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Hi everyone, first post an just wondering if anyone has had the same problems.
Over the last year Ive tiled several new builds with a 600x600 cream/beige polished porcelaine (Eagle Brand Holdings), when the builder first started using these I told him to check wether they needed to be sealed with the supplier, he did and came back with they dont need to be sealed.
I tiled 4 houses with these tiles and no problems at all, buffed up nicely and no staining.
On the latest build, they have used a 600x300 for the bathroom walls, I tilled as before but after grouting, loads of cloudyness and smudges.
It has been a nighmare to say the least but have found that HG grout and residue remover seemed to restore the shine. With alot of elbow grease and work they are nearly there.
After checking with the suplier it seems they do now need to be sealed, god knows who the builder spoke to at the supplier originaly but they were wrong about the sealing.
I still had 24m2 of 600x600 to tile on the kitchen floor so didnt think anything of tiling first and then sealing before grouting, wrong! Even though I had worked very clean, change the washing down water and giving another wash down with clean water at the end of the day they have still dried cloudy and smeary even before sealing and grouting.
Fingers burnt and lessons learned indeed.
On all the jobs I used the same adhesive, Dunlop set fast plus and C2 with admix.
Now my question is, could this be a bad batch of tiles, more porous than previous batchs or could it be the hardness of the water?
On future jobs I plan to seal before laying the tiles and after grouting.
Ive only had this problem on one other job and they were cheap 600x600 printed patern pre sealed poceliane.
Any ideas or advise?
Many thanks
Over the last year Ive tiled several new builds with a 600x600 cream/beige polished porcelaine (Eagle Brand Holdings), when the builder first started using these I told him to check wether they needed to be sealed with the supplier, he did and came back with they dont need to be sealed.
I tiled 4 houses with these tiles and no problems at all, buffed up nicely and no staining.
On the latest build, they have used a 600x300 for the bathroom walls, I tilled as before but after grouting, loads of cloudyness and smudges.
It has been a nighmare to say the least but have found that HG grout and residue remover seemed to restore the shine. With alot of elbow grease and work they are nearly there.
After checking with the suplier it seems they do now need to be sealed, god knows who the builder spoke to at the supplier originaly but they were wrong about the sealing.
I still had 24m2 of 600x600 to tile on the kitchen floor so didnt think anything of tiling first and then sealing before grouting, wrong! Even though I had worked very clean, change the washing down water and giving another wash down with clean water at the end of the day they have still dried cloudy and smeary even before sealing and grouting.
Fingers burnt and lessons learned indeed.
On all the jobs I used the same adhesive, Dunlop set fast plus and C2 with admix.
Now my question is, could this be a bad batch of tiles, more porous than previous batchs or could it be the hardness of the water?
On future jobs I plan to seal before laying the tiles and after grouting.
Ive only had this problem on one other job and they were cheap 600x600 printed patern pre sealed poceliane.
Any ideas or advise?
Many thanks
