Ceramic and Porcelain Tile cleaning sealers

Mexican satillo tile floor is sticky after we used sealer/gloss

ANSWER - First you should contact the manufacturer of the sealer and ask them how to best deal with the problem. Generally speaking I have found the following method could resolve your problem: Use more…

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Ceramic and Porcelain Tile sealers

Can I use Polyurethane for a Sealer?

ANSWER - Putting polyurethane coatings over tile is not something that is normally done or recommended.  It might work, but I'm not sure how it would last or if it is healthy to prepare food…

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Ceramic and Porcelain Tile sealers

Can you darken saltillo tiles that haven't been sealed?

ANSWER - If the Saltillo pavers are unsealed and porous you can stain them. You can stain them another color or use an enhancer to just darken the natural color. Some of these products also…

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Ceramic and Porcelain Tile Removal sealers

How to remove heavy thick sealer from ceramic tile?

ANSWER - Unless you know what brand and type of coating is on the existing tile surface you can only experiment to determine what will chemically remove the coating.  There are various manufacturers that make…

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Ceramic and Porcelain Tile sealers Wet Areas

Wet Look Is there a product or treatment to give us a wet look?

ANSWER - There are sealers called "enhancers" that will give natural stone and unglazed ceramic tiles a wet look or darker look. Unglazed (through-body) Porcelain tile is considered impervious and does not absorb much, although…

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Ceramic and Porcelain Tile Maintenance sealers

Is it essential to have our tile sealed?

ANSWER - The primary reason to seal ceramic tile is to make it more stain resistant. It also makes it easier to maintain the tile because dirt and etc. doesn't attach as readily and it…

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