Tile Doctor X-Tra Seal for Sealing External Stone and Tile

Tile Doctor have recently added a new impregnating sealer to its range which is ideal for protecting external stone. It's a breathable oil based resin formulation which provides strong water and stain repellency properties and is therefore ideal for sealing external stone or floors with Salt efflorescence problems. Additional the 1st coat will revive the colour of tile and stone and the 2nd coat if needed will give a wet look finish.

Expected wear, can be anything from 3 to 5 years but a top up of the sealer will be required if a high shine finish is required as the sheen will wear after 12 months of footfall. 

Suitable for sealing many types of porous, rough, and honed floor and wall stones including Black Limestone, Brick, Flagstone, Limestone, Marble, Sandstone, Slate, Terracotta, Quarry and Victorian tiles. Can also be used to protect Concrete, Concrete flagging, Encaustic tiles, Grouting and Pointing.

For more information and to purchase please visit: www.tiledoctor.co.uk

March Restoration and Tiling Course

Tile Doctor offer a number of training courses at our new premises in Carnforth, Lancashire to those interested in Tile, Stone and Grout maintenance including a starter course and an advanced course for those wishing to work as full time Tile Doctors.

Another course we offer is a two day "Restoration and Tiling Course" which includes:

• Repairing Scratch marks on Marble and Honed Stone Slate etc.
• Removing and Replacing Broken Victorian or Stone floor Tiles.
• Resolving Lippage problems on Victorian tiled floors.
• Tiling a small section of Tiles
• And much more

"Excellent course if your new to tiling and want to use the new system for Victorian restoration using diamond pads and other stone like slate etc. Thanks Russ.. David Carson 😊"

For more information about the Tile Doctor training and how to become a member of the Tile Doctor network please visit http://www.tiledoctor.info/

Introducing Dave Worth Tile Doctor Cornwall

Introducing Dave Worth from Bude who is the new face of Tile Doctor covering the county of Cornwall including famous locations such as Bodmin, Falmouth, Launceston, Newquay, Padstow, Penzance, Plymouth, Port Isaac, St. Austell, St. Ives, Tintagel and  Truro.

He covers all types of tiled flooring in any location from Bars, Hotels, Industrial Units, Letting Agents, Nightclubs, Offices through to Residential Property, Restaurants and Schools.   Tiled surfaces include Ceramic, Limestone, Marble, Porcelain, Quarry, Sandstone, Slate, Terracotta, Terrazzo, Travertine and Victorian tile and as well as Tile, Stone and Grout cleaning and sealing he is also able to help with refreshing bathrooms and kitchens, repairing cracked tiles, drive & patio cleaning, fireplace cleaning, flood restorations, grout colouring and stone Polishing.

So if you live in Cornwall and need help cleaning or restoring tile, stone or grout then get Dave to pay you a visit by contacting him via cornwall@TileDoctor.biz.  

Advanced Training course

We has three Tile Doctors (John Pigot, Barry Woodward and Trevor Preece) visit our Training Centre in Carnforth last week to complete their advanced course.



The course was over two days and subjects covered included:
* Acid damage removal on Acid sensitive stones
* Advanced Polishing systems for Marble,
* Anti-slip Treatment,
* Blanket cleaning,
* Grout Window Framing removal on rough Stone,
* Lippage removal,
* Milling,
* silicone sealing,
* Tile Repairs,
* Travertine wall and Floor

Some more photographs below:


For more information about the Tile Doctor training courses please visit our Networking site www.tiledoctor.info

Reduxa Demonstation Video

Following on from our Reduxa product launch last week we have put together the training video below that demonstrates the use of Reduxa on a Crema Marfil Polished Marble floor.



For more information about Tile Doctor Reduxa please click on the link below:

www.tiledoctor.co.uk/TD-Reduxa-Stone-Stain-Cleaner.html

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/