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Stone sealers
I have laid some natural limestone floor tiles, very pale, porous and
open grained. I haven't grouted yet and I am thinking I should treat them with something before I drag coloured grout across them, which is the recommended procedure. I left topps tiles without buying their sealant already shocked at the price of all the 'extras' . I wondered if I might use something cheaper, since this is only a little patch of stone floor in an outbuilding and not an area of heave wear. So what is a stone sealer? like a varnish? synthetic? oil? PVA? Acrylic? wax? What would enhance the appearance of my limestone and make it easier to clean? preventing the grout from staining it while allowing the grout to stick itself in the joins? TW |
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TimW Wrote in message:
I have laid some natural limestone floor tiles, very pale, porous and open grained. I haven't grouted yet and I am thinking I should treat them with something before I drag coloured grout across them, which is the recommended procedure. I left topps tiles without buying their sealant already shocked at the price of all the 'extras' . I wondered if I might use something cheaper, since this is only a little patch of stone floor in an outbuilding and not an area of heave wear. So what is a stone sealer? like a varnish? synthetic? oil? PVA? Acrylic? wax? What would enhance the appearance of my limestone and make it easier to clean? preventing the grout from staining it while allowing the grout to stick itself in the joins? TW Lithofin C £25 a litre - good stuff. Treat the set grout with it after. A little goes a very long way..... -- Jimk ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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On 30/07/2020 21:53, TimW wrote:
I have laid some natural limestone floor tiles, very pale, porous and open grained. I haven't grouted yet and I am thinking I should treat them with something before I drag coloured grout across them, which is the recommended procedure. I left topps tiles without buying their sealant already shocked at the price of all the 'extras' . I wondered if I might use something cheaper, since this is only a little patch of stone floor in an outbuilding and not an area of heave wear. So what is a stone sealer? like a varnish? synthetic? oil? PVA? Acrylic? wax? What would enhance the appearance of my limestone and make it easier to clean? preventing the grout from staining it while allowing the grout to stick itself in the joins? TW It's alright I found the screwfix own brand no nonsense stuff and bought it. Still have no idea what it actually is and does. It's like a strange water repellant, milky thing. TW |
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On Friday, 31 July 2020 14:43:31 UTC+1, TimW wrote:
On 30/07/2020 21:53, TimW wrote: I have laid some natural limestone floor tiles, very pale, porous and open grained. I haven't grouted yet and I am thinking I should treat them with something before I drag coloured grout across them, which is the recommended procedure. I left topps tiles without buying their sealant already shocked at the price of all the 'extras' . I wondered if I might use something cheaper, since this is only a little patch of stone floor in an outbuilding and not an area of heave wear. So what is a stone sealer? like a varnish? synthetic? oil? PVA? Acrylic? wax? What would enhance the appearance of my limestone and make it easier to clean? preventing the grout from staining it while allowing the grout to stick itself in the joins? TW It's alright I found the screwfix own brand no nonsense stuff and bought it. Still have no idea what it actually is and does. It's like a strange water repellant, milky thing. TW If it's NoNonsense, nothing. I'll buy cheap, but not NoNonsense. NT |
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TimW Wrote in message:
On 30/07/2020 21:53, TimW wrote: I have laid some natural limestone floor tiles, very pale, porous and open grained. I haven't grouted yet and I am thinking I should treat them with something before I drag coloured grout across them, which is the recommended procedure. I left topps tiles without buying their sealant already shocked at the price of all the 'extras' . I wondered if I might use something cheaper, since this is only a little patch of stone floor in an outbuilding and not an area of heave wear. So what is a stone sealer? like a varnish? synthetic? oil? PVA? Acrylic? wax? What would enhance the appearance of my limestone and make it easier to clean? preventing the grout from staining it while allowing the grout to stick itself in the joins? TW It's alright I found the screwfix own brand no nonsense stuff and bought it. Still have no idea what it actually is and does. It's like a strange water repellant, milky thing. TW I already told you the market leading good stuff... killfile strikes again? -- Jimk ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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On 31/07/2020 19:40, Jimk wrote:
