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My goodness - what a palaver!!
So, I've been tiling my own wet-room with TOPPS 60x30 Polished "WHITE" (cream) Porcelain Tiles.
(nice easy cuts with my RUBI TR-700)
Sealed using FILA Polished Porcelain protector (2 passes with a sponge, great product and pretty fumey too!)
Grouting using BAL Jasmine.
First issue - whereas with a glazed or other tile you can spread the grout onto the wall and work it into the joints, no chance here cos of the sealing stuff it all falls straight off the face onto the floor.
So - here's what I did, what did I do wrong??
So, I had to push the grout directly into the joints, using a metal decorating scraper was pretty handy. Not a problem.
Then, once a section was done, I did a quick wash-over with a wash-boy sponge. All looking good, joints nice and full.
So, carried along the walls, then went back and did the old final strike with wash-boy sponge, diagonal, once, rinse, next down etc. All going well and I'm congratulating myself fairly regularly.
My mistake - I then let the final wash residue dry on the tiles. Whereas you could normally buff it off a glazed surface once dry, NO CHANCE here!!!!!! It dried hard onto the face, it was impossible to remove unless you buffed/scrubbed really hard with a cloth (very hot n' sweaty work) I discovered that if you wetted the surface again, you could then buff it off with a dry cloth.
So, I did the rest of the room, this time only doing one wash-pass with the sponge, and then moving to using a cloth to buff them up. This made the process quicker, but I did find the cloth kept disturbing the grout and I had to go over it afterwards with a "licked finger-tip! to even it up.
What did I do wrong. Any suggestions?
I had a look at it this morning, and it looks really good once dry, so I'm happy, but at half past midnight last night I was getting a bit sweary!!!
So, I've been tiling my own wet-room with TOPPS 60x30 Polished "WHITE" (cream) Porcelain Tiles.
(nice easy cuts with my RUBI TR-700)
Sealed using FILA Polished Porcelain protector (2 passes with a sponge, great product and pretty fumey too!)
Grouting using BAL Jasmine.
First issue - whereas with a glazed or other tile you can spread the grout onto the wall and work it into the joints, no chance here cos of the sealing stuff it all falls straight off the face onto the floor.
So - here's what I did, what did I do wrong??
So, I had to push the grout directly into the joints, using a metal decorating scraper was pretty handy. Not a problem.
Then, once a section was done, I did a quick wash-over with a wash-boy sponge. All looking good, joints nice and full.
So, carried along the walls, then went back and did the old final strike with wash-boy sponge, diagonal, once, rinse, next down etc. All going well and I'm congratulating myself fairly regularly.
My mistake - I then let the final wash residue dry on the tiles. Whereas you could normally buff it off a glazed surface once dry, NO CHANCE here!!!!!! It dried hard onto the face, it was impossible to remove unless you buffed/scrubbed really hard with a cloth (very hot n' sweaty work) I discovered that if you wetted the surface again, you could then buff it off with a dry cloth.
So, I did the rest of the room, this time only doing one wash-pass with the sponge, and then moving to using a cloth to buff them up. This made the process quicker, but I did find the cloth kept disturbing the grout and I had to go over it afterwards with a "licked finger-tip! to even it up.
What did I do wrong. Any suggestions?
I had a look at it this morning, and it looks really good once dry, so I'm happy, but at half past midnight last night I was getting a bit sweary!!!