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Did a job last year...........black/white chequerboard polished porcelain.........from Topps.......

Customer supplied tiles/sealer...........and BLACK grout.

Grout totally stain white tiles, and it just would not come out. Customer and Topps where at loggerheads over it.............then it went quiet.:mad2:

They had given up and sold the house............bit extreme if you ask me.
 
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guy1976

i was going to turn it down but customer says at the quote im not bothered about price just need it done before xmas they are 600x600 in size and also same house needs the 2 bathrooms done after xmas so took it on for the extra work.the house it massive a big mock tudor mansion, the bathrooms have 5m high ceilings
 
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GazTech

i was going to turn it down but customer says at the quote im not bothered about price just need it done before xmas they are 600x600 in size and also same house needs the 2 bathrooms done after xmas so took it on for the extra work.the house it massive a big mock tudor mansion, the bathrooms have 5m high ceilings
I hope it is worth the pain Guy...lol:lol:
 
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tiledout

Staining

I have resealed the tiles with two coats of Seal-Guard. This appears much more effective than the Fila product and also seals the grout too.

Advice from the UK supplier suggests that you should spray a coat ...leave for 2.5 hours then respray and wipe off immediately to restore shine. Personally I buffed both coats after they dried (hard work). No staining since Seal-guard applied.

I am still pursuing some compensation from Tops and B&Q.

Might be an idea to seal the tiles b4 you even lay them. That is not just pre and post grouting. Some of the staining I got was from the tile layer's trainers.

P.S. If I had my time over I'd have layed lino!
 
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brian c

hi cford and welcome to the forums m8,yes that's the tiles we are talking about,why do you think they are selling them off cheap m8 because they barte mince.Subject to calibration9VARIATION IN SIZES IN SAME BATCH)STAINING.wOULODNT TOUCH THEM WITH A BARGEPOLE BUT IF YOU DO MAKE SURE YOU SEAL THEM A FEW TIMES BEFORE AND AFTER GROUTING.
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I have resealed the tiles with two coats of Seal-Guard. This appears much more effective than the Fila product and also seals the grout too.

Advice from the UK supplier suggests that you should spray a coat ...leave for 2.5 hours then respray and wipe off immediately to restore shine. Personally I buffed both coats after they dried (hard work). No staining since Seal-guard applied.

I am still pursuing some compensation from Tops and B&Q.

Might be an idea to seal the tiles b4 you even lay them. That is not just pre and post grouting. Some of the staining I got was from the tile layer's trainers.

P.S. If I had my time over I'd have layed lino!
lino- WHAT YOU TRYING TO DO TO US,PUT US OUT OF BUSINESS?LOL
 
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FreeD

I've just layed 9m2 black and cream polished porcelain from wickes...absolute nightmare...had to sort through all the boxes to pick out tiles which weren't damaged...3 seperate trips to Wickes had to sort through approximately 30 boxes of tiles in order to get 9m2 of good ones...one pallet they had in all tiles were destroyed because someone at manufacturing stage had numbered the tiles with a pen :yikes: which had soaked into the pores :mad2: ended up having to get them to get more in from other stores etc etc to top it off cutting those black ones is a nasty business. I sealed them with HG Impregnator before laying which was freaking hard work. :44:

Next job like that i'm going in v.high :thumbsup:

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