Learning How to Lay Ceramic Floor Tile the Right Way
by Rashel Dan Raring To start working on your own ceramic floor tile project? Get ready to learn the basics of how to lay ceramic floor tile right here and make that beautiful ceramic tile floor that you and your family have always wanted! So, get your tiling tools ready, put on ...
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May 20, 2008
Epoxy Removal (black grout stains) from Unglazed Products
The film of epoxy grout will not come off with an acid cleaning.
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April 18, 2008
Removing Efflorescence from Grout
Give the installation plenty of time to dry and the concrete to cure. Remove the white powder during this drying time by brushing. When new white powder stops developing clean the grout with a tile and grout cleaner to remove the stains. If necessary clean with diluted sulfuric or phosphoric acid. (Sulfuric ...
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April 18, 2008
Removing Stains from Stone
Coffee: glycerin, ammonia, enzyme cleaners Copper/bronze: ammonium chloride & talc Ink: ammonia, sodium perborate, solvents Iron: Phosphoric acid, sodium citrate, glycerin Linseed oil: hydrogen peroxide, ammonia, tri-sodium phosphate, sodium perborate Oil: acetone, amyl acetate, aromatic solvents Soot: tri-sodium phosphate, chlorinated lime Tobacco: sodium perborate, soap, sodium carbonate Urine: sodium carbonate, sodium perborate Wood: glycerin, tri-sodium phosphate, enzyme cleaners Notes: You ...
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April 18, 2008
Selecting Cleaning Chemicals for Stone
Natural soaps will help to provide sealing and/or dressing function for stone floors. The best soaps are vegetable based. Highly recommended are specialty soaps that have been formulated for use on most natural stone floors and other stone surfaces. Detergents are synthetic surface-active agents (surfactants). They are effective at picking up ...
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April 18, 2008
Maintaining Glazed Tile
While glazed tiles have good stain resistance spills of any type should always be wiped up immediately. Remove soil with a broom, non-oily dust mop or vacuum on a daily basis. Soil can abrade a floor as badly as taking sandpaper to it. When selecting a broom find one with a ...
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April 18, 2008
Ceramic Tile and Stone Terms
A Abrasion Resistance: A measure of a tiles ability to withstand wears by friction. ASTM C-1027-84 describes the standard test procedure for determining visible abrasion resistance of glazed ceramic tile. Absorption: (1) Penetration of water into tiles particles. (2) The property of yarn, fiber or fabric that enables it to attract and ...
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February 27, 2008
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