How to restore this floor (Think its granite)

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 5 Jul 2019 at 11:50

Acme said:
Thanks, now that damn song is in my head... IF YOU'RE GONNA DO IT DO IT RIGHT (RIGHT) DO IT WITH ME

I should be so lucky

Hyburnate · 5 Jul 2019 at 11:50

I'd be getting a pro in to do that personally.

Akagi · 5 Jul 2019 at 11:52

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
I should be so lucky

God damnit...

Hyburnate said:
I'd be getting a pro in to do that personally.

Meh, screw it up and you can cover it back up.

fastwunz · 5 Jul 2019 at 14:33

Be careful for asbestos as already mentioned if grinding it.

Sure don’t look like granite to me but I’m not expert haha

lego · 5 Jul 2019 at 19:03

Quick update, had a little go ealier today using white spirits and some fine sand paper and a bit of elbow grease

Here's the start

A soak and a scrub

Wiped down

Still some tough patched of glue to get rid of, but a bit more work and

Pretty please with the results, did find the glue would turn to a paste and then it was difficult to get off, Tomorrow I'm going to try and use a scrapper instead, I think it may be easier.

Got some sealant arriving tomorrow to apply once its finished.

Thanks for the advice given, was a big help!!

LuckyBenski · 5 Jul 2019 at 21:41

lego said:
Quick update, had a little go ealier today using white spirits and some fine sand paper and a bit of elbow grease

Here's the start

A soak and a scrub

Wiped down

Still some tough patched of glue to get rid of, but a bit more work and

Pretty please with the results, did find the glue would turn to a paste and then it was difficult to get off, Tomorrow I'm going to try and use a scrapper instead, I think it may be easier.

Got some sealant arriving tomorrow to apply once its finished.

Thanks for the advice given, was a big help!!

Eeh that's nice. Bet it's dead satisfying too. I love scraping gunk and grime off stuff then enjoying the pristine results. Wallpaper scraper is a good shout - soften it, then scrape and wipe off onto rags or kitchen roll. Then the final cleanup is another spray and wiping the floor.

BF-Bert · 5 Jul 2019 at 21:56

Lord-Jaffa said:
Not true at all, you have no idea what was mixed in at the time of installation, loads of adhesives contain asbestos that was mixed in prior to use/installation, thin set mortars, putty, texture coating the list is endless

First time I’ve ever heard of asbestos being mixed in prior to use.

Terminal_Boy · 5 Jul 2019 at 22:02

aardvark said:
do it with an open window though!

And don’t have any naked flames in the house when you do it.

Akagi · 5 Jul 2019 at 22:25

Terminal_Boy said:
And don’t have any naked flames in the house when you do it.

Or clothed flames.

Amp34 · 5 Jul 2019 at 22:31

Maccapacca said:
That would be lovely bought back to life.

Can you see is there are any joins in it? Isn't laid in slabs. If not it's likely an exposed aggregate that has been ground back originally which means you could grind it back some more.

If not some kind of thinners to liven the glue up so you can scrape it off.

It’s almost certainly not real rock (and definitely not granite) so yeah, exposed aggregate.

Rent a floor grinder and polisher and go over the entire thing would be the best option. The glue probably needs removing Iraq no matter what you do as it’ll gunk up the grinder/polisher pretty quickly.

Lord-Jaffa · 5 Jul 2019 at 22:49

BF-Bert said:
First time I’ve ever heard of asbestos being mixed in prior to use.

You would be surprised, it was thrown into mixes all time, ive found mastic with clumps of chrysotile in it from being added when on site, industry guidelines say materials should always be presumed to contain asbestos, hence why we do surveys before any work is carried out.