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Discuss Sealing Polished Porcelain in the Tiling Forum at TilersForums; Evening all, I'm after some advice regarding CTD Polished Porcelain (Eagle) tiles. When purchasing I was told that they did not require sealing, I had hoped this would be confirmed ...
          
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    Evening all,

    I'm after some advice regarding CTD Polished Porcelain (Eagle) tiles. When purchasing I was told that they did not require sealing, I had hoped this would be confirmed on the packaging, but there's nothing on there to indicate any fitting/care instructions.
    I've checked the manufacturers website, but that has not helped either. Searching on this forum seems to show that most people would recommend sealing PP, but I have not seen any mention of these specifc tiles. So my question to you guys is has anyone any experience of these tiles and is able to confirm if sealing is necessary?

    The tiles are going to be fitted to the bathroom floor and walls.

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    Default Re: Sealing Polished Porcelain

    the pp tiles that are spoken about on here are the b and q ones which have issues but dont know of your tiles but Dave will answer shortly im sure.

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    as far as im aware all polished porcelain needs sealing prior to grouting as the polishing process creates micropores that that the grout can get into and make them very very hard to clean, also watch out for tiles that have a wax coating on that needs cleaning off after fixing but before sealing that a lot of manufacturers seem to be using now

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    Default Re: Sealing Polished Porcelain

    Quote Originally Posted by gonk31 View Post
    as far as im aware all polished porcelain needs sealing prior to grouting as the polishing process creates micropores that that the grout can get into and make them very very hard to clean
    Yep

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    yes that is true Gonk and is what i would advise the customer to do m8,also how do you remove the wax from the tiles ,what cleaning product do you use?I use the HG wax cleaner.

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    Default Re: Sealing Polished Porcelain

    Thanks for your replies

    Do any manufacturers pre-seal their tiles? I've been looking at the edge of my tiles more closely and it appears as though there is already evidence of something having soaked into the tile surface. I don't think it's wax as it doesn't come off when solvent is applied.

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    Hi steve...i know the tiles you are talking about and they do not need sealing......they are glazed porcelain with a high gloss finish.........have laid loads of them..........

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    Told you GOD would know..cheers Dave.

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    Good Old Dave

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