Lithofin or alternative?

[crownford]

The suppliers of the black and white tumbled marble tiles that I have recently bought recommend that they are sealed after fixing and before grouting with Lithofin MN stainstop. I gather from all that I read that this product is excellent and does the job superbly well. It is however hellishly expensive and I have, in all, about 133 square metres to seal. Is there a credible alternative to this product that is cheaper or should I just bite the bullet and buy it?

 

[david campbell]

hg marble impregnator is about half the price and is also very good

 

[faithhealer]

Can't say price wise but LTP sealers are available in tile giant stores.

 

[DHTiling]

Stainstop is a great sealer..

 

[crownford]

Is it worth the extra cost?

 

[merlecollins]

Is it worth the extra cost?

From an application point of view I would say yes, but when they are all dry they all do the same job reallyWhen I say all I mean Lithofin, HG, LTP

 

[crownford]

Thanks again Merle. How do they differ in their application?

 

[merlecollins]

I just find Stainstop to be more 'water like' than it's HG alternative and therefore soaks in quicker and easier with no effort to avoid streaks - but thats just me, I'm sure HG stalwarts will say they have no problems with it:smilewinkgrin:

 

[Richard Edwards]

I'm a HG fan - I guess it what my local stockist sells although I have used LTP and MN with success too .

The only proviso I would add to the above posts is that HG Marble / Natural Stone sealer is formulated for that product and it is different to the standard Impregnator in the HG range - read the back of both and you'll understand.

 

[Terry Cottar]

The suppliers of the black and white tumbled marble tiles that I have recently bought recommend that they are sealed after fixing and before grouting with Lithofin MN stainstop. I gather from all that I read that this product is excellent and does the job superbly well. It is however hellishly expensive and I have, in all, about 133 square metres to seal. Is there a credible alternative to this product that is cheaper or should I just bite the bullet and buy it?

Basically you get what you pay for. Stainstop is a premium sealer and premium sealers are expensive.

tel

 

[crownford]

So would you say that it was worth the extra or not?

 

[Ken Bruty]

So would you say that it was worth the extra or not?

I've used all three, but mainly use HG products, the end finish isn't really any different between them, so I would say it's down to cost and whether you like the smell of the spirit based sealers in your house for a good few hours while it goes off. LTP marble sealer that I've used has very little odour.

Regards

Ken