slate tiles (high gloss seal looks dull)

[zak4444]

I went to advance and uploaded images how do we view them

 

[grumpygrouter]

I went to advance and uploaded images how do we view them

It is easier for you to create an album in your profile and then link to the image from there, or even easier, just tell peeps to look at your album.

 

[zak4444]

images here

 

[zak4444]

Gary emailed you direct with images

 

[zak4444]

hey grumpy who is "peeps"

 

[Spud]

Gary emailed you direct with images

I had a good look at the pictures and it does look like you do have a bit of cement residue on the tiles as well as the sealer looking really dull it , I would follow Dave's advice and clean using hg remover or similar, you must then allow it to dry out completely before you attemp to seal it with the lithofin slate seal you will find the lithofin far superior to the hg and it should give you the shiny finish you are looking for, use 2 coats .hopes this helps

 

[zak4444]

nice one Gary, I will let you all know how it goes next week, taking it off tomorrow going back tuesday midnight

 

[zak4444]

Gents, just to say thanks a million. the tiles cleaned up great, the Lithofin looks fantastic, stinks to high heaven but looks stunning

thanks to you all

 

[DHTiling]

Gents, just to say thanks a million. the tiles cleaned up great, the Lithofin looks fantastic, stinks to high heaven but looks stunning

thanks to you all

Good stuff lithofin isn't it.....

 

[zak4444]

the best

 

[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..