Mexican tile refinishing

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has to be Mexican? My guy is Honduran

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Glad we got this out of the way. Btw I think the following is about a house on the same street you grew up…floor had been there 30-40 years and I doubt it had ever been refinished before.

OP, it’s a big project. I found a Zep product that could strip them ok, but you really have to work it in. I didn’t try anything incredibly harsh, everything was a floor product, but some didn’t work at all. Scrubbed with a stiff push broom that I bought specifically for this. It really has to be stripped to get good results, some tiles did better than others, some had remnants of the old sealant on them. Definitely would find some sort of machine to rent to do it if I did it over. I used a semi gloss product from Home Depot to seal it again, something for porous stone. It worked out ok. Overall it looked better than it did previously, but it was a lot of work. I had to get a few new tiles to cover some old cabinets, these things really are like brittle clay unsealed. Daltile sold them a few years ago, I even got a few with coyote footprints.

I had a few people come out to look at it, didn’t really sound like they had a lot of experience with it, so I decided to do myself. The house was empty when I did it.

I have some pics, will try to post them later tonight.