glazed porcelian floor tike which feels like sandpaper

[huckin]

hi had to fix some tiles today from tile store and they were a glazed porcelian which were really rough they were black with a glitter like affect. a nightmare to cut and even worse to grout spent 3 hours cleaning the floor after grouting and i cant get all the haze off anyone one got any good tips to get it off thanks

 

[doug boardley]

are you sure they were porcelain and not quartz/composite tiles with transit wax on them?

 

[huckin]

no defo glazed porcelian

 

[doug boardley]

polished porcelain?

 

[huckin]

hi no a glazed porcelain but the glaze felt like sandpaper when you rubbed your hand across them i asked tile store if they needed sealing and they told me no.i grouted with silver grey grout so and gave the floor numerous washes with clean water as i knew this was gonna be a nightmare but i had no choice and had to do it

 

[huckin]

the tiles are called black starlight tiles

 

[doug boardley]

the tiles are called black starlight tiles

quartz composite tiles then...did you clean and seal them?

 

[doug boardley]

same as these?

 

[huckin]

yes it looks like them but on the box it says they are porcelian the shop told me they didn t need sealing?

 

[doug boardley]

oddly enough I'm doing a bathroom floor early next week with them, I've cleaned and sealed them.

 

[doug boardley]

did you use a wet cutter to cut them?

 

[huckin]

i could cut some on my rubi ts60 but had to give them numorous scores and only when the cut was a fair size most cuts on the wet saw

 

[huckin]

also it didn t say they needed sealing on the box

 

[Colour Republic]

Wouldn't have thought you could cut quartz with a ts60 and gritty feel to them? Quartz is normally polished

 

[Colour Republic]

When you cut them was the black mirror fleck all the way through the tile?