Deep Singh

I had honed limestone tiles laid in my kitchen a few months ago (it was sealed) and my messy wife has already managed to get stains on it

Also black dirt is showing in the little imperfections/grain of some of the tiles.

I am about to reapply some more sealant to protect from further damage but does anybody have experience of trying to get these stains out or is it impossible?

Many thanks

RON

I worked in a house recently which had similar tiles, they were filthy.... i suggested trying a seam cleaner of sorts..... kind of like a wall paper stripper..... worth a try anyway!!

Jamo

iTrader: (23)

id suggest the same, unfortunatly a high pressure washer is not really suitable in there. is it jdl that do a cheap steamer? the people that always sell stuff in wilkos and woolies etc. there only £20 or so iirc.

Deep Singh

As you say though I can't use a high pressure washer in the kitchen! I've seen some chemicals advertised on the web but was wondering whether anybody had tried them?

Mark Miwurdz

As above, get yourself a steam cleaner. One of the interchangable heads has a disposable towel on it and the crud comes striaght out. We had a travertine floor laid last summer and suffered exactly the same thing as you.

The job's a good 'un.

Cheers
Kav

Deep Singh

Kav, did it remove stains or just the ingrained(?sp) dirt? Also what kind of steam cleaner are you guys talking about?

Thanks

salsa-king

screed it all over

AudiLover

Get the pros in you tight git

Mark Miwurdz

Hi mate

The floor was sealed when it was laid so even red wine stains rub out. It lifts the ingrained stuff but if you went at it hard enough, I think it'd do stains too.

Ours is a 'Dirt Devil' - about 50 notes if memory serves correct from one of the big sheds.

Cheers
Kav

Deep Singh

I don't pay for sex, but I wouldn't judge you mate.

Deep Singh

Mine was sealed but suspect it hasn't been done properly and could probably do with another coat.

Thanks

Bubba po

I told you to get some decent quality ones without voids, didn't I?

r32

Sadly its what happens to this material, the sealer wont really seal the tiles amd you wont get the stains or the dirt out. Just a basic error in choice.

You may get them sanded by a professional and it will clean them up, depending on the depth of the stains, it is porous.

Deep Singh

Now thats not what I wanted to hear, but I suspect you are right.

Dunk

iTrader: (1)

Any recommendations for a decent sealer. (I'm in the same boat, floor was laid a year ago & it now looks grotty.)

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Brendan Hughes

Will one of these do?



Or do you mean one of the bigger ones, on wheels?

brybusa

The company I work for specialise in floors amongst other cleaning chemicals, we manufacture stone sealers, maintainers and polishers…a good sealer will slow the ingress of a stain (such as wine) but as mentioned above due to the porous nature of stone if its not caught in time it will work its way in….we also sell a poultice which drains the stain (by capillary action) out of the stone itself.

Depending on the nature of the stain and how long it’s been on the stone influences the eventual result…we recommend some of our customers skim the stone before applying a sealer etc..Which is a bummer if it’s a marble floor.

PM me your address and ill send you some info to help you understand and clean/maintain and polish the floor and list some recommended products.

Deep Singh

Thanks mate, pm sent. The sooner the better please as I've now covered the whole floor in sheets to protect it until I figure out what to do