Grout cleaning Mitch Heitman (31 Jul 2014 12:43 EDT)
RE: Grout cleaning Mike Marsoun (31 Jul 2014 20:47 EDT)
Re: Grout cleaning Mitch Heitman (31 Jul 2014 20:53 EDT)
RE: Grout cleaning Mike Marsoun (31 Jul 2014 20:58 EDT)
Re: Grout cleaning Mitch Heitman (31 Jul 2014 21:05 EDT)
RE: Grout cleaning Mike Marsoun (31 Jul 2014 21:26 EDT)
Re: Grout cleaning stuart rosen (01 Aug 2014 08:27 EDT)
Re: Grout cleaning Stephen Webb (11 Sep 2014 01:29 EDT)
Re: Grout cleaning Mike Marsoun (11 Sep 2014 04:46 EDT)
Re: Grout cleaning Stephen Webb (11 Sep 2014 22:48 EDT)
RE: Grout cleaning John Freitag (11 Sep 2014 08:42 EDT)
Re: Grout cleaning Dayron (17 Sep 2014 07:56 EDT)
RE: Grout cleaning John Freitag (17 Sep 2014 09:18 EDT)

RE: Grout cleaning John Freitag 17 Sep 2014 09:18 EDT

Dayron,

You want to use the Tenax Sistema Liquido Epossidisc  Flowing Epoxy system
part A and Part B.

John E Freitag
President/Owner
The Stone & Tile School
407-567-7652
407-615-0314
jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com

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Hey John, you never got back to me about Pricing for Tennax epoxy for
filling voids. Can you please send

Thank you

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> On Sep 11, 2014, at 8:42 AM, "John Freitag"
<jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com> wrote:
>
> Try cleaning with hot water and oxiclean or use 5x polishing powders
> and scrub the grout line with a grout brush. The sulfuric acid will
> probably etch the travertine depending upon how strong you mix it
>
>
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> Hi Mike, would sulfamic crystals (instead of oxalic) work the same
> with this process?
>
>
>> On 7/31/2014 2:47 PM, Mike Marsoun wrote:
>> I had some travertine with filthy grout and embedded into the pores
>> dirt, NOTHING worked: strong alkaline with HOT water spinner,
>> Klenztone with the spinner (and zero degree nozzle)  This is what I
>> did and it worked beautifully. Sometimes you have to break a few
>> eggs...  I made a mix with 10% hydrochloric acid and a tad of neutral
>> cleaner to make it lay. Sprayed lightly over an area, then sprinkled
>> generously oxalic acid crystals over the area and brushed it in with
>> a coarse broom. There is a reaction and
> the
>> soils rise to the top like nothing I have ever seen.  Then extract
>> with
> the
>> spinner and it is like new, 100% clean.  This is the MOST effective
>> way to get travertine with embedded dirt clean. This was a honed
>> finish surface I did and the sheen was restored with a couple quick
>> passes with a grit
> brush.
>> If the finish is polished it will need to be polished with 5x. It
>> won't
> need
>> any sanding.
>>
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>> Mitch Heitman
>> Sent: Friday, 1 August 2014 2:43 AM
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>> Subject: Grout cleaning
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>> I was called to a job that the homeowner wants the grout cleaned on
>> this stone. He installed the floor himself and has many different
>> types of
> stone
>> through out it. We went to give him a sample and I mopped a 12ph
>> alkaline cleaner on it and scrubbed the grout lines and let it dwell
>> for ten
> minutes.
>> Then I used my 1200psi portable with spinner tool. It made no
>> difference whatsoever. Usually on tile and grout we can use a strong
>> acid and it
> cleans
>> the grout perfectly. However we all know that acid would destroy this
> floor.
>> Color seal isn't an option because the grout lines are all different
>> sizes and the stone has a tumbled edge, so i think it wouldn't come
>> out very
> well.
>> Has anyone come across this before? I also attached a picture of the
> sealer
>> he used on it because I believe the sealer is keeping us from getting
>> the chemical into the grout deep enough to clean it? He also wants to
>> go back with a color enhancer to brighten the floor. I have not used
>> a color enhancer before since I usually clean regular ceramic tile.
>> Is there anything I should know in order to put it down? Other than
>> just putting it in a paint tray and applying it with a window cleaner?
>>
>> Thanks for the help
>>
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