I bought a 2nd hand 10 years old house..the tiles look old and I have no budget to dismantle and reinstall a new tiles.
so what can I do to make the tile look better then now? can I polish it? or how?

i heard some renovator say wash with tile washer (some kind of acid) but that is for matte surface tiles, not so sure if it works on glossy tiles.

Any tiles also got cleaner for it. Go to ask in hardware shop for acid to clean tiles.

Guys, can tumpang? I bought a subsale condo and notice the cement underneath the floor tiles are empty. Haiz, the developer contractor must be cheating during construction.

Will there be alot of rework to hack it and paste back with real cement instead of empty hole underneath the tiles?

Dear Friend

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Thanks
Regards
Dominic

tiles are made fragile and peeling the tile out will usually end up with broken or chipped tiles if not carefully and timidly done...
u might end up buying a whole new set of tile for that area...

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Added on April 22, 2011, 10:54 pmWhat u should know about tub / tile coating/glazing

just for INFO... not bashing or condemning anyone or anybody..

This post has been edited by mikicun: Apr 22 2011, 10:54 PM

Condo? I guess due to the volumn of work the need to do, hence have put less cement on it. hence if you knock will hear empty sound back.

Advice is just leave as it, except you have plan to change all the tiles since no contractors able to guaranty didn't break the tile next to it.

Dominic,
Interesting info, I know have such for roof top but didn't noticed have for tiles too...

to use acid to wash is that dangerous to use?

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Added on April 23, 2011, 9:27 amHey guys.. its look interesting..the 1st I concern is how much per sqm?

This post has been edited by beast_doadore: Apr 23 2011, 09:27 AM

BM coating restoration price is quite high compare to others. But they are the best in town currently.

new as in?? clean or gloosy polised??

if glossy polish, you need to wash away the existing waxand rewax it...

if clean, then use bleaching water.. or simply "acid basuh mosaic" as in hardware shop laymen term...

P/S this is MILD hydrocloric acid... though mild & under government approved percentage, it can still perform significant damage if come contact with skin directly