tiling and sealing advice

[nickdesign]

Hi

soon to be tiling our bathroom in a large quanity of fired earth's retro metro crackle glazed tiles -

http://www.firedearthshop.com/epage...s/Kilns_of_the_World/Retro_Metro&PageSize=200

fired earth recommend that these tiles have a couple of coats of MN StainStop prior to cutting and grouting.

As this will be a pain in the backside to do these individually I was thinking I could tile all the wall, sealing just the ones i need to cut as i go and then when they are all affixed to the wall applying the coats of sealer then as it would be a lot easier.

do you guys think this should work okay and not cause any problems?

thanks

 

[nickdesign]

bump

 

[lancenotalot]

Lay them on a bit of ply or something similar and seal them like that before fixing,if the manufaturer advises sealing before fixing as you mentioned then I would not go against their instructions

 

[nickdesign]

as far as i can make out the manufaturer recommends sealing before cutting and grouting, nothing is mentioned about fixing... thats why i wondered about doing it like this as they are smallish tiles and potentially a nightmare job

 

[jefoss]

if i ever use a tile that needs sealing for whatever reason, i seal the lot, no half measures, better safe than sorry, its a pain in the ass (ask my kind bro who was asking for a days work before just as i was about to do 50 sm of slate, funnily enough hes not asked again!) but well worth it in the long run

 

[nickdesign]

i'm intending to seal them all - just once they're on the wall before i grout... and just seal the ones that need cutting before they go on the wall

 

[jefoss]

i'm intending to seal them all - just once they're on the wall before i grout... and just seal the ones that need cutting before they go on the wall

if you were going to do that anyway why ask for advice?

 

[nickdesign]

to get peoples advice, please don't have a go

 

[lancenotalot]

I think jefoss means you seem to have already made a decision on how you were going to do it even though advised otherwise.

fired earth recommend that these tiles have a couple of coats of MN StainStop prior to cutting and grouting

If this is what the manufacturer advises then best to listen.

as far as i can make out the manufaturer recommends sealing before cutting and grouting, nothing is mentioned about fixing...

Tiles are cut before fixing to the wall hence why I advised sealing them all on a sheet of ply or similar,if you use a gloss roller then it will take no time at all

 

[nickdesign]

sorry i didnt mean to come across like it had already been decided.

was just digging down into detail that i could put all the whole tiles on the wall, seal the ones to be cut, put them on the wall, the seal the whole lot and then grout.

I just have a heck of a lot of tiles!

 

[marsaday]

get them sealed !!!

i have just done a floor and sealed prior to laying. i then grouted and this just makes the stone so messy, i wonder what would happen if i hadn't sealed before hand. then i sealed again the next day after grout had dried.

i was a b@gger cleaning off the grout while i was grouting - grout an area, then come back and clean off the excess etc.