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Hello :)

I was hoping someone could please help. This floor has been laid but has a tonne of scratches all over it.
Is this normal? Am I being too picky?
It’s a tonne of fine scratches all over.
I’ve tried washing each tile with micro fibre cloth but no luck.
The tiles that haven’t been laid yet are not like this. The scratches are every single tile - even in the corners therefore nothing to do with walking/furniture etc
I hope someone can help 😫
 

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Could be from knee pads to pushing a bucket etc about whilst grouting and washing off. Is it every tile ?
I think it could be 😫 I don’t even know to do/say as its them all. It’s not like they can be taken up. Any advice on making good tile polisher/cleaner anything 😢 please x
 
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2001Steve

Personally I'd say this is normal. Ceramic floor tiles with a smooth polished will have endless scratches and swirls starting the moment you put them down form walking, washing, sweeping etc. Dirt is sharp! The more shine on the tile, the smoother the surface the darker the tile colour the more it show. You can't prevent this.

If you have deep scratches that your nail can catch...something is being dragged across tiles that is heavy. As others have said a tilers kneepad can do this if dirty and sand like grains get lodged in the pads. Tilers generally keep their kneepads clean to prevent this.
 

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