In the UK when you talk about Mosaic tiles, we often think of those fantastic, patterned floors uncovered in ancient Roman villas by archaeologists dating back two thousand years. Mosaic floors have continued to be popular in this country today where and you will find Mosaic’s made from modern materials including Ceramics, Glass, Mirror tiles, stone such as Marble or Travertine and even expensive metals such as Gold.
Tile Doctor have been involved in the sympathetic restoration of several historic mosaic floors in listed buildings often referred to as Tesserae Stone and you will find many examples of this via the links below.
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Mosaic Wall Tile Cleaning |
Mosaic Floor Tile Cleaning |
Mosaic Restoration |
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Cleaning and Restoration will depend on the material making up the mosaic so we recommend you read the instructions on our other websites, for example in the case of Travertine Mosaic’s please refer to Travertine.tilecleaning.co.uk, although its worth pointing out first that abrasive machinery is more likely to loosen a small tile and so care should be taken.
To deep clean Tesserae stone floors apply Tile Doctor Oxy-Gel, leave it to soak into the pores of the tile for ten minutes and then run a coarse 200 grit diamond burnishing pad fitted to a floor buffing machine running a slow speed. Do not add water at this stage let the Oxy-Gel do the work.
Tile Doctor Neutral Tile Cleaner |
Tile Doctor Oxy-Gel |
Tile Doctor Colour Grow |
200-Grit 17-inch Burnishing Pad |
400-Grit 17-inch Burnishing Pad |
Diamond Hand Burnishing Block Set |
Once sealed you don’t want to be using harsh chemicals like a bleaching agent as this will bleach out the colour and damage the sealer even washing up liquid is a degreaser and although very nice to your hands and skin is no good on a sealed surface 6 months of using this product will mane no sealer left on the surface of the tiles, as well as this a steamer will have the same effect on a sealed surface as steamers operate at a min of a 100 degrees celsius in order to generate the steam and this take the sealer in even less time than washing up liquid. use instead a ph neutral cleaner such a Tile Doctor Neutral Cleaner weekly maintenance.
Mosaic Tiled Floor Renovated at Hotel Development in Berkshire | ||
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