Hi

Need your suggestions

A few of our travertine floor tiles have stains.

What is the best way to get these stains off ?

Any suggestions ?

Thanks in advance for your help,

Irfan Williams

California

On Sat, 7 Nov 2009 07:25:58 -0800 (PST), irfan williams
<irfanwilli...@gmail.com> had this to say:

An angle grinder?

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Frank Erskine

Do you know what caused the stain?
Are these natural or sealed with anything?
Are they polished?

Travertine is somewhat porous, which means that if stains can get right
into the tile they can be often be impossible to remove once they are set.

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Cheers,

John.

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On Nov 7, 3:25 pm, irfan williams <irfanwilli...@gmail.com> wrote:

There are sites that list stains and the subtances that will remove
them. If you dont know what it is, there are general purpose ones such
as biological washing powder and bleach

NT

Frank Erskine <frank.ersk...@btinternet.com>
  wibbled on Saturday 07 November 2009 15:39

Irfan: That's a standing joke round here in case you wondered...

As others have said, if you know the stain, you stand some chance of
lessening it. eg iron/rust *might* respond to oxalic acid, organic stains
might lessen with bleaching.

My advice would be, whether you sort it or not, is to apply some decent
stain blocker to the tiles to reduce any future issues. I've just had some
slate laid and the bloke applied two coats of different sealers. The first
was a generic stain stopper, which helps the grouting (ie stops that
staining the tiles). The second could have been more of the same, but we
opted for a colour enhancer, that gives the tiles a slightly damp look. I
have spilt much water on them whilst plumbing and it just sits there in
balls - marvellous stuff.

Cheers

Tim

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Tim Watts

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essentially if you stain marble., its stained for life IME.