Help needed on polished limestone floor - TilersForums.com

[scoot2273]

Hi,
I need some advice as I've been to a customers house to find that someone has tiled a polished beige limestone floor and has used a fila colour intensifier sealant but, the tiles have gone patchy/striped effect and they want to know if I can rectify it. Does anybody know of some stone restoration stripper I can use or will they need to get a professional stone contractor to strip and reseal the floor?
Any help would be much appreciated

 

[Tony73]

Hi, do you have any photos ?

 

[Tony73]

sometimes if they not fully dry (damp), and you seal them, they will go patchy.

 

[scoot2273]

Pic as requested

 

[Gazzer]

No grout ?

 

[scoot2273]

The grouting hasn't been done

 

[Tony73]

are they dry on pics? some of them look shiny, some not ?

 

[Tony73]

looks like jura beige honed limestone

 

[Tony73]

is it all floor looks like one in pic. ?

 

[scoot2273]

The funny thing is I know you get different shades but I noticed some were a dull limestone and some look polished. The dull ones look like they have been sealed fine. The tiles are all dry aswell.

 

[Gazzer]

Are there any left over tiles? may be worth looking at that 1st to see if its to do with the stone and not fixing sealing errors.

 

[Tony73]

i think that the stripey tiles could be faulty, i also get them sometimes.

 

[Tony73]

you can make polished finish to honed finish using polisher and different grade polishing pads, but some times , if tile surface is uneven the polishing pad does not touch deeper spots to take shine away

 

[scoot2273]

Not sure if they have got any spare tiles I will find out tomorrow but how can I tell if they are faulty?

 

[Gazzer]

Give one a coat of the same sealer and see if the problem happens again. I reckon there was some form of protection on the tile that wasnt cleaned off before sealing but I am not as well up on stone than some other members on here. I am sure they will be along tonight to have their say