My 1st Job Chlorine on tiles? - TilersForums.com

[MHT]

Hi all,

My very post so please accept ignorance in all things tile related. We have recently moved into an older house with a Victoria tiled floor. I am embarking upon cleaning and wondered if it's a silly idea to use concentrated chlorine to get rid of deep dirt once an initial acid wash is done?
I have chlorine granules which I use in our swimming pool but after accidentally spilling some and seeing its potential alternative uses I now often use it on outdoor patio tiles and it's amazing how well it blasts away deep ingrained dirt with no scrubbing at all!
Of course I dont want to try this on the indoor tiles if its likely to react / strip colour or damage the tiles.

Thanks in advance!

 

[J Sid]

Hi, I'd be more worried about the gases given of in internal areas, but I'm not a chemist just a lowly tiler
Welcome

 

[Dan]

I assume this is a hallway type scenario? You got any pictures by any chance?

 

[MHT]

Hi,

Yeah fumes are a worry! Gas mask at the ready perhaps. It is a hallway, images of front and back attached.

 

[J Sid]

There is safer products out there.

 

[Dan]

I've found some in my hall under laminate. Mine arent anywhere near the condition of yours. And I'm going give them a quick clean and seal them as is. I think keeping the age marks can keep the character.

People having new ones installed often want the reclaimed but realise the price.

It'd almost be a shame to ruin them with chemical cleaning to make them look new. Just IMO of course.

 

[al strachan]

as an ex water authority employee, i can confirm through experience that high concentrations of chlorine will chemically react with wood, and very quickly fill a large space with noxious gas, and potentially cause fire.

 

[MHT]

Thanks for all the advice everyone! Spent the day scrubbing and brushing the front hall using regular stripper. Took on board all the comments about gases and risk and so just did a few spots of high concentration chlorine on some dirtier tiles as a safe test... result? Did absolutely nothing! 🤣 so that's that them.
Totally agree with Dan, the antique look fits the house rather than brand new, to be fair with all the old polish off they have come up really well anyway.

Tomorrow.... polishing.

 

[Dan]

OoOoo pictures win prizes

 

[MHT]

Of course... will post tomorrow!

 

[MHT]

Cleaned and ready for polish! #nochlorineinsight

 

[MHT]

So I finally got round to polishing my back hall.... polish seems to have gone very patchy / dried uneven. Where did I go wrong? Bit hard to get an image to show the issue but I think this one does.

 

[Dave]

What did you seal with ?

 

[MHT]

Chemiclean metalised emulsion floor polish

 

[Dave]

Chemiclean metalised emulsion floor polish

Not one I’ve used , it looks like sealer residue , djd you buff the floor afterwards