Comments on: How Do I Remove The Hazy Coating From My Porcelain Tiles? http://www.tileandstoneblog.co.uk/cleaning/how-do-i-remove-the-hazy-coating-from-my-porcelain-tiles/ Tile and Stone Maintenance Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:48:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ian Taylor http://www.tileandstoneblog.co.uk/cleaning/how-do-i-remove-the-hazy-coating-from-my-porcelain-tiles/comment-page-1/#comment-711 Ian Taylor Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:52:02 +0000 http://www.tileandstoneblog.co.uk/cleaning/how-do-i-remove-the-hazy-coating-from-my-porcelain-tiles/#comment-711 Hi Brian, I am not sure what brand you used but in most cases this should not be too hard to solv. As you appear to be in the USA , you should be able to get hold of some nanoscrub. THis is a mild abraisive that wont damage the tiles but should be enough to 'rub' the residue off the tiles. Failing that, use a solvent sealer stripper and you should be ok. Hope this helps Ian Hi Brian,

I am not sure what brand you used but in most cases this should not be too hard to solv. As you appear to be in the USA , you should be able to get hold of some nanoscrub. THis is a mild abraisive that wont damage the tiles but should be enough to ‘rub’ the residue off the tiles. Failing that, use a solvent sealer stripper and you should be ok.

Hope this helps

Ian

]]> By: brian http://www.tileandstoneblog.co.uk/cleaning/how-do-i-remove-the-hazy-coating-from-my-porcelain-tiles/comment-page-1/#comment-710 brian Mon, 31 Oct 2011 06:46:59 +0000 http://www.tileandstoneblog.co.uk/cleaning/how-do-i-remove-the-hazy-coating-from-my-porcelain-tiles/#comment-710 Hi Ian I have used grout sealant on our bathroom porcelain tile grout but the run-off dried on the porcelain itself produced streaks/stains that do not come out whatever I use. I also used the sealant itself to sort of "solvent" it out to no avail. The streaks themselves feel a little uneven on the tile, almost like it etched a groove into the porcelain but I can't tell. Is this possible? Thanks Brian Hi Ian
I have used grout sealant on our bathroom porcelain tile grout but the run-off dried on the porcelain itself produced streaks/stains that do not come out whatever I use. I also used the sealant itself to sort of “solvent” it out to no avail. The streaks themselves feel a little uneven on the tile, almost like it etched a groove into the porcelain but I can’t tell. Is this possible?
Thanks
Brian

]]> By: Ian Taylor http://www.tileandstoneblog.co.uk/cleaning/how-do-i-remove-the-hazy-coating-from-my-porcelain-tiles/comment-page-1/#comment-658 Ian Taylor Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:18:03 +0000 http://www.tileandstoneblog.co.uk/cleaning/how-do-i-remove-the-hazy-coating-from-my-porcelain-tiles/#comment-658 HI Siobhan, I have written a lot on this, I don't want to repeat the article above but: It could be wax, grout haze or poor polishing at the factory. If it is thet latter (dull shine, visible polishing marks, like the fine hair-line makrs left by an ice skater on ice) then it is a faulty tile and there is nothing that can be done. But I suspect that it is more likely to be grout haze and or wax. Try an alklaine cleaner - if this works - it is a wax coating and cleaning the whole floor then rinsing and buffing shold work, If not, then try a solvent (you can do a quick test with some clear, old fashioned nail varnish remover - the type with acetone) - a quick wipe with a cotton wool pad and the acetone, if this brings any of the haze off, then good news, a solvent will work, so try to get hold of sealer & coating Remover (click the link to All For Stone or call them). If no luck, you could try an abrasive cleaner - I refer to nanoscrub in the article but you won't get that now in the UK but there are alternatives - again try all for stone. The worst case it that it could be a polymer modified grout haze and the best proceedure for this is as follows: 1) Apply sealer & coating remover (solvent) - leave it to dwell for 30 minutes to an hout. Keep it wet with more solvent during that time. 2 ) WITHOUT removing the solvent, make up a solution of acidic cleaner like Phosphoric acid cleaner, can be diluted to about 10 : 1 with water (that is 10 parts water of course), ADD this to the solvent already on the floor and aggitate with a scrubbing brush/white pad 3) After the acid has had a few minutes to work, now ADD some Microscrub (alternative to the no longer avaiable Nanoscrub) and scrub togather. 4) pick up the slurry and then rinse with clean water Hopefully that will help Ian HI Siobhan,

I have written a lot on this, I don’t want to repeat the article above but:

It could be wax, grout haze or poor polishing at the factory. If it is thet latter (dull shine, visible polishing marks, like the fine hair-line makrs left by an ice skater on ice) then it is a faulty tile and there is nothing that can be done.

But I suspect that it is more likely to be grout haze and or wax. Try an alklaine cleaner – if this works – it is a wax coating and cleaning the whole floor then rinsing and buffing shold work, If not, then try a solvent (you can do a quick test with some clear, old fashioned nail varnish remover – the type with acetone) – a quick wipe with a cotton wool pad and the acetone, if this brings any of the haze off, then good news, a solvent will work, so try to get hold of sealer & coating Remover (click the link to All For Stone or call them).

If no luck, you could try an abrasive cleaner – I refer to nanoscrub in the article but you won’t get that now in the UK but there are alternatives – again try all for stone.

The worst case it that it could be a polymer modified grout haze and the best proceedure for this is as follows:

1) Apply sealer & coating remover (solvent) – leave it to dwell for 30 minutes to an hout. Keep it wet with more solvent during that time.
2 ) WITHOUT removing the solvent, make up a solution of acidic cleaner like Phosphoric acid cleaner, can be diluted to about 10 : 1 with water (that is 10 parts water of course), ADD this to the solvent already on the floor and aggitate with a scrubbing brush/white pad
3) After the acid has had a few minutes to work, now ADD some Microscrub (alternative to the no longer avaiable Nanoscrub) and scrub togather.
4) pick up the slurry and then rinse with clean water

Hopefully that will help

Ian

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