Tile Doctor Training Course Announced

Apologies for not updating this blog with the latest news for a while but we have been busy putting a lot of effort into our latest venture the UK Tile Doctor training course.

Anyone is welcome but the 2 days of training course we have put together is specifically aimed at cleaning companies wishing to add Tile, Stone and Grout maintenance to their portfolio of services.



If you want to know more and find comments from people who have actually been on the course check out our dedicated training web site www.TileDoctor.info

Russell Taylor is a Director of Tile Doctor Ltd, UK Tile, Stone and Grout cleaning and sealing specialists, for more information about Tile Doctor and its range of Tile, Stone and Grout products visit www.tiledoctor.co.uk

Victorian Floor Restoration

PROJECT: Reveal, clean and seal an original Victorian floor which had been covered with Linoleum and Carpet for over 50 years.

You can see from the pictures that the floor had been covered first with an old plastic vinyl which had been glued down and then later hidden under a carpet. The customer had tried removing the vinyl themselves to reveal the floor but gave up after eight hours and called in Tile Doctor.





Removing the Vinyl was arduous work and care was required not to damage the floor underneath; we managed however using a combination of elbow grease, various small tools and a floor steamer. On top of that that we had to contend with the rubber backing which had been stuck down with a strong adhesive. An adhesive removing product we sell called Remove & Go was then applied to the whole floor, covered with a blanket system and then left overnight to let the chemicals to do their work.








The next day we removed the remaining rubber and got to work cleaning the old Victorian floor that had now been exposed. Some more elbow grease and a few bottles of Tile Doctor Pro-Clean which is a very reliable cleaning agent soon lifted the ingrained dirt and removed a lot of the stubborn marks from the floor. The floor was then neutralised with copious amounts of cold water and allowed to dry.



Final step was to seal the floor using 4 coats of Tile Doctor Seal and Go which not only restored the original colour it also protects the floor for many years to come.





The customer was delighted with the results and we felt really satisfied to have been able to restore such a beautiful floor back to its original condition.

Russell Taylor is a Director of Tile Doctor Ltd, UK Tile, Stone and Grout cleaning and sealing specialists, for more information about Tile Doctor and its range of Tile, Stone and Grout products visit http://www.tiledoctor.co.uk/

Polished Marble and Football

Received a phone call from a young lady called Kim early May this year, to come out and quote for the Polished Marble floor so we agreed an appointment and a few weeks later I went along to price the job. I was working out the quote and who should enter the room but David Bentley; as I am a keen football fan I recognised him but couldn't put a name to the face, he obliged me with this and we struck up a conversation and no not about football but more to the job in hand.

The Polished Marble hadn’t been put down that long and unfortunately the tiler had applied an inappropriate sealer, as such the polished had been obscured and the Marble looked very blotchy. I did a test on the floor with some Tile Doctor Pro-Clean applied with a burnishing pad and was instantly rewarded with an improvement, needless to say I got the job and returned a few weeks later to start work.

It was a big job, the whole of the Kitchen floor, entrance hall, dining room, utility and downstairs W.C. approx 100m2. It took about 4 days to complete including the grout which needed a thorough clean due to staining from some sort of colourant that hadn't settled, the grout alone took quite some time to sort out.


The marble was of a good quality and highly polished (once the old sealer was removed), a water test which showed no noticeable absorbency and as such no further sealer was required. Any sealer applied at this point would only have been removed at a later when the tiles required re-burnishing anyway. I find their is a lot of discrepancy in the stone market as to whether or not polished Marble needs to be sealed or not; at Tile Doctor we have a couple of steps to see if this is the case.

Water Test Once tiles are cleaned and fully burnished, apply a table spoon of water onto the tiles and let stand for 5 minutes, after which time, clean off with a dry cloth and see if any water marks have been left.

If there are water marks apply 1 coat of Tile Docotr Ultra-Seal to the Polished Marble making sure all of the excess sealer is cleaned off after no more than 5 minutes.

If the water test has left no markings and the Marble is of a highly polished nature and of low porosity a sealer will not be required; if one is applied it will only sit on its surface and make the tiles look dull and this was the case for David Bentley’s floor.


You can see from the pictures the combination of burnishing with Tile Doctor Pro-Clean followed by a water test did the trick. Needless to say David was more than happy with the end results and even posed for me. He was such a nice chap I even thought about supporting his team, but once a Middlesbrough fan always a Middlesbrough fan, unfortunately for me.

Russell Taylor is a Director of Tile Doctor Ltd, UK Tile, Stone and Grout cleaning and sealing specialists, for more information about Tile Doctor and its range of Tile, Stone and Grout products visit http://www.tiledoctor.co.uk/