Black polished tile looks dull/light/scuffed in places - TilersForums.com

[Happymumandwife]

Hi, hope someone can help

We have put down romsey black polished porcelain tiles (500x500) from b&q in our kitchen/dining room. They look great, but noticing some tiles look dull at parts, the way I'd describe it is it looks scuffed, but nothing has scuffed it. It looks light/dull/scuffed. Is there anything we can do rather than change the tiles, we've already changed 2 tiles and then it's happened again.

The tiles didn't have wax on them nor did try need sealed just the cut edges needed sealed. That was box instructions.

I'm really regretting these tiles as I'm thinking are they all gonna start going like this, although they are lovely!

Is there anything we can use to bring the shine back or to stop it happening again? Love my new kitchen etc feel so disheartened about my tiles x

Thanks x

 

[Topshop]

The tiles didn't have wax on them nor did try need sealed just the cut edges needed sealed.

I'm confused - did you seal or not seal? Did you seal the grout?

 

[DHTiling]

You only seal the surface.. not edges on polished porcs..

But i have to say that a lot of B&Q porcs have a transit wax on them, and not the first time they have when they have said the have not..

Can you post some pics please.?

 

[Happymumandwife]

Hi,

No we haven't sealed them or the edges. And no haven't sealed grout, do we have to? I'm wondering is their wax on them as every wee mark shows up on them like a scratch. But we are being very careful with them. Our fridge is on wheels and when we wheeled it in its left the marks "/
How would we know if there's wax?

I'll try & post a pic not sure how to "/

Thanks

 

[Happymumandwife]

How do I add a pic? Sorry new to this

 

[Topshop]

And no haven't sealed grout, do we have to?

What grout was used?

 

[Happymumandwife]

Hi, we used unibond grey grout, (not the adhesive and grout one) But this shading dullness happened on a tile before it was grouted and we changed it, now it's happening more. How would we know if there is wax on them? Thanks

 

[Daz]

Are you noticing the "dull" tiles where there is a downlighter shining on to them? If you drag your finger across the "dull" tiles does the surface finish change? Do the tiles feel greasy or smeary?

If you can answer yes to any of the above, then I would be confident in suggesting that there is a transit wax on the tile surface.

Daz

 

[Happymumandwife]

Hi Daz, yes they feel slightly rough at the dull part, not very rough but not as smooth as the rest of the tiles. you know like if you have a smooth bit of wood and someone sands a wee bit the texture would change ( sorry trying to explain it best I can lol) so if there is wax how do we get it off and what do we use? We're in Northern Ireland and don't have a lot of tile shops that mainland would. Also can you explain what we do to remove and after we've removed the wax. Thanks so much for your reply.

 

[Daz]

They will be easily cleaned, but I will hold fire with product recommendations until some of our NI tilers have seen this thread, so that they can steer you to "local" suppliers.

Good luck,

Daz