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Had a panic when we had to rip out some of our floor tiles after a plumbing leak....
wondering about modern maintenance product for my Elon Mexican Saltillo tiles..... These were laid in my kitchen years ago - sealed with Bentens 500 sealer and Bentens No Buff polish to maintain. They...
Advice with poor finish with fila fob extreme . After stone tiles had been laid and cleaned - fila fob extreme used to seal tiles before grouting . After grouting completed and cleaned off it has left a very patchy finish (see pic ) no more sealer will be absorbed .mandarin stone now say that...
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Wickes and B & Q do large 2L tins of all kinds of sealers in the general building section (not the tiling section)
Some of them are wax and acrylic types however I want to know if anyone knows which are the "impregnating" types. They are like 30£ each and I cant tell unless I open them and...
Don't mind me while I try and get some discussion on this pendulum test value thing I've got going on at the moment.
Searching the forum back to 2006 I can find very few threads mentioning the r value or ptv for floors and I see it as being quite important especially now polished porcelain is...
Hello from sunny NZ.
We have just laid Spanish handmade wood fired terracotta.
We want to achieve a traditional high sheen antique effect.
Must we use the labour intensive linseed/beeswax system or can we utilize the alternative products that are marketed?
Can we use linseed and finish with one...
Johnfalk
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Hi lads asking your thoughts on sealers for indian sandstone slate interior exterior wondered if i was out of date not done much for twenty years
regards Pete
In my kitchen I currently have a laminate floor which as been less than successful although it was pretty cheap stuff five or six years ago. I laid it on top of quarry tiles. They are not old ones being only about twenty years old. Anyway we laid the laminate because it was a devils on job...
Ok this is a bit of research really and aimed more of those that lay stone. What makes you choose a certain brand of sealer?
Price
Coverage
Quality/performance
Ease of application
Architects/Customers
What would you say the biggest downfall if any a sealer has?
Well i have to put my hands up here!!! I've been tiling for a long time now and really thought i knew my stuff, especially when it comes to fixing and sealing stone, but..
this forum has bought to light something i have never heard of, and after talking to my friends in several very large stone...
who uses a mask when aplying sealers? and what make or brand do you use?
I must admit I havent used masks, have always made sure the room is as well ventilated as can be, however have noticed that lateley it has really been getting to me, as high as a kite:lol: but also getting on me...
hi, tiled a kitchen worktop lately in polished porcaline, and over night, my mates wife opened up the sealer and sealed it, (told them not to touch anything), and now theres handprints and smears that she cant clean off. it aint my problem as they sealed it before i finished but it is my job and...
Have always used Aquamix sealers but understand they are to be no more. Can anyone recommend another brand that doesn't leave you as high as a kite after use? Used a Fila Sealer once and had a headache for 2 days after. I liked the Aquamix stuff as it wasn't 'toxic'!!
Any recommendations...
Hello all, I wanted to put up a little bit of info on LTP sealers to go with the post I put up the other day on surface types. I will add a link to this post at the bottom of this one. All LTP products can be bought or ordered at any Tile Giant store.
This is the second time I have typed out...
got a polished porcelain job coming up, there not the cheap b and q ones there from tileflare how ever they still recomend i seal them, was reading the hg stop stain product for polished pors and it says you just apply it a let it soak in no need to buff the tiles afterwards, any one ever used...
Im after advice on what adhesives, sealers etc are required for tileing my wetroom in slate... + where I can buy them near Slough/High Wycombe.
Floor substrate is Ply, aquadec and tilesafe mat.
Wall is plaster, aquapanel and moisture resistant plasterbord.
Whilst the plaster drys this...
Big Rick
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