Stained porcelain floor tiles

[kevsalt]

had a nightmare on job laid recently..50mts porc on ufh ..bifold doors on one end 3 rooms knocked into 1...massively out of level everywhere..started laying these 600x600 s with the vacum lifter which i always use on these with 3mm joints..noticed with light flooding in through the doors the lifter left a black ring in the tile .carried on laying thinking no prob will clean off during grouting etc ...wrong ..no way would the mark come off ..the tiles were made in poland and obviously un glazed but highly polished ..virtually zero info on the boxes...spent 2 days at my cost cleaning with every type of cleaner known to man..poultice ..alkaline...thinners ..etc ..has anybody else had this issue

 

[Dave]

Not one I've come across ... I can't see how the rubber sucker has stained ... Was it lubricated with anything to help with suction?

Have you tried Abra clean by Lithofin .?

 

[Lithofin BOB]

As above, or try one of the magic sponges from the supermarket.test either on unlaid off cut first.

 

[kevsalt]

no lubricant on the lifter at all they must have been a bad tile and very microporous or something ive never had that problem before in 20 years

 

[Lithofin BOB]

no lubricant on the lifter at all they must have been a bad tile and very microporous or something ive never had that problem before in 20 years

Did you get it out Kevsalt?

 

[kevsalt]

yeah managed to clear most of them with your intensive cleaner and white emulsifier ...but it took a long time just couldnt believe a tile could stain so easily even tea stains were a nightmare to clean off ..just a warning to others if youre using lifters test it in the tile first

 

[White Room]

yeah managed to clear most of them with your intensive cleaner and white emulsifier ...but it took a long time just couldnt believe a tile could stain so easily even tea stains were a nightmare to clean off ..just a warning to others if youre using lifters test it in the tile first

I'm surprised they don't make a white one...I have a black one and it can mark tiles without realising it.