquamix High gloss sealer or seal & finish low sheen, all depends what look you are after.

 

[enduro]

AnewKillerStar i have sent you a private message.

 

[White Room]

Hi and welcome

 

[frankenfurter]

Just returned from an onsite survey where someone has used Lithofin stain-away to remove old varnish. Well by following the instructions, things went drastically wrong. The couple now have a huge Victorian hall full of unique encaustic tiles with bleached on brush strokes; ruined!!

A shame no matter how you look at it, but when you think the encaustic tile designs where actually reproduced from the original owners sketches, even more upsetting.

 

[Ajax123]

give these guys a ring - they might be able to take lots of the elbow grease out of the cleaning

 

[brian c]

why not get Enduro in to restore the tiles for yopu if he is close to you?

 

[Ajax123]

give these guys a ring - they might be able to take lots of the elbow grease out of the cleaning

Where did my attachment go


Ah got the message - already attached the file in the thread Refurbishing Stone Floors.....

 

[brian c]

probably removed due to advertising m8.

 

[ANewKillerStar]

Thanks for the replies guys - so I've been looking at Aqua Mix and getting an idea of what products to use. One thing that has stumped me is that the sealers they do aren't spcifically recommended for clay/ceramic tiles? What sealer should I use?

If anyone has any more tips on the best products/methods to do the work, please let me know. Is the consensus that Aqua Mix will do the job best?

 

[Roscoepeko]

Hi All,

I too am about to start cleaning a minton floor and will use the aquamix products - before i start though there are some areas where the grout has seen better days - any advice on regrouting a small area - it is a simple as just rake out weathered grout and then re-grout - colour matching ??? hhmmmnnn ....its a grey colour at the moment.

 

[Josephe]

Well i would suggest you ******* as it was the best option according to me for you.