Quarry tiled floor

[High Peak Tiling]

Hi guys.

I have job coming up which is a 40m 2 Quarry floor throughout a house . Been laid for a long long time.

As expected it is caked In engrained dirt from years of build up.
I am going to clean once or twice with Lithofin Fz intensive
And seal when properly dry with Lithofin KF stainstop.

Would you do this differently ?

 

[Mike Philbin]

Hi There

i would suggest looking at a sealing product that will enhance the colour slightly and give a slight topical finish at the same time this way it will be easier for the client to keep clean

Hope this helps in some way

Mike

 

[High Peak Tiling]

Hi There

i would suggest looking at a sealing product that will enhance the colour slightly and give a slight topical finish at the same time this way it will be easier for the client to keep clean

Hope this helps in some way

Mike

Do you know of a professional sealer for old quarry tiles which meets your description of colour enhancing ?

 

[High Peak Tiling]

Do you know of a professional sealer for old quarry tiles which meets your description of colour enhancing ?

I normally use a enhancer on stone tiles as it always gives a better wow factor for the finished project.
But not used one for quarry's

 

[Mike Philbin]

Hi

this product will work fine, you will need to apply a minimum of 3 coats and it will enhance the colours and seal the tiles.

Its water based and each coat will dry within 10 minuets

Natural Stone Sealer | Stone Sealant Products | Sealer For Stone | From Nu-Life Stone Care
Hope this helps

mike

 

[jamespaul]

quarrys don't need sealing

 

[Mr Tiler]

lee from protilers done a job a fair few months back on restoring some quarry and it was huge difference maybe someone can pull it up for you to see buddy 😉

 

[High Peak Tiling]

lee from protilers done a job a fair few months back on restoring some quarry and it was huge difference maybe someone can pull it up for you to see buddy 😉

ill Pm Lee to get a second opinion, cheers Ash

 

[High Peak Tiling]

quarrys don't need sealing

(quote)
Hi

this product will work fine, you will need to apply a minimum of 3 coats and it will enhance the colours and seal the tiles.

Its water based and each coat will dry within 10 minuets

Natural Stone Sealer | Stone Sealant Products | Sealer For Stone | From Nu-Life Stone Care
Hope this helps

mike.

Conflicting answers..

These Quarry's don't have a glazed surface, so the dirt, grime, liquid etc just sinks and embeds itself.
Quarry's being fired earth would be porous enough to take a impregnator/Enhancing sealer.

If they had the glazed or Pre-sealed surface, then I understand they might not need sealing, or in fact be ineffective.

 

[Mr Tiler]

no mate I wasnt saying james is wrong I cant remember if lee did actually use a sealer on them, but the after shots were an amazing result whatever method was used 😉

 

[Mr Tiler]

http://www.tilersforums.com/tiling-forum/69495-protilers-cleaning-floor-st-leonards-church.html

 

[Mike Philbin]

trust me guys quarrys need sealing -

Natural Stone Sealer | Stone Sealant Products | Sealer For Stone | From Nu-Life Stone Care

Mike

 

[Mr Tiler]

I wonder where lee is he was a brilliant poster on here had a lot of info from him he probably got bored of me asking so many questions

 

[High Peak Tiling]

no mate I wasnt saying james is wrong I cant remember if lee did actually use a sealer on them, but the after shots were an amazing result whatever method was used 😉

sorry Ash, clicked wrong post buddy, edited it now. sorry buddy

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I wonder where lee is he was a brilliant poster on here had a lot of info from him he probably got bored of me asking so many questions

Ha ha I havent seen him on here for a while

 

[High Peak Tiling]

trust me guys quarrys need sealing -

Natural Stone Sealer | Stone Sealant Products | Sealer For Stone | From Nu-Life Stone Care

Mike

Thanks Mike, like i said. I am also sure the non glazed/pre sealed one do. These are them.

 

[Mr Tiler]

sorry Ash, clicked wrong post buddy, edited it now. sorry buddy

that's ok bud ive posted the link to that thread from lee anyway it looks like he does seal them anyways

 

[High Peak Tiling]

that's ok bud ive posted the link to that thread from lee anyway it looks like he does seal them anyways

ive had a good luck and read. i think i shall be using lithofin's cleaner sealer and sheen.

 

[steve187]

In the old days all we used on quarries was linseed oil, done thousand's of metres, with wide sand and cement joints.

 

[High Peak Tiling]

Product bought for the job are as follows :

Lithofin KF Restorer
Lithofin KF stainstop
Lithofin KF polish

 

[jamespaul]

quarry's are salt glazed (non porous ) so all your doing it
putting polish on the surface

 

[High Peak Tiling]

quarry's are salt glazed (non porous ) so all your doing it
putting polish on the surface

it will be on the surface yes, because the tiles will already be sealed

 

[Houston]

fixed loads of heatherbrowns and dennis ruabon red quarries, never sealed them and they always look lovely when wet

 

[High Peak Tiling]

fixed loads of heatherbrowns and dennis ruabon red quarries, never sealed them and they always look lovely when wet

I am sealing for job longevity and convenience, these particular ones haven't been cleaned properly for years. So I am going to clean thoroughly and seal for a longer lasting finish, then polish to give that 'sheen'

I think because they don't clean them properly I best seal them to preserve the work I am providing.. What ever dirt on top is then down to them 🙂