February 2017 – Page 2 – Tiling Tips – Tips and Information About Tiling

Deep Cleaning an Edinburgh Shower Cubicle

16th February 2017 TileProf

This is a great example of the difference we can make to a Shower Cubicle which suffer from a build

Deep Cleaning and Polishing a Marble Tiled Kitchen Floor

15th February 2017 Reese Mackie 0 Comments kitchen, marble tiles, North Cumbria, Penrith, Tile Cleaning, tile sealing

When you have high quality tiles like Marble, Limestone and Travertine, it’s even more important than normal to use suitable cleaning products. If, for example, you apply a slightly acidic cleaner to Limestone, it can cause severe, irreparable etching that significantly damages the appearance of the stone. In a similar way, this customer in Penrith had been using an unsuitable wax-based liquid soap to clean her “Crema Marfil” Spanish Marble kitchen tiles. It had failed to prevent a heavy buildup of dirt, and had in fact darkened the stone, leaving it looking stained, unnatural, and all-around difficult to clean. To avoid the floor becoming a complete nuisance, the customer contacted me to see what could be done to alleviate the problems. Burnishing a Dirty Marble Tiled Kitchen Floor I explained to the customer that a process we use at Tile Doctor known as burnishing would be the most effective way to clean the Marble. Also suitable for Limestone and Travertine, this process involves the sequential application of specialist diamond encrusted pads of different grits to grind down any soil buildup and gradually create an aesthetic polish in the surface of the tiles. Our system consists of four burnishing pads: Coarse, Medium, Fine and Very Fine. I started, using a little water

Maintaining the Appearance of Polished Terracotta in North-Buckinghamshire

15th February 2017 TileProf

This old Terracotta floor in Shenley Brook End near Milton Keynes was already dirty with very little sealer intact when

Marble Posts

Renovating White Tumbled Marble Tiles

14th February 2017 Reese Mackie 0 Comments Hampton, kitchen, marble tiles, south middlesex, Tile Cleaning, tile sealing

This White Tumbled Marble tiled floor at a house in Hampton had been installed throughout the kitchen and dining area ten years back and was now in desperate need of a deep clean and seal to remove dirt that had accumulated in the pores of the stone. Once the dirt gets into the pores it makes it difficult to keep clean which is exactly the problem the property owner had experienced. The ‘tumbled’ effect on the Marble is achieved by tumbling the tiles in drums to soften and age the edges and surface of the stone. However, it was difficult to appreciate this interesting style as the presence of dirt and staining was quite overwhelming and the owner was now keen to restore it back to its original condition. Cleaning Tumbled Marble Tiles I started the restoration by applying a strong dilution of Tile Doctor Pro-Clean. This high alkaline cleaning product was spread across the floor and left to dwell for a short period, before I then worked it deep into the pores of the stone using a heavy duty rotary scrubbing machine. Next, some of the stubborn, more deeply ingrained stains were scrubbed by hand, along with the grout lines, which were also particularly dirty. The resulting slurry of water and cleaning solution was then pressure rinsed away and soaked up with a wet vacuum. The