The tile loses freshness and beauty over time. It, undoubtedly, unpleasantly. Really it is necessary to do repair? No, it is possible to update old tile, without deleting it. It will save money and will give to the room tidy look.
- - means for cleaning of tile;
- - vinegar;
- - brush;
- - special marker in barrel;
- - drill;
- - hammer;
- - scraper;
- - intertiled finish for seams.
1. Carefully wash up tile, using qualitative cleaning agents. Remove splashes, soot, fat. Before work attentively read the instruction to cleaning agent not to do to tile harm.
2. Apply means on tile and wait 10 minutes. Gross contaminations brush. Wash tile with water. To add to tile pleasant gloss, process it vinegar solution.
3. Check condition of intertiled seams. If they demand updating, carefully clean seams from dirt and fat, using special spray. Wash seams with water. If it seems to you that seams are infected with fungus, process them vinegar. Wait for full drying of tile. Remove old finish and impose new layer. Accurately jam seams. After drying of finish wipe tile, using at first damp, and then dry rag.
4. If you do not want to use new finish, paint seams by means of special paint. Most often it is on sale in household shops in barrels. Accurately update seams. There is one nuance: such paints usually have white color. To give the necessary shade, you should resort to the help of sutural dyes.
5. At damage of separate tiles replace them with new. For this purpose scrape out seams by means of scraper. Drill openings in the center of tile by means of drill on concrete. Remove the middle of tile, accurately hollow the hammer the remains. Remove old glue and finish. Smear new tile with glue and apply on the right place. You watch that it was flush with the others. Put sutural finish and accurately jam. You do not wet the updated site within 48 hours.