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Matt porcelain tile steam cleaner, is it possible?

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In the process of having these full bodied matt porcelain floor tiles laid but now thinking about the cleaning of this area. Reading about the steam cleaners I can only find them suitable for sealed polished tiles, is there a steam cleaner for these tiles or will they all leave too much water on the floor. Would appreciate any suggestions.

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  • cyclonebri1
    cyclonebri1 Posts: 12,827 Forumite
    The water left by a steam cleaner will evaporate in about 1 minute.

    If the tiles absorb that then stains will be a far bigger issue to you.

    What do you mean by "full bodied"?
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  • amerste
    amerste Posts: 182 Forumite
    The tile is a full porcelain not just a coating on top. Because they are not sealed and don't need to be they repel water that's why I was thinking about puddles of water left. Thanks for your reply though.
  • southcoastrgi
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    amerste wrote: »
    The tile is a full porcelain not just a coating on top. Because they are not sealed and don't need to be they repel water that's why I was thinking about puddles of water left. Thanks for your reply though.

    any natural stone tiles will absorb water & need to be sealed or as cy has said you will be left with stains that you won't be able to remove
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  • anotherbaldrick
    anotherbaldrick Posts: 2,335 Forumite
    edited 15 August 2014 at 10:12AM
    Water will not soak into porcelain tiles , the small volume of water will evaporate in less than 5 minutes, if you want to speed it run a clean mop over the floor.
    We have porcelain tiles through the ground floor and every 3 months I give them a good blast with my Vaporetto Polti to get them back to new. You need to choose a dry fine day as the amount of steam vapour everywhere I open windows and doors to let it escape.
    The Vaporetto also brings the grout up nice and clean , which makes a hell of a difference as is it is a light grey colour.
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