1111

Hi all,

A couple of questions please- Got my first paying job next week to seal a 20sqm kitchen floor with a rough ceramic tile for a customer having issues with keeping it clean with her kids.
(Ok its not tiling the paladium but its a start!!!)


I've got the name Lithofin off the forums and whilst looking for an online supplier to deliver up here, I decided to ask at our only tile shop - the lady behind the counter did stock Lithofin but suggested that BABY OIL would do just as good a job!????

Now have Lithofin misplaced all their cash in their research.........#

If as I suspect ...No how long would you estimate the process to take? 1/2 a day and any recommendations for online distributers?

Cheers

AK

grumpygrouter

Now that is an interesting thought. My own personal gut feeling is that baby oil, while giving some initial waterproofing characteristics, will do nothing more than attract and hold the dirt, fluff and other children generated detritus.

Bit slippy too methinks!

Don't think it would be something I would consider. If you try it, let us know how you get on.

Grumpy

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wetdec

Not sure I'm getting this do you want to seal 20m2 of ceramic tiles with a rough/riven face ??

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TilingLogistics

I am not being funny or sexist but I think the lady behind the counter should get another job IMO. Unless she is mixing herself up with a porosity test that can be carried out with baby oil???? Please clarify if it is Ceramic or Porcelain?

Kev

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1111

Exactly that - Yes! i'll be using Lithofin I think - but just wondered what you thought of the Baby oil comment from my local tile shop...... and how long the job would take to do the job (with Lithfin not baby oil!)

AK
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Yeah I know Kev!- I dont think I'll pass on that comment to her as shes the only supplier up here!!

Ceramic tiles - for a kitchen
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AK
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Yeah - I dont think turning up for a job armed with a cloth and a bottle of baby oil to a single mum would give the right impression!

Lithofin it is .........

guy1976

so you are sealing the grout lines not the face of the tiles

Sir Ramic

Maybe she wasnt meaning for the floor and had other ideas

enduro

What the hell is putting lithofin on ceramic tiles going to do, surely it wont work . Tell her she wants a rotary scrubbing machine and a good wet vacuum that will keep it clean

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wetdec

But you cant seal Ceramic who is telling you to use lithofin on a glazed tile ?????


Baby oil dissperses and is only good for ars**

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grumpygrouter

Maybe it is the grout he was hoping to seal?

Grumpy

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Fekin

The women in the shop, while she has comedy value she should still face the sack for advising customers to use baby oil on tilied floors

devonmark

tell her to mop it more often....that will keep it clean....sealing will be just wasting money....Mark.

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