slate tiles (high gloss seal looks dull)

[zak4444]

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[LondonDIYer]

Hi, i'm in need of some advice,

I have a victorian tiled hallway and have cleaned it with HG Remover and

then when it was fully dried applied a good coat HG impregnating sealer

(HG impregnator) and then when it was fully dried applied two coats a

small area with HG satin gloss polish (HG golvpolish).

It's not given me the Gloss look I wanted.

Where did I go wrong?

Which product would make it look very highly polished? Do I need to actually polish the floor or is it more like a varnish?

Any help would be very welcomed.

Thanks,

B

 

[DHTiling]

Hi and welcome..

Did you remove any excess impregnator before it dried on the tiles..And can you tell us exactly what tiles you have sealed..?

 

[LondonDIYer]

Evening, thanks for coming back so quickly,

the floor looks like this and is as old as the house i.e Victorian

Victorian mosaic hall restoration

I went to allot of effort cleaning it over a long weekend,

I followed the instructions which included removing excess impregnator before it dried and didn't go over board with it.

I did a very small amount of HG Satin Gloss, but feel like starting again as it's such a nice looking floor.

Thanks

B

 

[DHTiling]

Personaly i woudn't use an acrylic sealer like golv on it as they are classed as vitrified and absorb very little sealer... i like the natural look....

The wear on these type of sealers is too fast for high traffic area's.... I just normaly use a suitable penetrating sealer and thats it..

 

[LondonDIYer]

But any idea how I'd achieve the high gloss look?

Me and the lady both agree the floor looks great just after it's been moped before it dries.

B

 

[DHTiling]

A colour intensifyer would give it more depth... but have not glossed one of those floors before...

I have passed you quiery onto our resident victorian expert...John..