Black Slate Floor Tiles
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You nead to seal the slate with a suitable product, HG do a range of products for this, their 'Golvpolish' is recommended for slate. That's what I used on mine. Slate can be very forgiving in that it hides dirt well, damp mop should be all that's required to keep clean.
My first instinct is to say- can you get a refund?! My sister bought real black slate tiles for her newly built barn conversion 3 or 4 years ago, they had to be sealed and this has to be done very carefully as any imperfection in the seal can be easily seen. After that they have to be sealed again every few years I think. In any case she found them a nightmare- she was ( no exaggeration) cleaning them every single day as they showed up every bit of dust and dirt, and just walking in and out of the house made them dirty. Last year she got so tired of it, she had them all taken up and replaced! Same thing with friends of ours, they got black slate tiles in their newly built house, but then sold and when they built again, they vowed never again a black floor. We were well warned and went for a completely different colour, but when we were installing a stone fireplace in a room with a wooden floor, we needed a tile surround between the fireplace and the wood and in a hurry chose a black tile- its just a small area so its not too bad, but I can see dust on it all the time- I wouldn't like to see it in a large area!
We put Pilkington Versatile black (unpolished) porcelain tiles in our kitchen two years ago. My wife had to have them at the time and tells me (unconvincingly I think) that she loves them. They never look clean unless they've just been washed and are still damp. I've given them a good scrub and polish just to see if there was a build up of grime which made them look dirty all the time: there wasn't. Black tiles just show up dirt; even the lightest bit of dirt or dust shows up. I'd never have black tiles again.
Danmo said:
See my previous post- in my opinion STAY AWAY from black porcelain! I have white and green porcelain laid in the hall (checkerboard pattern) and have no problems with this. I also tiled the porch step in a black porcelain- looks the business but is a nightmare to keep clean (but worth it for the impact here)
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We also have black slate, yes, a quick mop cleans them but you'd need to be doing it very half hour and they contribute to making the room cold.
Hi all, I just got delivery of my natural stone tiles that I bought last weekend (50% sales and all that) but they dont look anything like what I saw in the show room ?? I know I've to put on sealer and then gloss polish but even after that I dont think they'll look anything like I saw in the show room....I've treated one tile to see if it comes out like what I saw in the show room before I put them all down. Tomorrow I plan to go back to the show room where I bought them and take a picture of them and then compare it back home with what I've just got delivered if they dont look anything like it I'm returning them...(I hope)
Has anybody had this problem before with buying old rustic natural stone tiles ??
Has anybody had this problem before with buying old rustic natural stone tiles ??