This kind of thing happened twice to us recently on a honed travertine floor.  The first time we successfully took off the sticky residue with an 800 grit (yellow i believe) twister pad dry.  We reapplied some impregnating sealer, overdid it a little, but were able to take it off with two passes with different hogs hair pads dry.  Not saying that stripper will not work or is not necessary, but we were lucky that we found we didn&#39;t need to go to strippers and it still worked out fine.  Might want to test this.<br>
Baird<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 9:41 PM, steve cox <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a target="_top" href="mailto:pcox@homesc.com">pcox@homesc.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Thanks for info.  So applying more of the color enhancer sealer will help remove the sealer that didn&#39;t absorb, and then just power clean and try a topical sealer instead of impregnating sealer after several days of drying?  Haven&#39;t used a topical sealer, what do you recommend?<div>

<br></div><font color="#888888"><div>Steve</div></font><div><div class="im">Cox Stone and Tile Care<br><br></div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 9:25 PM,  <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a target="_top" href="mailto:info@restoreyourtiles.com" target="_blank">info@restoreyourtiles.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">   I had this happened to me but with water based color enhancer sealer. The floor was a Jefferson slate which apparently has lots of oil inside of it. That is what prevented sealer to get absorbed into the stone. I used more of an enhancer to dissolve the sealer and wiped off entire floor with rugs. Then I used Klenzall from Stone Tech and my truck mount to clean the floor. After drying floor for 2 days I applied topical solvent based sealer and came out very nice.<br>

Adam Bartos<br>BiO Tile<p>Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile</p><hr><div><b>From: </b> steve cox &lt;<a target="_top" href="mailto:pcox@homesc.com" target="_blank">pcox@homesc.com</a>&gt;
</div><div><b>Date: </b>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:03:58 -0400</div><div><b>To: </b>Restoration and Maintenance&lt;<a target="_top" href="mailto:sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com" target="_blank">sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com</a>&gt;</div>

<div><b>ReplyTo: </b>&quot;Restoration and Maintenance&quot; &lt;<a target="_top" href="mailto:sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com" target="_blank">sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com</a>&gt;
</div><div><div><b>Subject: </b>[sccpartners] Sticky Slate After Color Enhancing Sealer</div><div><br></div></div><div><div></div><div><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px">Received call from the homeowner stating the floor seems sticky 24 hours after application of the sealer.  Put a light coat of color enhancing solvent based impregnating sealer on black slate after 2 days of stripping acrylic wax.  We used black pads and bare bones stripper to finally get off the wax.  Going back in the AM, any suggestions if sealer still sticky?</span><div>


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