Removing water marks from Travertine?

[beanz]

Today i was laying a Travertine floor, with Trav skirting, but i've noticed that the water from my mates bridge cutter has left a residue on the edges of some of the tiles. If i wipe them with a wet sponge it goes, but when it dries it returns, same as grout haze. What's the best way of cleaning the tiles before sealing? The tiles are honed and filled if that makes a difference!?!

Cheers for any advice
Scott

 

[DHTiling]

Have you tried a scotch pad..?

 

[beanz]

Nope, haven't tried anything yet to be honest. Didn't finish the tiling til 7:00pm, so figured i'd have a bash at it tomorrow afternoon. I'll try that first though, as it's cheaper than buying cleaning products hehe!

 

[White Room]

Might be worth changing the water occasionally

 

[DHTiling]

If you have just wet cut them then all you have done is wet them with the tiles biscuit residue...it should just wipe off with a sponge but if it's dried on and leaves a slight haze then try a scotch pad...travertine is usually fine , unlike some limestones that stain if you breath on them...

 

[beanz]

Might be worth changing the water occasionally

:lol:

The water was clean today, just hadn't cleaned the cutter out for a day or two...

 

[beanz]

Cheers Dave, that's a bit of a relief.

Everything i've read about Limestone gives me nightmares.. Part of me hopes i never even see Limestone tiles lol!

 

[DHTiling]

Some lime stones are great...and the white ones like Applestone are :yikes: without propper care.

 

[beanz]

I'm sure they're nice to look at, just don't want to touch them!!

 

[Terry Cottar]

pop a little bit of Aqua Mix Grout Haze Clean Up in your water in your cutter and in the washing off water it works miracles

tel

 

[beanz]

pop a little bit of Aqua Mix Grout Haze Clean Up in your water in your cutter and in the washing off water it works miracles

tel

That's an interesting idea, i'll definitely be giving it a go.

 

[joh1]

Beanz, it sounds like you have an etch mark on the stone, in which case the scotch bright will work great. Be careful with the aqua mix grout haze remover it can cause etching which can make matters worst.

 

[Colour Republic]

Some lime stones are great...and the white ones like Applestone are :yikes: without propper care.

I'll have to dig out some pictures of a floor that was laid on a job I was working on a few years back, the building wasn't watertight, floor laid, heavy rain a few days later and the floor just dis-integrated:yikes: I think they ended up sanding the floor in the end

 

[Time's Ran Out]

It would seem as though the cut edge of the travertine has accepted the water from the machine.
If it was clean water the tile will dry out ok.

 

[dagger]

i find a genuine chamois leather, helps with cleaning all natural stone!
and anything else for that matter!