Hi all, it has been a while as i have been busy this summer and neglected the blog. Well with the children heading back to school people have been taking a look at there floors and looking to have work carried out on them. The most recent one of these was a tumbled creme marfil floor in a kitchen & hall that had been installed over 3 years ago. The customer had been unhappy with the finish after installation and the tiler used a wax coating to put a nice high gloss shine on the floor and hence cover any marks that had once been noticeable. Well after 3 years of walking washing etc the floor had gone dull, dark & generaly lacked its once fine marble look to it. Note in the picture the dark & light patches were the wax is showing signs of coming away from the tiles.
Well after a few tests to determine what was the best approach to restoring this floor i decided that the best way removing the wax was Aqua Mix "Sealer & Coating Remover". This product is excellent at breaking down coatings from above & within the tile bring evrything to the surface which allows for its complete removal. There is a dwell time of around 1 hour to allow the product to do its job. The only drawback is its not a very pleasant smell and you have to be carefull as it makes the floor extremley slippy to work on. Once it is removed and the floor given a good rinse over i was ready for the next stage which was to give the floor back its natural shine rather than using a wax i used Aqua Mix "Reviver" which put a lovely natural shine back on the floor. The last stage was to apply a sealer to the floor and here i used Aqua Mix "Ultra-Solv" which is a penetrating sealer that provides an excellent level of protection without any loss of shine to the surface.
