Hiya,
I'm in the process of stripping my first saltillo floor. Needless to say,
it isn't going all that well.
I've been using a stripper by Sparks that supposedly is pretty good. I've
also tried a product from
Jasco whose main ingredient is methylene chloride. Anyway, I put the
stripper down, leave for 10-15 minutes
and then hit it with a scotchbrite pad. I add a bit of water to keep a
slurry and continue scrubbing. Then
I'm wiping off with some paper towels and giving the whole thing a wash with
water. Needless to say, there
are spots of dark red that don't appear to have sealer on them but just
won't dry. I've tried doing a lacquer thinner
wash thinking maybe the tile soaked up a bunch of the stripper in places and
that doesn't seem to help either. I've tried
sanding with 220 grit on the dark spots and nothing. I've also tried
restripping the tile again (as many as 5x) and yet the spots
remain. The spots weren't there before I started this fiasco.Just how do I
do this? Has anyone else experienced this frustration and what was the
solution?
Thanks for any advice,
cc