By Michael Ross on Sep 5, 2008 in Porcelain, Sealing | 0 Comments
Here’s a question we received just the other day:
“Hi, I have shiny black porcelain tiles in the kitchen which we have put a tile sealer on. We have the same porcelain tiles in our toilet with no sealer on. When I clean the toilet tiles they shine after just a mop however when I mop […]
By Michael Ross on Aug 1, 2008 in Porcelain, Visitor's Questions | 0 Comments
Question - “Help, I’ve just had 30 sq. metres (open plan hall, dining room and kitchen) of 600mm x 600mm glazed porcelain tiles laid. I was told that I needed to seal them, and was supplied with LTP MPG sealer for polished wall & floor tile sealer. I followed the instructions on the bottle, put […]
By Michael Ross on Jun 26, 2008 in Cleaning, Porcelain, Problem Solving, Visitor's Questions | 0 Comments
In my last article I mentioned the coatings that certain factories are applying to their porcelain tiles. In truth there are lots of different types of coating being used. Their purpose is to afford some protection to the tiles during transport, handling and of course, installation. Why are they doing this?
By Michael Ross on Jun 20, 2008 in Cleaning, Porcelain, Problem Solving, Stain Removal, Tiles | 0 Comments
I said I would be back talking about problems and issues with porcelain tiles and here I am. This won’t be the final chapter either. Having had yet another call today on ‘cloudy marks’ on newly laid porcelain floor tiles I thought should bring it up as a blog topic.So, what is the problem?