Moleanos Tiles Looking Stained afterfitting 6 weeks ago

[ronron]

Thanks Jonny, I am begining to suspect after all the feedback that the wrong adhesive has been used and when a tile was taken off you could clearly see that where the adhesive was dabbed on the tile, then the surface of the tile had the dark circle stain and where the tile was not in contact with the adhesive the stone was not stained. Hope to get some feedback this week on what the experts say.....

Does anybody know how i can find out the perosity of Moleanos white tiles?

Ron

 

[jonnyc]

Ron
if you can find out what company supplied the stone to your builder,they should have a copy of tests done on stone by quarry.
moleanos can vary considerably in quality and in some cases porosity,so you need a specific answer for your particular stone if that is what you want.
i don't think that the porosity is really an issue on wall if it is sealed adequately.i don't even think the staining is a problem. I have seen this so many times and got rid of it with wexa.it is only a stone soap cleaner and can't damage stone.
the fact that it was fixed with non rapid is not against any regulation I think and does not mean they will fall off or fail. It has simply given you a staining problem.who are the experts you are referring to. Is that people on this forum or are y ou getting an independent party in to assess problem.
If I have a dispute I get the stone federation in.they charge to write a report and will give an informed and professional appraisal,but I think you will be wasting your money.
ii don't think this is much of a problem as you think.by all means call if you like
t

 

[The D]

Just out of interest was all the wall wedi as I can see plasterboard

 

[ronron]

Both shower rooms had wedi board fitted and then tiled the other parts of the two bathrooms were plasterboard but the staining is on all tiles in both bathrooms

 

[ronron]

Hi Jonny, thanks, i will discuss with the builder and tile supplier and suggest to them about cleaning with WEXA

 

[jonnyc]

Give me a callnow.07956556327+

 

[ronron]

hi Jonny, just called but went to voicemail

 

[ronron]

Hi Jonny, How are you, the builder has cleaned the tiles and a lot of the stains have been removed but there are still some stains on the edges, any ideas on how to remove these?

 

[nybor62]

i use weber set plus quite often but never with stone , not suitable imo.

 

[nybor62]

Hi Jonny, How are you, the builder has cleaned the tiles and a lot of the stains have been removed but there are still some stains on the edges, any ideas on how to remove these? View attachment 44237

strange bond ?

 

[jonnyc]

think it needs a bit more elbow work on cleaning front.
massive difference to what tiles looked like before.they are getting there and i think its only a matter of more labour needed
as to tile joint offset, i guess its each to your own taste.( as the french say quite eloquently i think : chacun a son gout .this does not mean that is a correct way just the best way you see it!!
i would normally offset by min 100mm, and if you start to get a stepping effect you simply set the next course joint more than 60% over centre line joint of previous tile . this reverses the step jointing in other direction. but this is not why you posted, hence i have not brought this up.
nybor is right in his observation.

 

[ronron]

Hi Jonny,
How are you, thanks for the feedback. I had asked for the tiles to be cleaned again before the builders went on holiday 2 weeks ago (they came back yesterday), no action from them yesterday so will be discussing this with them today to get them back for the second clean. Do they need to use a stronger solution? and more elbow work...
Ron