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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Hard Floor Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: john martin on March 20, 2017, 06:25:31 pm

Title: old church floor
Post by: john martin on March 20, 2017, 06:25:31 pm

hello ,  this floor is from an old church converted to a guest house some time back  , im doing some carpets there and the owner would like this floor cleaned or looking a bit shiny for the new season  , can i put floor polish on it ? whats is appropriate ?   

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Title: Re: old church floor
Post by: john martin on March 20, 2017, 09:16:13 pm

quarry tiles ?   thats the nearist i get with a google search ,  if so i think i can wax em

Title: Re: old church floor
Post by: Kev Martin on March 21, 2017, 09:00:33 am

John

They look like a quarry tile.  However, the glaze looks a little shot on them.  I would therefore do the following:

1.  Deep clean (To get all the crud out of the faces and the grout lines)
2.  Allow to thoroughly dry. (Use a snail drier that will speed things up)
3.  Seal them with an impregnating sealer(This will stop a topical wax or polish sinking into them)
4.  Either wax them, or polish with Tile Brite or apply a topical sealer.

Kevin

Title: Re: old church floor
Post by: john martin on March 21, 2017, 10:27:45 am

Great info there , thankyou

Title: Re: old church floor
Post by: Kev Martin on March 21, 2017, 11:51:42 am

No problem!