Black Honed Slate Tiled Floor in Ambleside Pub Toilet

I guess it was unavoidable that I would be asked to clean the floor in a public toilet at some point; luckily for me this one in a pub in Ambleside Cumbria was in a reasonably pleasant condition. The floor was Black Honed Slate Tiles but the sealer had been badly etched by Uric Acid (aka urine) around the cubicles, and a foul odor was building up from the reaction with various sealers and coatings that had been applied previously which were unsuitable for a stone floor. Ambleside of course is in the center of the English Lake District which is famous for its walking and so naturally these floors tend to get a lot of muddy boots trampling over them from the thousands of tourists that visit this area every year.

Cleaning the Black Honed Slate Tiles

I manage to strip the products from the floor using Tile Doctor Remove and Go combined 50/50 with Nano-Tech Ultra-Clean followed by the use of a Steam Cleaner which neutralized the remaining odors as well as helping to remove any remaining cleaning products. Finally the floor was rinsed with water all of which was removed using a wet Vacuum and then left to dry before sealing.

Sealing Black Honed Slate Tiles

We have a number of sealing products for Slate tiles, each one has a different effect; in this case we opted for two coats of Tile Doctor Color Grow which enhances the colors in the natural stone and provides stain protection combined with a nice matte finish, which was very realistic for this situation. Nevertheless, the customer wanted a higher sheen effect so we added two coats of Tile Doctor Seal and Go to the surface as well. It isn’t always possible to do this with sealers as there can be compatibility issues.

Before leaving I left the client with a bottle of Tile Doctor Neutral Cleaner which is a PH neutral product specially designed for cleaning sealed stone floors.