Terracotta Floor and Victorian tile Cleaning
Again we’ve grouped these two together because they’re very similar and require the same care and cleaning processes.
Terracotta floors and Victorian are both fired in a kiln and can be made of man made materials or clay. Highly porous the floors tend to need several coats polish to seal them.
They tend to clean very well with a rotary machine and a course stripping pacas these removes the top surface and reveals a new layer underneath.
Problems you get with these floors is the depth of the grout it acts as a well for dirt so they can get quite bad and will need work, generally by hand.
Also waxing seems to be a recommended Maintenace practice for these floors and that can build up overtime and create almost a brown sub surface on ontop of the tile.
But we can generally still get great results with these floors
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Castle Surface Solutions is a professional Stone and tile Cleaning company covering Greater London and the south east.
Terracotta is a ceramic material that has been used for building construction and decorative arts since ancient times in cultures around the world. Terracotta, which literally means “baked earth,” is made from natural clay, which gives it a characteristic reddish-brown colour.
The colour varies slightly depending on the clay used. Terracotta may be glazed for extra durability or to provide colour. It is a waterproof and very sturdy material, and many ancient terracotta sculptures are still in excellent shape.
Terracotta is highly porous must be deep cleaned periodically and either sealed with an impregnated sealer and can also be polished with to a Mid/High gloss Finish.
Our Service:
We have found over the years when cleaning terracotta or clay tiles using a really abrasive pad works best either a black nylon stripping pad or diamond pad attached to a rotary scrubber. This tends to cut back the top surface of the clay in most cases restoring it to a near new condition.
We then rinse the tiles using the Truck Mounted cleaning system with a Turbo Hybrid interior pressure washer tool. This sucks away what we call the slurry which is made up of clay, soil and chemical. Further detailing is performed on the grout lines by hand and nylon brushes, then the tiles are left to dry overnight.
Next day we return to seal and or polish the floor depending on your requirements this process can take anywhere around the 3 hour mark depending on the porousness of the tiles and the size of the floor in question.
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Abbey Wood – Acton – Acton Green – Addington – Aldersbrook – Aldersgate – Aldgate – Aldgate East – Aldwych – Alexandra Palace – Alexandra Park – All Saints – Alperton – Anerley – Angel – Archway – Arkley – Arsenal – Avery Hill – Baker Street – Balham – Bank – Barbican – Barking – Barkingside – Barnes – Barnes Bridge – Barnet – Barnsbury – Barons Court – Battersea – Bayswater – Beckenham – Beckton – Becontree – Becontree Heath – Beddington – Beddington Corner – Bedford Park – Belgravia – Bellingham – Belmont – Belsize Park – Belvedere – Bermondsey – Bethnal Green – Bexley – Bexleyheath – Bickley – Biggin Hill – Billingsgate- Bishopsgate – Blackfriars – Blackheath – Blackwall – Bloomsbury – Borough – Bostall Woods – Boston Manor – Botany Bay – Bounds Green – Bow – Bowes Park – Brent – Brent Cross – Brentford – Brixton – Broadgate – Brockley – Bromley – Bromley by Bow – Bromley Common – Brompton – Brondesbury- Brook Green – Buckingham Palace – Burnt Oak – Bushey Mead – Bushy Park – 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