These soft clay terracotta tiles such as tecate pavers saltillo tiles slate and many other porous tiles but especially terracotta tiles must be approached more distinctly.
Terracotta tile cleaning and restoration.
The most important part is the acid cleaning solution.
This is how the terracotta floor looked after cleaning with just water.
This will darken the tiles a little so to get an idea of the finished colour wet the tiles to assess the effect.
Terracotta tile floors can be stripped with a machine and a water based stripper like every other tile floor for 99 per square foot.
The best way to clean terracotta and or saltillo tiles is on your hands and knees using brass tipped bristles and green scrubber steel will scratch and damage.
Example of restoring an old terracotta tile floor which had been left untreated for many years and had become badly stained.
The elemens such as rain and algae pose a luminous.
How to seal terracotta tiles.
If after 15 minutes the water has soaked into the floor the tiles will need to be impregnated with boiled linseed oil.
Cleaning outdoor terracotta tiles is a whole other project seperate from cleaning indoor terracotta tiles.