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mini670
Hi,
I bought my 9m sq slate yesterday from Wickes.
It is the rough looking stuff with orange/red/yellow impurities on it.
After reading many posts on here im even more confused than i was before!
my plan is:
1 - scrub each tile clean with water (its quite dusty)
2 - seal the top sides of each tile
3 - let them dry
3a - Grade them, thickest to be used in middle.
4 - lay the tiles
5 - seal again
6 - grout
7 - seal again.
Does that sound ok?
Now some of the tiles are out of square (5mm across diagonals) should i persevere with them or return them?
Which sealer for a matt finish, easy clean? When sealing before laying which sealer, I ask as read a thread that someone said sealing before grouting made cleaning the grout up a tedious task.
How do they look with grey or black grout? Thinking white would be hard to keep white.
Cheers
I bought my 9m sq slate yesterday from Wickes.
It is the rough looking stuff with orange/red/yellow impurities on it.
After reading many posts on here im even more confused than i was before!
my plan is:
1 - scrub each tile clean with water (its quite dusty)
2 - seal the top sides of each tile
3 - let them dry
3a - Grade them, thickest to be used in middle.
4 - lay the tiles
5 - seal again
6 - grout
7 - seal again.
Does that sound ok?
Now some of the tiles are out of square (5mm across diagonals) should i persevere with them or return them?
Which sealer for a matt finish, easy clean? When sealing before laying which sealer, I ask as read a thread that someone said sealing before grouting made cleaning the grout up a tedious task.
How do they look with grey or black grout? Thinking white would be hard to keep white.
Cheers