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Our customer just bought a new house there and discovered this beautiful slab floor in the dining room, only problem it was sealed with resin based sealer which did not want to come off. Resin gave this yellow dirty look to floor and our customer was desperate to get it stripped, cleaned and protected again. Worst thing was, there was about 10 coats of the old sealer, it looked like they topped the sealer up yearly, leaving dirt between the coats.
For stripping this sealer we used Tile Doctors product Remove and Go. We sprayed the cleaning chemicals on the slabs and left to dwell in for about 10 minutes and then scrubbed with stiff scrubbing pad fitted to our rotary machine.
After scrubbing we removed all soiled water with our wet vacuum and rinsed the area from chemicals with clean water.
We had to do about 3 applications with the same system as each time we took off couple coats of the sealer.
Still after 3 cleans we had to get on our hands and knees to go over the floor with our steamer and diamond hand pads, as the buffer didn't get to corners and into texture.
After all cleaning was completed, we left the floor to dry over the weekend.
On return we quickly checked the floor slabs with our damp tester and luckily for us we had given enough time for drying. Although we still found some sealer in small areas which we couldn't see when floor was wet. So we had to clean these bits with our steamer and hand scrubbing pad, ofcourse followed by rinsing the area and then we used our heat gun to dry those areas. After that we got ready for sealing
For sealing we used our low sheen breathable film forming sealer, we had to use breathable topical sealer because our customer didn't know if there's damp proof membrane under the floor.
Sealer got carefully applied with paint pad and in total this floor took 4 coats till we archieved the required result.
After sealing we gave everyday maintenance adivce to our customer and packed our things.
Our customer was happy with the work completed and as always we were happy to help!
Before leaving we also gave all the maintenance info needed, you can also read about natural stone maintenance here: https://www.qualitytilecare.co.uk/maintenance-tips-and-advice-for-your-natural-stone-floors-walls
Tags: Natural Stone, Slabs , Cleaning, Sealer stripping , Sealing , Sealer Removal , Matlock , Derbyshire, Quality Tile Care , Maintenance Plan , Stone Cleaners, Flagstone Cleaning , Derbyshire Floor Cleaning