Basalt - adhesive marks! - Tile Advice

[Jimmy Skins]

Thanks

 

[hillhead]

I seen this all before,a builder who i'm now his only tiling contractor had me tiling in his own house a few years ago. His front hallway was already tiled in travertine but it had started breaking in places,after my simple investigation it turns out some clown had tiled by dot and dabbing too.He had over an inch below some tiles:yikes:
Costly repair.

 

[Ceramico tiling]

dot and dab is lazy.There is no excuse,especially if the client doesent mind buying the extra adhesive.:incazzato:

 

[merlecollins]

Don't panic Jimmy - like Dave says they will dry out mate

 

[DerekHB]

Thanks for getting back so quickly!

I think the patches are dispersing and slowly fading 5th day now, attached picture showing the problem.

My suspicion is that the moisture has brought salts up through the tile.
Last night I covered one tile with a puddle of water and left this for a few hours, sponged it up then dried with a hair drier on cool! The patches came back but looking this morning have almost gone with a faint shape of the patch.

Is this normal?

Did you ever fix this spot issue? We have the same, and have never been able to fix it - Can we stain the tiles, or is that too late too, as the tiles are sealed! I suspect we will have to replace them - big job!