hand made terracotta iles from nicaragua - Tile Advice

[jonnyc]

anyone fixed tiles from here before!!

all time first for me.
ive had an enquiry come in today and looks very interesting.
strange shaped and curved interlocking tiles with squares .
i have seen similar in guatamala but never fixed .
think they will be ultra porous

 

[Tony73]

Look interesting, how many sq.m do you have? hope it's not 200? )

 

[Tony73]

looks like smaller piece should be turned 90 degree ?

 

[charlie1]

Must be other tiles in that module Johnny?

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looks like smaller piece should be turned 90 degree ?

Spot on

 

[jonnyc]

Yes I am sure there are other pieces inc possibly small semi circles.interesting one to price.but no way I will give day rate.
i like the challenge of estimating and costing any job.i would only give a client option of day rate to dig up a floor.never to tile it(!!

 

[Tony73]

yeh should be around 100 per sq.m for that jonnyc ?

 

[jonnyc]

Well when I have more info and module pattern we should all have crack at a labour cost.will keep the cost of getting out to Nicaragua separate to make it easier!!!

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Some of the best coffee comes from Nicaragua. Need a hand!
Hope it's the boiled linseed oil white spirit route topped by the buffed traffic wax!
Interesting pattern.

 

[Perry]

Some of the best coffee comes from Nicaragua. Need a hand!
Hope it's the boiled linseed oil white spirit route topped by the buffed traffic wax!
Interesting pattern.

John not wax I used to hate that method:yikes: and no good on corrillo to porous. he he mind you I still have two 12 inch polishing machines from days before I changed my ways

 

[jonnyc]

i need to see samples but my guess is that they are really really porous like the mexican red terracotta i used to fixed many years ago. In which case more porous than mexican saltillos.
will need to try various options but i have to say that i always liked the boiled linseed and wax that fired earth suggested when they started out, provided clour darkening is not an issue.
the american liquid seals that elon used to use (duraseal 500? was necessary for their saltillos just to stop the salt polyps exploding at random even years down the line.
but there were many accrylic sealers from castelnau and tiles of newport, pc1 and 3 from paris ceramics and many others.
my mother certainly remembers the time i borrowed her mini and put the soaked cloths with boiled linseed oil in her boot and set her car on fire on the A303.
i think this was the first time fired earth had this problem but they took no notice and a house caught fire not long after when a tiler left rags in a rubbish bin in a house!!!

 

[jonnyc]

John not wax I used to hate that method:yikes: and no good on corrillo to porous. he he mind you I still have two 12 inch polishing machines from days before I changed my ways

are you intersted in sellling them !!!
i much prefer the old machines with more weight and i have three crown pinion 15 inch machines that we use for cleaning /buffing .
by the way still not finished in lama country just down from you.
i dare not call client to see how he is getting on in case he has another project to start and never finish !!

 

[Perry]

John I think I had the best answer to those porous mex terracotta. I keep those polishers sometimes use them for cleaning.