Colour Intensifier gone wrong

[DHTiling]

Which brand did you use..? ( Sealer)|

 

[deebees]

Fila is it?.. the topps tiles branded stuff. colour intensifier.

 

[DHTiling]

Not one i have used..

over application will be the issue..

 

[deebees]

yep :-( does anyone know if I can polish it back though?

 

[enduro]

I have used this when customer has supplied it....seems very thick, not easy to use. I found you have to apply it and wipe it of in about a minute...nightmare stuff!!!

 

[deebees]

I've emailed the maker to see if it can be polished, I might just have a go anyway. Supposedly its a wax based product and wears away with time so I would assume I can speed up that process with a machine. Has anyone tried this or tried a dewaxer? does de waxing just take away a bit or is it back to square one with sealant? is it a pain to do?

thanks.

 

[White Room]

Pesonally I would be stripping back with LTP solvex, try on a small area to start and wear gloves for hand protection and to get rid of the existing sealers, take it slow and be thorough..when cleaned use LTP colour intensifier and stainblock, if you want to bring up the colour...

I've seen quarry tiles never sealed and still look good but your choice.

 

[deebees]

These looked really bad and were not practical. If you spilled they just soaked it up and the roughness made it just shred mops and held the dirt.

I was afraid that may be the solution, sounds like a worse job than putting it on. I suppose then I have nothing to loose by trying to polish the surface back first.

thanks
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[Time's Ran Out]

Unless I missed it - but were the tiles sealed before/after grouting?

 

[deebees]

Both. They were sealed (rollered on, wiped off) Grouted, Then lots of mess cleaned off. Then sealed again (but too much in places) these tiles were like sponges, it was hard to see the first 2 or 3 coats and water still soaked in and didn't bead.