Sealer application

[CFM Carpet Cleaners]

What is an easy way to apply sealer to both aggregate concrete and 1" ceramic tile ?
Apply with a sprayer and mop off the excess?

What should be done if the sealer pools up on the aggregate flooring?

Thanks

 

[Onfire_02_01]

I would apply with a flat microfiber mop, similar to waxing. I would think that if you sprayed on you would be frustrated with all the mopping to get it mopped up evenly.

 

[Mikey P]

I agree.. Microfiber flat mop..
What product are you using?

 

[CFM Carpet Cleaners]

Not sure yet as to which product. Using a flat mop sounds like a great idea on the flat ceramic tile and grout. But the exposed aggregate concrete is very rough and bumpy. Not sure as to how to apply it to that.

 

[Mikey P]

Sonny have you tried Larry Cobb's Ultra Seal?


Its a good impregnator that is by far the easiest product to work with. Literally just mop and go. Two coats if needed. No need to clean up the excess as it evaporates completely.

At $34 a gallon you can make great profit at .30 a foot. Labor is almost nothing.

 

[srosen]

Many different products and techniques to sealing- Thats looks like quarry tile in the video. Most terracotta tiles are coated with topicals.
Its only the grout lines that are being effected .

 

[Mikey P]

No topical on that floor

 

[Total_Rookie]

Sonny have you tried Larry Cobb's Ultra Seal?


Its a good impregnator that is by far the easiest product to work with. Literally just mop and go. Two coats if needed. No need to clean up the excess as it evaporates completely.

At $34 a gallon you can make great profit at .30 a foot. Labor is almost nothing.

Why does ultra seal still allow water thru after 5,6,7 coats? I thought sealers were to keep da wada out? Maybe it's designed to work better on stone.

 

[Larry Cobb]

Ultraseal Impregnator does not let water through after spraying.

assuming that you have a clean surface to begin with.

This porous limestone was treated with one coat :
( Grape Juice, Orange Juice & Coffee )

 

[Mikey P]

Just slopped and mopped 700 feet of 18" porcelain in 10 minutes.


Thanks Larry!!

 

[Cameron DeMille]

Ultraseal Impregnator does not let water through after spraying.

assuming that you have a clean surface to begin with.

This porous limestone was treated with one coat :
( Grape Juice, Orange Juice & Coffee )
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I'm not trying to be a dick, but that is crosscut travertine, which is pretty dense when compared to a sedimentary limestone. Travertine isn't that porous, despite popular belief, and usually won't even stain when polished. Night and day different from commonly used limestones like Jura Gray, Jura Beige, Beaumaniere, Crema Europa, etc. Not to say that the sealer doesn't work, I haven't tried it, but I think you would find a significant difference when sealing travertine vs. some of the limestone listed.

 

[Onfire_02_01]

Except that Travertine is also a type of Limestone.

 

[Mikey P]

so is concrete.

 

[Cameron DeMille]

Except that Travertine is also a type of Limestone.

So is marble, so is compact limestone, so is dolomitic limestone, so is dolomitic marble. They all start as limestone, but pure sedimentary limestone is a completely different animal and not comparable in terms of porosity, to its metamorphic relatives. Being a "type of limestone" doesn't really matter here.

 

[clean image]

Yup travertine

The better question, after you wipe the spills, did it etch ?

The answer will be yes.

The real question is it buys any time before it etches....

 

[SamIam]

I hate when it itches.