Striping Slate Floors

How to refinish a slate tile floor.

Striping slate floors.

Before setting up to strip the slate be sure to remove all furniture and protect painted surfaces such as baseboards with a plastic drape. Strip old wax from vinyl with dishwasher detergent and ammonia. Stripping the wax buy a commercially available wax stripper specifying it is safe for use on natural stone. Turn your scrubber off and dry the floor if needed.

Never use acidic or abrasive cleaning products when mopping a slate floor or when spot cleaning stains. A guide by a disillusioned homeowner. Slate floors are well known for their beauty and durability but the sealers and waxes applied to them can darken their appearance or create dirty looking spots over time. Stripping the old wax off the slate surface with restore the beauty to your floors walls or countertops.

Use a sponge mop to saturate your floor with a solution of 2 gallons 7 57 l of hot water 1 cup 240 ml of non bleaching powder dishwasher detergent and 2 cups 480 ml of ammonia. Strong cleaning agents can strip the sealer on slate and grout. Slate flooring can look dull and lifeless over time making it look older and really bringing down the feel of the home. Scrub and strip your floor by moving the scrubber across the floor in even passes.

This sometimes helps with the clefts in slate. These pictures above are a set of pictures showing the start of the stripping process through to the sealing of the slate floor with a topical gloss finish sealer. Stripping and sealing slate floors. To strip a slate floor with commercial alkaline strippers use the following procedure.

When we bought the house my husband and i were enamored with the beautiful tile floor. How to strip a slate floor. Some scrubbers dry the floor at the. Acidic cleaners including ordinary vinegar cause a chemical reaction that can etch the stone.

2 000 square feet of gorgeous wall to wall slate tile from one end of the little ranch to another. After one pass if you still see sealer or wax on the floor then strip the floor again from the from a different direction. By stripping and resealing you can bring back the beautiful lustrous appearance of your slate and. Before you begin to consider stripping a floor that was sealed with glaze n seal wet look lacquer sealer be prepared to buy a lot of their costly stripper a.

What not to use on slate floors.