grout residue on porcelain ?

[terry the tiler]

anyone no how you would get grout of porclin tiles ? its a mates job and he rang me for advice but iam not clued up on porclin yet ! tiles are 600 by 300 they look unglazed and have a bumpy finish. he grouted and washed of as normal but customer rang him the next day to say all the tiles are stained with reside grout and wont clean off? any ideas would be great thanks !!

[poynton phil]

You need a grout residue remover, i use the one that LTP do availiblle from tile giant,mae sure you do a test area first

[terry the tiler]

i thought it might be something simple ! just wasnt sure due to it being porlin !

[doug boardley]

after the fact, but always best to make sure it's cleaned off properly before it sets

[jimbo]

Make sure you dont get any on the grout as it will discolour

[beanz]

Make sure you dont get any on the grout as it will discolour

I can't speak for the LTP product, but the H&G version doesn't discolour the grout. A test are should show whether this will happen or not, but i don't think it's supposed to.

[jimbo]

Just checked what brand it was and you were right Beanz it was LTP

[enduro]

I would use Aqua mix sealer & coating remover, if its a real problem to remove.

[dagger]

lithofin cement away can also be used, watered down at first and up the concentration if need be!

[poynton phil]

Just checked what brand it was and you were right Beanz it was LTP

Ltp actually will reverse any bleaching caused by other residue removers, i did not believe this myself at the time their rep informed me of this, but seeing was believing, and it does work.

[batiling]

If these are q rock from topps then he is in for a tired arm and sore fingers from all that scrubbing

[doug boardley]

Ltp actually will reverse any bleaching caused by other residue removers, i did not believe this myself at the time their rep informed me of this, but seeing was believing, and it does work.

is that the Grimex one Phil?

[Terry Cottar]

I would use Aqua mix sealer & coating remover, if its a real problem to remove.

good suggestion but the sealing & coating will bust down the polymers then you need some phos acid as well

tel