Restoring Quarry Tiles Around An Indoor Swimming Pool

A video of a job we did in refreshing the Quarry Tiles surrounding a residential indoor swimming pool floor tiles at a residence in Cambridge. As you can see from the video below the Quarry tiles and Grout was looking rather washed out and given their proximity to the pool extra care was needed to be ensure we didn't contaminate the pool with dirty water from the cleaning process or chemicals, fortunately all our equipment is electrically isolated so that was not a hindrance.

Swimming Pool Tile Cleaning

Luckily the pool was fitted with a cover so we made started cleaning the tiles using a strong dilution of Tile Doctor Pro-Clean mixed 50/50 with NanoTech Ultra Clean which add tiny abrasive particles into the cleaning solution making it more effective. Working in sections the solution was left to soak into the tile and grout before being worked into the floor using a rotary machine fitted with a scrubbing pad running at slow speed to reduce splashing. This process removed any remaining sealer and cleaned the tile and grout up nicely, we used clean water to rinse the floor and a wet vacuum to remove the soiled solution making sure not to drain any solutions into the pool and re-treating any stubborn areas. This process was fairly tedious and took up much of the time but the results were worth it.

Sealing Quarry Tiles

The tiles were left to dry overnight and we came back the next day to seal the floor using two coats of Tile Doctor Colour Grow which is an impregnating sealer that fills up the pores in a tile to protect it from stains whilst improving its natural colours.

The process worked well and you can see the difference in the video above however the tricky nature of the environment meant it took longer than usual to complete but the main thing was the customer was grateful with the result.