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Posted by Charles Schuler on October 24, 2006, 4:56 pm
>A friend of mine had brand new tiles installed in his living room,
> dinning room and hallways, all 2200 SF of it.
>
> After the installation was done he thought he needed to clean the tiles
> and someone (a fellow from work) told him he can buy some thinner and
> slightly dilute it and mop the floor it will give the new floor a nice
> shine.
>
> He did that.
Turpentine, alcohol, lacquer thinner, acetone, ...? I had bathroom tiles
ruined by fingernail polish remover. Some "thinners" do a job on some
tiles.
> I don't know what kind of tiles he has. He is not sure either. I
> suspect it is either ceramic or porcelain tiles, it seems to be glazed.
> I have a picture of the back of the tiles and it is textured and
> looking at the edge the entire tile seem to be white all the way
> through the thickness of it so I bet it is porcelain tiles. The back
> says "R.A.K." never heard of this brand myself. Here is a pic of the
> back of the tile:
>
> http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-10/1090906/back.jpg
>
> Now onto the problem, after he mopped the floor with diluted thinner,
> the tiles started to show some stains that looked like "shadows" under
> the light. See this image:
>
> http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-10/1090906/stained.jpg
>
> see the dark shadow in the middle? That is not a shadow but a stain.
> I think it looks like the glaze is partially gone? Will that cause the
> tiles to look this way?
>
> Is there a way to rectify this? They have tried everything to no
> avail.
I am afraid not.
> Can they wax the entire floor? or can they do something to unglaze the
> entire floor to give it a uniform look?
Heck, WD-40 would make it look good for a while, but you would not want to
live there or walk on it with wet feet. Maybe the glaze could be removed,
but that would be a real bitch. I think they are screwed.
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