Terracotta sealer

[Perry]

Someone asked how good the sealer i use on terracotta was so i put this cooking oil and egg on the tile 48 hours ago sent them pics and they are coming round later to pick up just run it under the tap lol

 

[nybor62]

hmm some soldiers would be nice to dip in that egg

 

[Perry]

hmm some soldiers would be nice to dip in that egg

was a job not to eat it :drool5:

 

[Gazzer]

was a job not to eat it :drool5:

You would eat it after 48 hours ????? ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww :ack2:

 

[Stonebro2]

Is it breathable - only problem I have had with resin type sealers is if there is a leak or damp and water gets underneath ?

 

[Perry]

its breathable if water get under terracotta you have a problem lol

 

[Perry]

You would eat it after 48 hours ????? ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww :ack2:

after 48 hours Neale no lol at the time behave yourself

 

[Stonebro2]

Yes I know but only problems I have had with Terracotta the past is if I have used Resin type sealers - used to fix a fair bit for Paris Ceramics - what a licence to print that was - just that type of Terracotta Pammet you show they are problematic feckers from an efflorescence point of view - a couple of fixers we passed work to where using yacht varnish and I remember a couple of problems they had with efflorescence coming up underneath - how to get the varnish off?! I think they used wire wool and nitromors - not nice.
Anything I finish Terracotta with, must have a remover that will take it off. Double Boiled Linseed has always served me well, and can be thinned with genuine real Turpentine will post a pic in a minute also LTP antique oil and finished with antique brown briwax

 

[Stonebro2]

My favourite Terracotta of all time - pre glazed at factory expensive circa £80 a sq.metre but so quick to lay

 

[Perry]

and you put a fried egg cheese butter on that floor it will mark ? this sealer is only made up with oils and waxs

 

[Stonebro2]

Yeah probably leave it on it will find its way through - not on the glazed one though
But I always sold lithofin Eversheen as an add on to maintain it with. Most of houses had cleaners or bought little Hoover twin disk buffers to maintain it

Maybe fixed 200 Terracotta floors - spot/cleaning refinishing never an issue - efflorescence bane of my life!

 

[Stonebro2]

Types of Terracotta I have fixed
San Genis
Teatree - Wellington Tile - Amazing leather looking Terracotta
Lionheart - Wellington Tile - Extruded
Wellington Hand finished kit did an octagon with a little star shape inset
Ferret Semi Handmade - Terranova
Ferret Handmade - Terranova
Ticsa antiqued - Terranova
Reclaimed French - Fired Earth & Paris (Antique Barr was it called or am I thinking of another product)
YHMB std - York Handmade Brick
YHMB Autumn Sunset
Ashcroft Brick works red
Ashcroft Brick works white
Saltillo - Elon and imported some myself
Fired Earth Tumbled
Alistair Mackintosh Red - Presealed - Great product such a shame when he stopped making it
Alistair Mackintoh Honey - Presealed
HR Johnson Extruded Red
HR Johnson Extruded Honey
Acorn Ceramics - Anyone remember them - big Terracotta importer in the 90's Did hexagonal and all sorts of shapes
Handmade red - honey shades and equally good either face up - Terranova
Another company near York who did a really pale cream and thay sold a two part resin sealer for it - fixed loads of it

 

[Stonebro2]

Oh Zydeco did a Zimbabwean Red Terracotta - hmm best not ask what happened to that factory

 

[Stonebro2]

Remembering so many jobs I wish I had photographed - but we didnt have digital Cameras in those days - it was 35mm film - and developing was pricy, when you are young man with kids

 

[jonnyc]

when did you do work for paris ceramics?
i was the main recommended tiler from 1992-2004.
we must know each other!!

 

[Stonebro2]

Hmm yes sometime then - Harrogate shop

 

[Stonebro2]

Just trying to remember chap who ran it?

 

[jonnyc]

i wasnt connected to harrogate , only kings road ,london.
good old days.
did some really tasty jobs with them or rather all the crazy ones were theirs and good money

 

[Perry]

stone you are only a beginner then you havent laid very many

 

[Perry]

did one of you two do Ozzy osbournes floor in in chalfont ? just around the corner from where you are woking now Jonny

 

[jonnyc]

did one of you two do Ozzy osbournes floor in in chalfont ? just around the corner from where you are woking now Jonny

I didn't but I Think I remember him being one of paris ceramics clients and buying parefeuille terra/cotta. They used to get so many of that type of client.dont know how they managed to throwaway such a good business,,,

 

[Perry]

he had his kitchen floor done in reclaimed terracotta when i was doing the rest of the house looked like paris work dont no why i didn't do it done the rest of the floors and bathrooms inc thassos and belgium black hallway

 

[Susie's]

Hi, I am installing tiles which look exactly like the tile pjc posted with the egg. I can see the sealer works, but can't find any mention of WHAT the sealer is. Is it linseed oil? I'm in the USA and have those tiles and thinking of waxing them with briwax. Does this sound feasible? So glad I found this forum, you all seem so knowledgable about this type terracotta which is not generally found in USA.
im going for the dark, matte, leather look. We have laid a section of floor which I am practicing on, but the exact look has not shown up yet. Also, I don't want the gray grout look, want it to blend in, and have practiced so far with unsanded mocha color. Any insight or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,

sue USA