Example of restoring an old terracotta tile floor which had been left untreated for many years and had become badly stained.
Terracotta tile cleaning and restoration.
These soft clay terracotta tiles such as tecate pavers saltillo tiles slate and many other porous tiles but especially terracotta tiles must be approached more distinctly.
The most important part is the acid cleaning solution.
How to seal terracotta tiles.
The elemens such as rain and algae pose a luminous.
Cleaning outdoor terracotta tiles is a whole other project seperate from cleaning indoor terracotta tiles.
Terracotta tile floors can be stripped with a machine and a water based stripper like every other tile floor for 99 per square foot.
The best way to clean terracotta and or saltillo tiles is on your hands and knees using brass tipped bristles and green scrubber steel will scratch and damage.
If after 15 minutes the water has soaked into the floor the tiles will need to be impregnated with boiled linseed oil.
This is how the terracotta floor looked after cleaning with just water.
The waxes and polishes originally applied to saltillo mexican tiles terracotta and pavers them easy to clean and maintain but after many years buildup and soiling becomes evident.