terracotta finish

[TMTservices]

John, just read your post after I posted that last one.

So you guys are telling me Im gonna end up with a burnt out van / customers house, exploding tiles and a hand like a claw after grouting! lol! Awesome! You'd think I was making a bomb, not laying a floor! lol!

So you reckon these are Mexican? The customer told me they were spanish( the reason for the linseed )?

They have taken the oil well, Im not sure what effect linseed would have on Saltillo?? Is it easily visible or is it an after effect ? The tiles seem fine.. keeping the water out and not staining??

Not to keen on having a customer phoning me in a coupke of months with exploding tiles! lol!

So Im reading if theyre spanish, waxes and HG gear is ok, If theyre Mexican then waxes and HG are a no go? Think Ill call elon in morning.

Thanks again for your help fellas.

 

[Concrete guy]

I think you'll find that "Saltillo" became the generic name for anything Spanish/Mexican. They are fundamentally the same thing.

It would be good to find out where they came from though.

Terra Cotta literally translates as "Fired Earth", who started their company from a small shop bringing in 6 different types of this stuff.

 

[jonnyc]

I think you'll find that "Saltillo" became the generic name for anything Spanish/Mexican. They are fundamentally the same thing.

It would be good to find out where they came from though.

Terra Cotta literally translates as "Fired Earth", who started their company from a small shop bringing in 6 different types of this stuff.

dont remember Fired Earth ever selling saltillos. that was the fundamental difference between elon and fired earth. elon sold mexican and fired earth primarily sold spanish. they did both sell mexican hand made wall tiles that were all the rage.
who did you work for ats in that time?
how come no one has backed me up about exploding polyps of salt under surface of saltillos !!

 

[jonnyc]

for the record i forgot to mention castelnau tiles in barnes who were an early contender in the terracotta stakes as well early 80's
they sold the famous and very good quality san genis variety from spain as did fired earth and they used to sell their own sealer which was engine oil !!!
this is how the spanish used to seal their terracotta tiles.
they then moved on to plastic accrylic resin sealer which was not dissimilar to PC1 from paris ceramics for thier blanc rose terracotta and parefeuille tile
No wonder ive got breathing problems!!

 

[Perry]

yes i new graham oliver before he went to castelnau and still see him now and again
those tiles were from them in the picture

 

[Perry]

i don't think the salt pots were anything to do with the oil but a fault in the tile used to get a lot of fired earth tiles that did it he he and saltillo is a type of mexican tile still use today now and again and was playing about with a spanish hand made today i think i worked with just about every terracotta brought into the uk and some that weren't

 

[jonnyc]

yes i new graham oliver before he went to castelnau and still see him now and again
those tiles were from them in the picture

yes , i remember him well at castelnau. he was not the owner and nice as he was not that up on the terracotta i thought and then he up and left and opened up a shop in ascot called Hyperion. Still going and done very well for himself i think.
sorry about not being able to meet today, there was an access problem as i explained today, but should be possible mon/tues next week if youre about , then im off site for few weeks and back again for another few weeks.
sorry i digress.
looked up corres tiles and they are long gone. elon still going in chelsea and using bentons traditional.
think they are best bet to ask if oil already in tiles. otherwise water based sealer always ok on top of oil but not other way round. seems like me and my exploding tiles are a figment of my imagination as no one else on this forum aware of this.it is on the net though!!so i cant have completely lost it!!

 

[TMTservices]

Not sure if this pic is any better quality, to help identify. PJ I think they look the same as in your pic. Did yours get the linseed treatment finished with Patina?

Sorry for the constant questions! But you guys know your terracotta!

 

[TMTservices]

the top few courses had just had a 50/50 coat of linseed and white spirits.

 

[jonnyc]

i don't think the salt pots were anything to do with the oil but a fault in the tile used to get a lot of fired earth tiles that did it he he and saltillo is a type of mexican tile still use today now and again and was playing about with a spanish hand made today i think i worked with just about every terracotta brought into the uk and some that weren't

have you worked with sussex terracotta . i really rated their tiles and done nice church projects with them.
what about the reaclaimed parefeuille tiles from paris ceramics and fired earth. they were actually insulation tiles under roofs in france , hence the water run marks you used to get , where water leeked through and run down tile face.
I fixed mountains of these for paris ceramics and over the years go back to clean/reseal with my restoration company . they have worn very badly in high traffic areas even with pc1 sealer and they are a definite no no for floor covering.