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, as our customer had just bought a house and dicovered this beautiful VictorianTiled Floor underneath the carpet in Bredbury. Bredbury is a suburban town in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport.
This was a funny floor. From Distance it looked like a Quarry Tile Floor
but on closer inspection it was actually Victorian Tile Floor. This was a positive suprise to me as you can use more robust cleaning methods on Victorian Tiles than Quarry. We agreed on the price over email, so when I first saw these tiles I started with cleaning. Bad news was, all the white stuff you can see on pictures, was cement.
There was actually more cement then I was anticipating. For cleaning these tiles I used our 200 grit diamond burnishing pad fitted to rotary machine, I couldn't have used this method with old quarry floor. I used water as lubricant, this way you can burnish with ease and not create any dust. I had to do couple of applications on this tile floor and then get on my knees to clean the places where rotary machine and 200 grit pad didn't get.
After doing the burnishing clean, I also went over these victoriantiles with our acid based grout cleaner. Acid help me to remove the last cement or grout haze left on the tile floor. I rinsed the floor several times after I was done with the big clean and removed all the water with wet vacuum.
At the end of the day I was finished with cleaning, so I left the tile floor to dry for couple of days.
On my return, first thing I did was checking the floor with my damp tester and discovered some damp in corners. I managed to dry out the damp areas with my heat gun and then prepared myself for sealing this beautiful victorian tile floor.
For SealingI used 2 coats of colour enhancing impregnating sealer. Impregnating sealer really brough up the natural colours of these tiles, it also protects the tiles from inside out.
Next I topped the impregnating sealer with 4 coats of our water based topical film forming sealer. This gave the wow effect with the glossy finish it provided. Topical sealer is also great for everyday tiled floor maintenance as it leaves a really smooth surface.
Our customer was very happy with the results we got on this floor. He even gave us 5 stars and left a nice feedback:
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