Re: Reclaimed brick floor, advice to choose sealer please (not linseed
if you dont want to change the the colour of the floor , i might suggest ccc sealers. they are not cheap and are type of accrylic i think but you can get one that does not change colour of
tile much and is an impregnator sealer rahter than surface which should give you a matt/slight sheen look.
the cheapest way is linseed oil but we wont go into that as you dont want that look.
I fixed many many floors for paris ceramics years ago including the old
french reclaimed parefeuille under roof tiles.
these are the most comparable to your brick floor.
we used to use a sealer called pci made by lithofin. it was an accrylic sealer and was used on not just parefeuille but old reclaimed blanc rose tiles.
it did seal the floor but also it hardened and helped protect the surface of the terracotta that was soft like your bricks.
it is not made now but i have tried ccc on grye and blond barr which are also very soft and it was an excellent product.
this will not be a cheap sealer but if you want one that will give some protection to your floor and maintain unsealed look i would try this .
if you go for the lithofin stainstop route this will not protect enough and does not harden
the reclaimed terracotta floor i entered in to last month jotm was sealed with lithofin terracotta impregnator and terracotta sealant.
this did not greatly darken colour of
tile which is what client wanted , band was costly to apply as
tile so porous but they had been walked on for hundred and fifty years so had hardened up a bit
