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TILE DOCTOR ® Travertine Tile Restoration - Cleaning & Sealing Information. |
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Travertine Stone Tile Restoration - Cleaning and Sealing
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General
Travertine tile is a natural material that has unique features that no other stone can offer. The distinctive design of Travertine creates some of the most distinguished floor tiles. Travertine is ideal for commercial and residential use. It can be used for floor tile, kitchen flooring, bathroom wall tile, bathroom floor tile, and it is often used externally.
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| The photographs above show Travertine stone tiles on a kitchen floor before and after cleaning and sealing. |
Travertine Tile Maintenance
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To remove any excess sealer before cleaning use Tile Doctor Remove & Go Sealer remover.
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Use Tile Doctor Pro-Clean Stone, Tile & Grout cleaner to effectively clean tiles, highly effective against Wax Sealers, Grease, Grime and general dirt build up.
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Remove any cleaning solution using a wet-dry vac machine (any cleaning solution left on the surface may impact the performance of the sealer) then neutralise floor with clean water prior to sealing, remove with a wet-dry Vac machine and allow to dry for 12 hours or more.
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To restore a deep polish on Travertine use Burnishing Pads in conjunction with a buffing machine.
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Apply Tile Doctor Colour Grow
sealer using a paintpad applicator and tray. 2 coats of sealant should be
sufficent, always allow to dry before applying further coats. Use a water test to achieve full cure sealability (F.C.S.).
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| Most sealers break down after 2-3 years (depending on usage and cleaning products used) so for regular cleaning use a sealer friendly cleaning product such as Neutral Tile Cleaner which has been especially formulated for the regular cleaning of Sealed Stone and Tile surfaces keeping them fresh with a pleasant mint scent. |
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Travertine Bathroom Floor renovated by Tile Doctor Edinburgh
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Travertine Problem?
Click here to Ask the Tile Doctor for his advice.
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Joan
Sufolk |
UGH! My son recently missed the toilet while running to throw up and some landed on my travertine floor. I cleaned it up immediately, and the next morning could see a stain with splash marks and all. Any suggestions as to how to get the stain up would be greatly appreciated. |
| Tile Doctor |
Hi Joan,
Could be the acids in your sons stomach have etched the stone, the best you could do is reseal it with another coat of sealer, if you know which sealer was used then use that one, if not then I can recommend Tile Doctor Pro-Seal, if this doesnt work then the stone is damaged and there's not a lot you can do. |
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James
Stockton |
Is it neccessary to seal Travertine tiles and is ok to put them up and then seal them. If any cement gets on the tiles will this stain them or is it easy to get the cement off?. |
| Tile Doctor |
Hi James,
We have a sealer called Pro-Seal which is ideal for Travertine, you need to seal the tiles first as this will make it easier to remove the grout afterwards.
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For more Tile Doctor advice see the Ask the Tile Doctor web page.
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| The photographs above show Travertine stone tiles on a kitchen floor before and after cleaning and sealing. |
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