HELP Porcelain Floor Tiles

[DavieA]

Hi folks im in need of some help! Just layed a procelain floor with wicks tiles there not polished, all was well but as the tiles have dryed there is now a white haze over the floor and im not sure whats caused it or how to get rid of it.
I used bal grout.

I did however use during my clean up before grouting fairy liquid and water in a spray bottle , is the white haze from the washing up liquid or grout haze that will come off with lots of mopping with clean water?? Or is it more serious??

I have attached a pic taken after id cleaned up u can see the tiles at the top beginning to dry and the white haze appearing.

Thanks everyone

[kilty55]

hi,have you tried waiting till its dried then washing the floor with water and a sponge a few times?? try this a few times im sure it will dissapear im on the understanding its only polished porcelain that needs sealed prior to grouting m8,i layed a glazed porcelain floor last week and was advised to test a spare peice with a felt tip pen,,if the pen rubs off after 10 minutes it doesnt need sealed and most floors iv done need cleaned a few times to remove residue,,by the way nice floor

[DavieA]

Cheers mate, The tileshave a kind of textuerd surface but have done the felt pen test on a scrap and it rubed off. So maybe the floor is just needing a good wash down after grouting??

[kilty55]

yes i reckon it just needs washed down a few times before it clears all residue etc,,hope this helps,,

[Dave]

It looks like the grout residue has ingrained into pit marks on the tile as well.....so i would use something like lithofin cement away..this will sort it no probs...follow the directions on the bottle........

good luck......looks a good job as well..........

[DavieA]

Sounds promising,

Is lithofin cement away is safe for all tiles??

[Dave]

Most tile types yes.......but some softer stones then no....lithofin wexa would be better.......

[DavieA]

Ah dont do soft stone laying, im mainly at the mo doing porcelain and ceramics mainly so for use on those types of tile the lithofin cement away is the way to go ?

[Dave]

It's what i use...good product, and can be got from any CTD branch.....

[DavieA]

GREAT cheers!!