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Cleaning old floor tiles

My post concerns the cleaning of old floor tiles dating back to around 1920. They are heavy duty ones about 12'' X 12''. I have heard about floor tiles being cleaned using some sort of acid. Has anyone got any experience of this procedure? What sort of acid is used & what concentration? It would be great to restore the tiles to their former glory.

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  • keystone
    keystone Posts: 10,916 Forumite
    Lithofin KF tile restorer to strip old surface coatings and clean or if the stains are really stubborn the use Lithofin Wexa. Always work on an unobtrusive bit first. There are no guarantees with old tiles and you'll need to test.

    Once they are clean then use Lithofin Easy Care on them.

    Just to show I'm not biased in favour of Lithofin you can just as easily use the HG equivalents which are equally as good.

    Cheers
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