Tile Refurbishement

Natural Stone Restoration & Maintenance Guide Whether you're a new property owner looking to restore natural stone tiles or looking for a simple method of reinvigorating old surfaces, here's our guide on how to restore and maintain natural stone tiles. Along with our instructions, we have a list of recommended products to restore natural stone flooring to its former glory and maintain the restorations. Continue reading →

Graffiti can be an eyesore and a costly problem for property owners. Fortunately, Faber offers a range of effective solutions for graffiti removal. This guide will walk you through the process of removing graffiti using Faber products, ensuring you can restore your surfaces to their original condition quickly and efficiently. Understanding Different Types of Graffiti Before diving into removal techniques...

How to Polish Granite Countertops & Flooring Today, I will share our step-by-step guide to polishing granite countertops and flooring. Polishing granite can be a tricky job, but using our guide and the products we suggest makes the whole thing a lot easier.  Why is it important to polish granite? Granite can be the highlight of any room or location...

Diamond Impregnated Pads (DIP) are available with different grit sizes to use in a sequential process for grinding, honing, and polishing various hard floor surfaces like concrete, stone, and terrazzo. Any single disc rotary, pneumatic, Klindex, Hyper Grinder, Wet Rock, Verbal and more. The DIP pads and hybrid pads fit on any other single rotary floor buffing and grinding manufacturer...

Wet Flooring Signeage - Floor Signs and Anti Slip According to the Health and Safety Executive, slips and trips are the most common cause of injury in the workplace. On average, a slip and fall results in 40% of all reported major injuries and lead to other more severe injuries. They are also responsible for most injuries sustained by members...

How to polish porcelain tiles and get rid of scratches Porcelain tiles instantly enhance the aesthetic of any area they are laid in. However, after time these surfaces develop scratches and other defects. To polish these hard floor surfaces and get rid of faults plaguing their appearance, you need Faber Porcelain Restoration cream. It is a buffing cream that effortlessly removes issues found in your tiles. Let's explain how to use this restoring cream to polish porcelain tiles and get rid of scratches.  Continue reading →

How to Clean Victorian Tiles Walls and Floors - Refurbish Edwardian Flooring with Specialist Supplies   There have been a number of posts recently relating to cleaning Victorian & Edwardian Geometric and Encaustic floors. Quite often we receive calls from customers who have been lucky enough to acquire a British Victorian home or property that boasts a plethora of period features, usually including authentic tiles on the flooring, walls and around old fireplaces (vertical surfaces). During the Victorian era, it was customary to tile most surfaces around the home, including the hallway floors as a first welcome to guests.  Intricate and colourful patterns decorate these hallways, even using encaustic tiles. Porch floors and walls were also tiled with skirting, dado, and feature tiles in eye-catching designs. In contrast, bathrooms and kitchen walls were adorned with plainer hues of off-white as a contrast. It's also common to see Victorian and Edwardian garden paths decorated with chequerboard tile designs with a border. Continue reading →

People often ask me the best way to clean grout? There is a very simple formula to make a fantastic job of cleaning grout each and every time, it’s called pre wetting. I find it incredulous that many people struggle to clean grout effectively yet, they all without exception make the same mistakes by either trying to clean grout when the floor is dry, without pre wetting, or they try to clean grout using a pad instead of a brush.

How to Clean and Re-Seal Terracotta Flooring - Stone Restoration, Protection and Maintenance  For those who have an upcoming job with terracotta flooring or recently acquired a property with terracotta surfaces and looking for refurbishment advice, here's the Tiling Logistics to clean and seal these floor tiles. Along with our instructions, we have a list of recommended products to restore terracotta flooring to its former glory and maintain these results. Continue reading →