RE: [sccpartners] Grout residue John Freitag 18 Jun 2011 08:11 EDT
Adam. Cleaning the floor with a alkaline cleaner will not remove the grout film. If you want to use your truck mount to clean the floor to remove a much sand as possible that's ok Then 5X the floor. The acid in the 5X will remove the grout film. The alkaline cleaner will not cut through the grout film. Once you 5X the floor the floor should have a great shine and the grout film will be gone. John E. Freitag President/Director The Stone and Tile School Office 407-567-7652 Cell 407-615-0134 jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com www.thestoneandtileschool.com -----Original Message----- From: info@restoreyourtiles.com [mailto:info@restoreyourtiles.com] Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 2:32 PM To: Restoration and Maintenance Subject: RE: [sccpartners] Grout residue John, They both the house with the floor already installed and they were never happy with it so they asked me for help. I am thinking about using my truck mount to clean it, instead scc marble cleaner I will use my grout cleaner ( which is 14ph) and then 5x-it entire floor. No guarantees except that the floor will be cleaned and look better. Adam Bartos Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -----Original Message----- From: "John Freitag" <jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:48:03 To: Restoration and Maintenance<sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com> Reply-To:"Restoration and Maintenance" <sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com> Subject: RE: [sccpartners] Grout residue Adam. First clean the floor sweep and then dust mop to remove most if not all the sand from the floor. Then use a soft brush with neutral cleaner and apply a lot of water and scrub the floor. The brush will or should remove most of the loose sand from the grout lines. Then use your 5 X polishing powder and repolish the floor. The 5X will remove the grout film from the stone. however you can NEVER guarantee the customer the floor to be scratch free. Question WHY do they have 1/2 inch grout lines ???? did the customer request large grout line or did the installer just do the large grout lines ? John E. Freitag President/Director The Stone and Tile School Office 407-567-7652 Cell 407-615-0134 jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com www.thestoneandtileschool.com -----Original Message----- From: Mike Marsoun [mailto:nulifesc@bigpond.com] Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 7:40 AM To: Restoration and Maintenance Subject: RE: [sccpartners] Grout residue this is a good one... My thoughts are along the lines of a razor very carefully, buff with 3m aqua pad, then re polish. The acid in the polishing compound should remove any remaining haze. ------Original Message------ From: info@restoreyourtiles.com To: Restoration and Maintenance ReplyTo: Restoration and Maintenance ReplyTo: info@restoreyourtiles.com Subject: [sccpartners] Grout residue Sent: Jun 9, 2011 8:13 AM Trying to pick your brains on how to remove sanded grout residue from polished finish limestone with out scratching it. The grout lines are 1/2" and grout, stone and residue were sealed. Would you use twister pads? Any ideas? Adam Bartos BiO Tile Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -- Powered by http://DiscussThis.com Visit list archives, subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription preferences: http://www.discussthis.com/members/sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com Start a new conversation (thread): sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com Sent via BlackBerryR from Telstra -- Powered by http://DiscussThis.com Visit list archives, subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription preferences: http://www.discussthis.com/members/sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com Start a new conversation (thread): sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com -- Powered by http://DiscussThis.com Visit list archives, subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription preferences: http://www.discussthis.com/members/sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com Start a new conversation (thread): sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com -- Powered by http://DiscussThis.com Visit list archives, subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription preferences: http://www.discussthis.com/members/sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com Start a new conversation (thread): sccpartners@stoneandtilepros.com