After annoying the guys in my local CTD for about an hour looking at samples and agonising on colour, I decided on Mapei Moon white for the kitchen tiles which looked a pleasant light grey in the samples. But on the wall it looks basically white, and mostly just looks like dirty white grout. It...
Hi guys is it possible to remove a sealer of a tile ? …I have left a stain on a few tiles & sealed over it so need to strip it off…what would be best ..thanks
Hi - I have had a porcelain terrace laid and yesterday my dad grouted some of it for me. It was a nightmare day with weather and in hindsight shouldn't have started but now I'm faced with this... please please help. How do I clean this up? I've tried elbow grease, floor cleaner and Lithofin...
Hi, I have recently tiled a bathroom in a 9mm glazed Pietra serena lev 60x30 polished porcelain tile. I used a black bostik technik TGS grout but unfortunately it has left behind staining that I cannot remove, I have used HG cement grout film remover and vinegar but to no avail, I can’t seem to...
Hi I've just laid 26m2 of wood effect polished porcelain tiles (quite high end from Italy. Fioronese urban wood)
After laying them I cleaned then with ltp grimex to remove factory wax, then sealed using ltp sealer impregnator left for 20 mins then buffed them up. I left them for 24 hrs to cure...
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I've just completed laying a bathroom floor with 100x100mm black and white unglazed porcelain tiles ( PEI rated 5) . I've also knocked up a test piece on which to test the grout, as I'm a bit wary of the textured surface of these unglazed tiles. The intended grout colour is black...
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Fixed 15m2 of handmade encaustic cement tiles supplied by the Cement tile shop and like a complete jackass went and grouted tiles before sealing , after cleaning up saw that tiles were stained then checked suppliers website only to find out seal before grouting , is there a cleaning product that...
After using black grout on my beige porcelain matt tiles, it's left stains that won't come off with water on a kitchen sponge scrubber.
Is there a correct way/product to do this?
Hi all was tiling a small Kitchen Floor 12m with a 60x60 White Semi Polished and when i grouted the floor with Grey Grout it has left a stain very slightly but you can see it if you look closely (that's how slight it is).
Any How i have been tiling 25 years and i am very sure this was not my...
Just tiled and grouted this floor, cream 'rak' porcel with brown grout [emoji15]
grouted and cleaned normally.
It says nothing about sealing ont box and have never sealed them before , so im a bit miffed [emoji16]
Its stained the tiles , ive used these before with dark grout no problems, any...
Hello all! Been on this site for a while but not had any questions untill now! I am doing some work for a customer tiling with these tiles, Vision Wall and Floor Tiles - Ivory - 30x60cm - 5 Pack from Homebase.co.uk
. A comment on their site mentions having toruble removing grout, These tiles...
anyone got any good advice for cleaning white trims after i have grouted with black grout.
it seems to have stained and wont wipe off with the cleaners i have tried.
my window fitting friend sugested pvc frame cleaner which sounds like a good idea but has anyone use this on these trims before or...
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Hi Y'all, just come across a problem of black grout staining a polished beige tile. The weird thing is is that it is not at all apparent at the tile edge but rather on the tile not directly touched by the grout during grouting but has received a grout covering during the washing off. It appears...
Hi there, I have just had beige porcelain tiles fitted to a bathroom and left a section of around 15cm for some brown mosaics tiles to go.
They grouted the mosaic tiles today using Mapie 144 (chocolate brown) which I got and it appears to have stained the tiles a little.
He says that he has...
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I have been grouting my kitchen floor today with Jasmine mapai grout. The joints look spot on and I am pleased with the job. I thought that I had wiped the tiles enough but when they dried you can see the dusting of Jasmine grout on the tiles. I bought a bottle of the ltp stain remover but it...
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we laid some ESL ceramics Molise beige tiles in the kitchen and used Granfix Maxigrout in brown colour (not my choice) and the grout has stained the tiles badly. My builder/jack of all trades didn't follow the instructions to do a test on a spare tile and dived straight in and.. oh dear I...
hi, last week i laid a 60x60 black porcelain tile,that the shop said were sealed and didnt need sealing.while grouting with the dreaded black grout i noticed the tile absorbing the grout.all tiles now have that framed look where i got grout on.any help please.
I dont think I can get anyone to help with my shower wet room - 2 days on the phone, see "discoloured grout" thread. So I am having to do it myself !!
I definitely dont think it is leaking from the tanking but could very possibly be from chemicals in shower products. Worse round the drain...
Hi all
I'm a DIY :smilewinkgrin:
Our kitchen floor is tiled with ceramic? fake slate tiles, grouted a charcoal colour which is quite a bit lighter than the tile
After a few years of abuse from various spillages the grout is stained in patches a darker colour
Wondering if there is a...
i tiled my kitchen floor a few months back, used bal adhesive and grout.
i had a homebrew accident a week ago, and a bottle of elderflower champagne exploded. :oops:
anyway, a part of the grout "looks" to be wet... its been a week, and weather is scorching, plus ive cleaned the rest of the...
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