Hello Guys,
Thought I'd run this past you,
I've got a customer who in his wisdom decided to visit Topps for his tiles for one of three of his bathrooms.
After explaining to him how bad the Travertine he selected was going to look, and the different grades on sale, he thankfully decided to change the tile.
He returned with an 8mm white marble tile, which could have been back lit for effect and was nearly translucent.
Two days later a bevelled 300x100mm feature wall was added to the mix.
These are the tiles he supplied.
Topps Tiles - http://m.**********.co.uk/tprod47196/serac-honed-tile-305x457.html
And these are the feature tiles
Topps Tiles - http://m.**********.co.uk/tprod45588/misty-fjord-30-bevelled-tile.html
Even though I explained that the feature tile contained brown veins that weren't present in the existing tiles he was happy to procede.
I fixed the majority of the main tiles to Hardie Backerboard with Ultra Rapid set flex white and back butter the tiles, and the floor the same to SLC, and immediately noticed a huge change of colour due to the moisture.
On my return the next day, there still seemed little return to prefixed colour, but due to little airflow, no heating, and screeds being laid on the ground floor resulting in potential high RH, I wasn't too concerned.
However, two days later, there still seems little change.
After requesting for a dehumidifier and or localised extra heating neither have been supplied until today, two days after the first tiles were fixed.
Hopefully after a weekend of drying in a heated environment the tiles will return to the prefixed colour, my only concern is the moisture causing staining.
After having similar issues with Ultra products with limestone, am I worrying unnecessarily or is a Grimex clean down before sealing likely to be needed?
The pic shows the colour of the larger tile with a small amount of moisture after a quick wipe with a damp cloth.
Thought I'd run this past you,
I've got a customer who in his wisdom decided to visit Topps for his tiles for one of three of his bathrooms.
After explaining to him how bad the Travertine he selected was going to look, and the different grades on sale, he thankfully decided to change the tile.
He returned with an 8mm white marble tile, which could have been back lit for effect and was nearly translucent.
Two days later a bevelled 300x100mm feature wall was added to the mix.
These are the tiles he supplied.
Topps Tiles - http://m.**********.co.uk/tprod47196/serac-honed-tile-305x457.html
And these are the feature tiles
Topps Tiles - http://m.**********.co.uk/tprod45588/misty-fjord-30-bevelled-tile.html
Even though I explained that the feature tile contained brown veins that weren't present in the existing tiles he was happy to procede.
I fixed the majority of the main tiles to Hardie Backerboard with Ultra Rapid set flex white and back butter the tiles, and the floor the same to SLC, and immediately noticed a huge change of colour due to the moisture.
On my return the next day, there still seemed little return to prefixed colour, but due to little airflow, no heating, and screeds being laid on the ground floor resulting in potential high RH, I wasn't too concerned.
However, two days later, there still seems little change.
After requesting for a dehumidifier and or localised extra heating neither have been supplied until today, two days after the first tiles were fixed.
Hopefully after a weekend of drying in a heated environment the tiles will return to the prefixed colour, my only concern is the moisture causing staining.
After having similar issues with Ultra products with limestone, am I worrying unnecessarily or is a Grimex clean down before sealing likely to be needed?
The pic shows the colour of the larger tile with a small amount of moisture after a quick wipe with a damp cloth.
