Comments on: How To Clean Limestone Floors and Tiles http://www.tileandstoneblog.co.uk/cleaning/how-to-clean-limestone-floors-and-tiles/ Tile and Stone Maintenance Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:49:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ian Taylor http://www.tileandstoneblog.co.uk/cleaning/how-to-clean-limestone-floors-and-tiles/comment-page-1/#comment-653 Ian Taylor Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:53:52 +0000 http://www.tileandstoneblog.co.uk/cleaning/how-to-clean-limestone-floors-and-tiles/#comment-653 Hi Janan, team cleaners are ok, especially when used with a good detergent - but only for infrequent, deep cleans - not for every day cleaning. I doubt they will damage the floor but they will damage or degrade the sealer, and thus reduce it's life expectancy. For every day cleaning use a soft brush or a flat mop, dry or with a static spray cleaner if you can get one. When you have to wash it, use a neutral cleaner (ph7) Hope this helps Ian Hi Janan,

team cleaners are ok, especially when used with a good detergent – but only for infrequent, deep cleans – not for every day cleaning. I doubt they will damage the floor but they will damage or degrade the sealer, and thus reduce it’s life expectancy.

For every day cleaning use a soft brush or a flat mop, dry or with a static spray cleaner if you can get one. When you have to wash it, use a neutral cleaner (ph7)

Hope this helps

Ian

]]> By: janan plush http://www.tileandstoneblog.co.uk/cleaning/how-to-clean-limestone-floors-and-tiles/comment-page-1/#comment-652 janan plush Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:34:18 +0000 http://www.tileandstoneblog.co.uk/cleaning/how-to-clean-limestone-floors-and-tiles/#comment-652 New bathroom limestone both on the floor and the shower. Can a steam cleaner help keep the flooring clean or will this damage. What should we use on a weekly basis to keep the floor in good clean condition. It has been sealed. New bathroom limestone both on the floor and the shower. Can a steam cleaner help keep the flooring clean or will this damage. What should we use on a weekly basis to keep the floor in good clean condition. It has been sealed.

]]> By: Ian Taylor http://www.tileandstoneblog.co.uk/cleaning/how-to-clean-limestone-floors-and-tiles/comment-page-1/#comment-644 Ian Taylor Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:53:45 +0000 http://www.tileandstoneblog.co.uk/cleaning/how-to-clean-limestone-floors-and-tiles/#comment-644 Hi Majid, I am not sure there is anything that can be done here. A couple of things could have happened: The adhesive has acted like a bridge or a conduit between the back wall and the back of the limestone. This can allow the transport of soluble minerals to permeate through to the front. Or the wetting action of the adheisve has set has caused some thing to be disolved and travel through to the stone as the water dried - for example ther can be soluble forms of iron (Iron sulphide? - I am not a chemist!) the point is this iron then oxidizes (rusts) inside the stone. Or it could just be contamination from components in the adhesive that have travelled through the stone. If the stain was still mobile, (like damp, dirty water) it may be possible to pull it through the face with a poultice but I think this highly unlikely as I think that it is one of the reasons I have mentioned. If it is, then whatever the cause, it has now 'set' inside the stone and become a pretty permanent feature. If it is as a result of iron, there is a chance that over time, with exposure to UV light, it will fade back (happens a lot with white marble) but this can take lot of time. It is no help to you now, but you may be able to prevent this from happening agin in the future by first pre-sealing the back of the stone with a good impregnating before using the adhesive. Hope this helps Ian Hi Majid,

I am not sure there is anything that can be done here. A couple of things could have happened: The adhesive has acted like a bridge or a conduit between the back wall and the back of the limestone. This can allow the transport of soluble minerals to permeate through to the front. Or the wetting action of the adheisve has set has caused some thing to be disolved and travel through to the stone as the water dried – for example ther can be soluble forms of iron (Iron sulphide? – I am not a chemist!) the point is this iron then oxidizes (rusts) inside the stone. Or it could just be contamination from components in the adhesive that have travelled through the stone. If the stain was still mobile, (like damp, dirty water) it may be possible to pull it through the face with a poultice but I think this highly unlikely as I think that it is one of the reasons I have mentioned. If it is, then whatever the cause, it has now ‘set’ inside the stone and become a pretty permanent feature.

If it is as a result of iron, there is a chance that over time, with exposure to UV light, it will fade back (happens a lot with white marble) but this can take lot of time.

It is no help to you now, but you may be able to prevent this from happening agin in the future by first pre-sealing the back of the stone with a good impregnating before using the adhesive.

Hope this helps

Ian

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