No products in the cart.
Expert Answers
How can I make my Ceramic Tile Glossy?
QUESTION
I have brand new unglazed porcelain and ceramic tile mixed. What can I use to seal and gloss the tile. The porcelain tile is a border tile. I want to bring out the cold more and make them more glossy.ANSWER
ANSWER - Unglazed porcelain tiles are technically impervious, but they still have some absorption. So they can absorb slightly.There are sealers called enhancers that can be applied to unglazed porcelain tiles to give it more of a wet look. Because absorbs so little, it is important that you wipe off the excess immediately after application with a lint free dry cloth.
There are surface sealers that can give a wet type look, but they aren't breathable, they don't wear well, and they are more difficult to maintain.
Glazed ceramic tiles have a glass-like glaze on its surface and generally speaking they don't absorb at all. So applying a sealer over it will not enhance the appearance.
2 thoughts on “How can I make my Ceramic Tile Glossy?”
Leave a Reply
My parents just had ceramic tile put thru out of their home. My parents are 77, my dad was a bricklayer by trade for 50 years. They have built many homes in their life time. This particular tile is very odd. Every time they clean the floor, the mop is black. My dad cleans and mops the floor daily, and it still comes up black when .wiped with a towel. Would you suggest a sealer? A friend of theirs mentioned epoxy. I would think epoxy would give it a big gloss…..help….
Thank You
Janin…daughter ready to pull her hair out!! 🙁
Ceramic tile or porcelain tile, which is a type of ceramic tile is a clay fired material. So it doesn’t seem likely that you have a ceramic tile based on you saying it gives off a black residue even after cleaning it.
I would guess that you might have some sort of a natural stone. Maybe a slate or a phyllite. Depending on the type and condition of the stone and what it has been subjected to, they can be known to quickly oxidize and bleed stains.
If you do have a stone, you might be able to seal it with a stone sealer that may or may not stabilize it. Don’t use epoxy. The bleeding stain will probably act as a bond breaker, so you need something that will penetrate into it.
There are professional stone restoration companies who could evaluate it and prescribe a remediation. You can look on our http://www.ctasc.com site under resources and get a list of sealer manufacturers at https://ctasc.com/category/resources/cleaners-sealers/.