Comments on: Do You Have a Hazy or Cloudy Effect on Your Porcelain Tiles? http://www.tileandstoneblog.co.uk/cleaning/do-you-have-a-hazy-or-cloudy-effect-on-your-porcelain-tiles/ Tile and Stone Maintenance Fri, 11 May 2012 16:49:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ian Taylor http://www.tileandstoneblog.co.uk/cleaning/do-you-have-a-hazy-or-cloudy-effect-on-your-porcelain-tiles/comment-page-1/#comment-944 Ian Taylor Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:26:49 +0000 http://www.tileandstoneblog.co.uk/cleaning/do-you-have-a-hazy-or-cloudy-effect-on-your-porcelain-tiles/#comment-944 Hi Alec, I have described a pretty thorough routine to try in the article <a href="http://www.tileandstoneblog.co.uk/porcelain/how-do-i-get-the-grout-stain-out-of-my-porcelain-tiles/" rel="nofollow">here</a> Hope this helps. If not, suggest you contact A'nge Kokkaliaris at www.aqua-seal.com.au - he is very experienced in this field and I ammsure he can advise you Ian Hi Alec,

I have described a pretty thorough routine to try in the article here

Hope this helps.

If not, suggest you contact A’nge Kokkaliaris at http://www.aqua-seal.com.au – he is very experienced in this field and I ammsure he can advise you

Ian

]]> By: Alec Nelson http://www.tileandstoneblog.co.uk/cleaning/do-you-have-a-hazy-or-cloudy-effect-on-your-porcelain-tiles/comment-page-1/#comment-938 Alec Nelson Sat, 14 Apr 2012 06:55:03 +0000 http://www.tileandstoneblog.co.uk/cleaning/do-you-have-a-hazy-or-cloudy-effect-on-your-porcelain-tiles/#comment-938 Hi Ian, I have just laid new tiles in a home I am renovating to sell and have used the same tiles in other rooms. Now I have just finished grouting and cleaning hte tiles in the bathroom and they have the cloudy effect that you describe above. We are looking to sell the home and do not want to go to massive expense is there a solution we can try ourselves that might help the look. The tiles are a pretty dark grey and so the cloud does stand out, we also used a coloured grout (lighter grey). Any suggestion would be appreciated. By the way fantastic blog. Hi Ian,
I have just laid new tiles in a home I am renovating to sell and have used the same tiles in other rooms. Now I have just finished grouting and cleaning hte tiles in the bathroom and they have the cloudy effect that you describe above. We are looking to sell the home and do not want to go to massive expense is there a solution we can try ourselves that might help the look. The tiles are a pretty dark grey and so the cloud does stand out, we also used a coloured grout (lighter grey). Any suggestion would be appreciated. By the way fantastic blog.

]]> By: Ian Taylor http://www.tileandstoneblog.co.uk/cleaning/do-you-have-a-hazy-or-cloudy-effect-on-your-porcelain-tiles/comment-page-1/#comment-775 Ian Taylor Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:59:17 +0000 http://www.tileandstoneblog.co.uk/cleaning/do-you-have-a-hazy-or-cloudy-effect-on-your-porcelain-tiles/#comment-775 HiStan, you don't describe why they don't look great (stains, dirty, dull, patchy etc) so it is a little hard to advise. By 'nano porcelain' I am assuming a polished porcelain that is presealed with a 'nano' sealer. This does not mean much, only that the tiles are sealed with a thin sealer that could penetrate the tiny micropores of the tile. We have seen plenty of this type of factory presealed porcelain that has a kind of coating on them (not transit wax, but sealer residue) and it can be pretty difficult or even impossible to remove. you could try an abrasive cleaner like Microscrub, or a solvent (like a stripper). Do yo have any photos? Hope this helps Ian HiStan,

you don’t describe why they don’t look great (stains, dirty, dull, patchy etc) so it is a little hard to advise. By ‘nano porcelain’ I am assuming a polished porcelain that is presealed with a ‘nano’ sealer. This does not mean much, only that the tiles are sealed with a thin sealer that could penetrate the tiny micropores of the tile.

We have seen plenty of this type of factory presealed porcelain that has a kind of coating on them (not transit wax, but sealer residue) and it can be pretty difficult or even impossible to remove. you could try an abrasive cleaner like Microscrub, or a solvent (like a stripper). Do yo have any photos?

Hope this helps

Ian

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