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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Hard Floor Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: creighton foyle on October 19, 2015, 08:13:46 pm

Title: Travertine
Post by: creighton foyle on October 19, 2015, 08:13:46 pm
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Just went to look at this floor, only about 3m2  but it will be good for a first try, good practice, anyway they have used tops tiles sealer and various other products now she wants whatever is on it stripped and resealed.

Any advice on how to go about it?
Title: Re: Travertine
Post by: Kev Martin on October 19, 2015, 08:22:17 pm
HDT&G Cleaner and Honing Powder job done
Title: Re: Travertine
Post by: cleantech on November 10, 2015, 08:48:03 pm
HDT&G Cleaner and Honing Powder job done

Hi Kevin,

Was in a travertine floor job today and lithofin wax off was not up to the job of removing the sealer on the floor. What do you recommend to get the job done?
Title: Re: Travertine
Post by: Kev Martin on November 11, 2015, 04:08:34 pm
What are you trying to remove?
Title: Re: Travertine
Post by: cleantech on November 12, 2015, 08:09:20 am
Not sure Kevin something solvent based anyway
Title: Re: Travertine
Post by: Radek Jablonski on November 12, 2015, 09:12:16 am
Try some gentle floor stripper. Possibly some idiot have sealed it with some polish?
Title: Re: Travertine
Post by: cleantech on November 12, 2015, 09:49:16 am
Try some gentle floor stripper. Possibly some idiot have sealed it with some polish?

Great advice radek..solvent based stripper won't work so try a gentle stripper? if there is such a thing
Title: Re: Travertine
Post by: Radek Jablonski on November 12, 2015, 12:21:09 pm
use H2SO4 and you are sorted so :)

just polish it off with any stripper or possibly just with water

Title: Re: Travertine
Post by: Kev Martin on November 12, 2015, 12:32:29 pm
Not sure Kevin something solvent based anyway

You always use a High Alkaline first possibly coupled with honing powder if required.  This gives you a chemical clean & stripper coupled with a mechanical strip.  Now you haver said you tried Lithofin Wax Off and that didn't work.  So you just don't jump in with solvents as there are other considerations.  My advice is to try progressively stronger products so  in our range I would try progressively

1.   Miracle Finish Sealer Stripper
2.  Miracle Residue Remover
3.  Miracle Epoxy Grout Film Remover

and then finally if they all fail Miracle Mira Strip.  I would also couple all the above with honing powder.

Kevin
Title: Re: Travertine
Post by: cleantech on November 13, 2015, 03:27:38 pm
use H2SO4 and you are sorted so :)

just polish it off with any stripper or possibly just with water

Have no clue what you are trying to say.