Help please,cleaning grount from terracota
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dude2008
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Help please,cleaning grount from terracota

by dude2008 » Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:04 pm

please please help,have asked a freind to grount m new floor but he put the grount all over the tiles, although i put some oil first to seal it a bit they are very dark.On the grounting mix we added some black dye.
Can any one tell me how i can bring back the nice culor of the terracota,is there any product i can use?
Hope some one can help i'm desperate

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by stoneyboy » Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:28 pm

dude2008,
From what you have written it sounds like the tiles are the ones with a porous surface. If they are I don't think you will have any chance of just cleaning the tiles to remove the staining. Try using a carborundum stone with lots of water (small trial area first), this may expose the original colour.
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