A couple of things I have not seen mentioned.  When you are doing heavy stripping it is very difficult and most time impossible to protect all surrounding area's such as baseboards or cabinets. Expect some damage to paint, stain and warped MDF baseboards.  Also when stripping sattillos there is a very wide range od guality and if you are not carefull and use machines with abrasive pads or brushes you may remove the hard surface and the pavers will be very sandy and pourous and over time they will turn to sand.   After stipping you need to acid wash with Stone Care Pro Heavy Durt Tile & grout cleaner then rince the floor with distilled water to neutralize.  The stone should dry a minimum 72 hours.
   These are not easy jobs and no matter how good a job you do there are always some inconsistancies that the customers see and wants to know what you can do to fix them and the problem is just that the pavers are inconsistant in nature to start with.

Good Luck, Bill Selik
Gourmet Stone Care

From: John Freitag <jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com>
To: Stone and Tile PROS Technical Support <sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 9:01 AM
Subject: RE: [sccpartners] saltillo tile, terra-cotta tile

Micah,

Working on this type of materials requires testing! You first must determine
what product is going to strip off the coating that on the surface.  There
could be more than one type of coating on the surface. You may find a wax
coating; you may find an epoxy coating you may find both.
As you strip the surface most of this material is very pores and will soak
up moisture into the material. Working small sections is the key and the use
of brushes and pads and the combination will work best to remove the
coating. Make sure all coating are removed from not only the tiles but the
grout.
Once the floor is stripped before any coating can be  reapplied the tiles
MUST be dry. This could take some time depending upon the moisture that has
soaked into the material. Check the material with a moisture meter and make
sure the surface is dry then apply the new coating.
Price tis job high! There will be a lot of detail work around the edges and
corners.


John E Freitag
Director
The Stone & Tile School
Office 407-567-7652
Cell 407-615-0134
jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com



www.thestoneandtileschool.com

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Micah [mailto:micahgautier@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 7:42 PM
To: Stone and Tile PROS Technical Support
Subject: [sccpartners] saltillo tile, terra-cotta tile

Can anyone explain the process of stripping/cleaning/resealing this type of
tile and the products you use on it? I have a client begging me to restore
her's and is willing to let me experiment on it, so some direction on this
would be appreciated

Thx

Micah
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