TimW Wrote in message: On 30/07/2020 21:53, TimW wrote: I have laid some natural limestone floor tiles, very pale, porous and open grained. I haven't grouted yet and I am thinking I should treat them with something before I drag coloured grout across them, which is the recommended procedure. I left topps tiles without buying their sealant already shocked at the price of all the 'extras' . I wondered if I might use something cheaper, since this is only a little patch of stone floor in an outbuilding and not an area of heave wear. So what is a stone sealer? like a varnish? synthetic? oil? PVA? Acrylic? wax? What would enhance the appearance of my limestone and make it easier to clean? preventing the grout from staining it while allowing the grout to stick itself in the joins? TW It's alright I found the screwfix own brand no nonsense stuff and bought it. Still have no idea what it actually is and does. It's like a strange water repellant, milky thing. TW I already told you the market leading good stuff... killfile strikes again? I already told you I was looking for something cheap and adequate so you were wasting your breath. TW |
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TimW Wrote in message:
On 31/07/2020 19:40, Jimk wrote: TimW Wrote in message: On 30/07/2020 21:53, TimW wrote: I have laid some natural limestone floor tiles, very pale, porous and open grained. I haven't grouted yet and I am thinking I should treat them with something before I drag coloured grout across them, which is the recommended procedure. I left topps tiles without buying their sealant already shocked at the price of all the 'extras' . I wondered if I might use something cheaper, since this is only a little patch of stone floor in an outbuilding and not an area of heave wear. So what is a stone sealer? like a varnish? synthetic? oil? PVA? Acrylic? wax? What would enhance the appearance of my limestone and make it easier to clean? preventing the grout from staining it while allowing the grout to stick itself in the joins? TW It's alright I found the screwfix own brand no nonsense stuff and bought it. Still have no idea what it actually is and does. It's like a strange water repellant, milky thing. TW I already told you the market leading good stuff... killfile strikes again? I already told you I was looking for something cheap and adequate so you were wasting your breath. TW You are TimW so I was guaranteed to be wasting my breath.. You can afford limestone tiles but skimp on the sealer? Hmmm. Cheap travertine full of filler? fair enough... -- Jimk ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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Jimk Wrote in message:
TimW Wrote in message: On 31/07/2020 19:40, Jimk wrote: TimW Wrote in message: On 30/07/2020 21:53, TimW wrote: I have laid some natural limestone floor tiles, very pale, porous and open grained. I haven't grouted yet and I am thinking I should treat them with something before I drag coloured grout across them, which is the recommended procedure. I left topps tiles without buying their sealant already shocked at the price of all the 'extras' . I wondered if I might use something cheaper, since this is only a little patch of stone floor in an outbuilding and not an area of heave wear. So what is a stone sealer? like a varnish? synthetic? oil? PVA? Acrylic? wax? What would enhance the appearance of my limestone and make it easier to clean? preventing the grout from staining it while allowing the grout to stick itself in the joins? TW It's alright I found the screwfix own brand no nonsense stuff and bought it. Still have no idea what it actually is and does. It's like a strange water repellant, milky thing. TW I already told you the market leading good stuff... killfile strikes again? I already told you I was looking for something cheap and adequate so you were wasting your breath. TW You are TimW so I was guaranteed to be wasting my breath.. You can afford limestone tiles but skimp on the sealer? Hmmm. Cheap travertine full of filler? fair enough... And you saved a tenner...ffs you dope :-D -- Jimk ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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On Friday, 31 July 2020 19:44:33 UTC+1, TimW wrote:
On 31/07/2020 19:40, Jimk wrote: TimW Wrote in message: On 30/07/2020 21:53, TimW wrote: I have laid some natural limestone floor tiles, very pale, porous and open grained. I haven't grouted yet and I am thinking I should treat them with something before I drag coloured grout across them, which is the recommended procedure. I left topps tiles without buying their sealant already shocked at the price of all the 'extras' . I wondered if I might use something cheaper, since this is only a little patch of stone floor in an outbuilding and not an area of heave wear. So what is a stone sealer? like a varnish? synthetic? oil? PVA? Acrylic? wax? What would enhance the appearance of my limestone and make it easier to clean? preventing the grout from staining it while allowing the grout to stick itself in the joins? TW It's alright I found the screwfix own brand no nonsense stuff and bought it. Still have no idea what it actually is and does. It's like a strange water repellant, milky thing. TW I already told you the market leading good stuff... killfile strikes again? I already told you I was looking for something cheap and adequate so you were wasting your breath. TW he always is. Let's hope you're right and by some miracle it turns out to be adequate. |
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