Limestone Nightmare

[diamondtiling]

No worries

 

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Test number one

Test number one

 

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Hello all, Pics of whole room first

 

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Damage


From this angle, when the light catches it you can see dark patches where the acid has been.

From above you can see cloudy type burn marks

A bit of both

You can see the small roller marks on this one

The next few are with sealer on a few tiles to show the colour when wet

I must say, when looking at these photos on my post, there isn't one that shows the real natural colours of the stone. They are realy nice. Honest.

I think the acid has rather than removed the grout from my livingroom floor (opus), has made it lighter and stand out more. The close up of the kitchen floor, which was grouted in the same way shows no grout.

So you can see my dilema. I'll admit it, I've burnt the face of my own livingroom floor with acid. I want the colour to be the same as the picture which shows the sealer on. This sealer used (HG Impregnaor) dries back to the same colour as before it is applied. In an ideal world, just a coat of something that stays the colour I want it, or will I need more drastic measures?

All opinions welcome

WT

 

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Sorry had to spit my post, too many pics.


Kitchen floor, same material, different pattern, No acid

Living Room in opus pattern, where the acid was used.

Cheers

 

[kev]

Hi, i've done a fair few stone floors, and the sealer always seemed to be a bit of a problem, but the one i prefer to use now is the water based 'novacryl'
I always thin it and if you apply 3 or 4 coats you can get a really nice deep shine to it, almost like a wet look. but you do have to make sure you thin it for the best results.
I'm not sure what you would have to do to your tiles first to prepare them for this sealer tho, maybe someone else will have an answer to that. good luck anyway.

kev

 

[hmaint]

just a thought would it be more cost effective to rip your existing tiles up & starting again rather than go through all the contiuous effort of trying to rectify your as you say massive mistake!? i,m sure you will solve the problem bud. goodluck anyway!!!:yikes:😳:mad2:

 

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Hi, i've done a fair few stone floors, and the sealer always seemed to be a bit of a problem, but the one i prefer to use now is the water based 'novacryl'
I always thin it and if you apply 3 or 4 coats you can get a really nice deep shine to it, almost like a wet look. but you do have to make sure you thin it for the best results.
I'm not sure what you would have to do to your tiles first to prepare them for this sealer tho, maybe someone else will have an answer to that. good luck anyway.

kev

Thanks for your comments, all the best

WT

 

[DHTiling]

That looks like Bastille limestone..



I think Aquamix Enrich and seal will sort that floor out colour wise.....remove the traces of old sealer and use the aqua mix one.

 

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That looks like Bastille limestone..



I think Aquamix Enrich and seal will sort that floor out colour wise.....remove the traces of old sealer and use the aqua mix one.

Thank you for spending your time on replying to my posts