Deep Cleaning Travertine Tile and Grout with Tile Doctor Pro-Clean in Billericay Essex

Earlier this year I was asked to visit a property in Billericay near Basildon to quote for renovating an extensive Travertine tiled floor. The Travertine floor has been laid 15 years prior in the large Kitchen, Utility and adjacent dining room and has not been maintained correctly leaving it vulnerable to ingrained dirt.

Natural stone floors look fantastic when first laid but will only remain so if the sealer is maintained. Natural stone and especially Travertine is porous and the sealer will prevent dirt from becoming ingrained in the stone keeping it on the surface where it’s easy to clean away. In this case the sealer had long since worn off and the Travertine was absorbing dirt leaving it looking permanently dirty despite cleaning.

After discussing the problems with the owner, I recommended deep cleaning the Travertine and Grout with an abrasive pad and alkaline cleaner and then sealing to protect the stone going forward. I worked out a plan for its renovation and provided them with a quote which was accepted and a date scheduled.

Deep Cleaning Travertine Tile and Grout

To deep clean the stone and grout it was sprayed with a 1:4 dilution of Tile Doctor Pro-Clean which was then let to soak into the floor for a good ten to fifteen minutes. This gives the Pro-Clean time to breakdown and digest the soils and any remaining old sealer. Next the floor was scrubbed with rotary machine fitted with a Black Pad to release the dirt from the floor into the solution where it could be extracted with a wet vacuum.

Pads can struggle to reach into the recesses of the grout line so this was also hand scrubbed using a pollybrush and more Pro-Clean to get it as clean as possible. This process sounds straightforward but it was a large floor with several sections to complete so it took all the first day to complete.

Before finishing for the day, the floor was inspected and any stubborn marks spot cleaned until I was happy with the whole floor. The floor was then rinsed with water to remove any remnants and then dried with the wet vacuum.

Sealing a Travertine Tiled Floor in Billericay

I returned the next day and started by checking the floor was dry using a damp meter. The readings were fine so the first coat of what would be two coats of Tile Doctor Ultra-Seal was applied. This sealer doesn’t contain any colour enhancer so it leaves the stone with invisible hardwearing protection and a very natural look. The sealer ensures dirt can’t penetrate the pores of the stone thereby keeping it on the surface where it can be easily cleaned away.

The transformation was quite dramatic and the customer was very pleased and shocked at how it had changed. Regarding regular cleaning, I recommended using Tile Doctor Neutral Tile Cleaner which is a pH neutral cleaner. It won’t strip the sealer like the previous products they had been using and should ensure the floor is kept in this condition for many years to come.

Source: Travertine Tile Cleaning Products and Services in Billericay Essex