Yeah, the difference in the finish of the floors is night & day. Reminds me of polishing the floors in the army barracks back in the day. Should re-shine lots of times before you need to strip it. The car polisher idea will work good.
I have laid many a tile and I know for certain, if you do not "seal" the grout you will have problems. In the US they now sell grout with sealer pre-mixed into the dry mix. Back-in-the-day I had to add it after the grout dried, painstakingly applying it to every grout line, which is why many people did not do it.
🙂Thanks for the video Jing Jo Juice 555 - learning from your experiences. I like the idea of using a penetrating sealer myself rather than wax on top but local availability is always a issue.
I think a penetrating sealer would work better considering the porousness of this tile. I used what Global House suggested, which is always a role-of-the-dice.
I really enjoy your videos and that's another good tip to avoid the matt tiles. I've learned a lot from your build experience. You'll save me a lot of trouble down the line. Thanks Kenny!!!
@@joewalton6056 Hey Joe, I first read your comment as: Yeah I agree, Kenny and Sompit are GIVING us headaches....., had to read that twice, lol! Thanks for commenting.
Hi Kenny and Sompit Frog will need to come out of water they are amphibians and live in water and on land , maybe since water level dropped he/she can't get out 🐸 We were planning having matt wood effect tile through out our house , we will revisit that idea cheers Gary and Mon 😎👍
Plenty of glazed low sheen floor tiles available here, great for bathrooms, I personally hate high polish looking floors unless it's timber. In a few years if your over those tiles you can get a floating floor put right over the top.
I really like the non-slip tiles we went to in the bathrooms. I would put those through the house if they came in a light color, but do not want a dark floor throughout.
To eliminate "orange peel" on rolled paint surfaces, you need to lightly lay-off with long straight very light brush strokes over the wet surface as you go using a wide long-haired fine paint brush.
Hey Wayne, I'll give that a try. This wax "self-levels" a little on its own if applied in thicker layers, but still a lot of "tracking" in the final finish. I ordered a hand buffer to see if that will smooth it a bit more.
Hey, on your thought using a trowel for the floor material, I was thinking, maybe a window squeegee might work for you? Some are wide, can attach to a long handle as well.
I have a floor squeegee here, but I'm guessing it will do what squeegees are designed to do and remove all the liquid, albeit a very thin layer. 5 layers with the "float and clothe" are still only as thick as a piece of paper. So I think a squeegee would take 10-12 coats minimum. I will grab a cheap hand squeegee and try it in a small spot to see what it looks like.
Hi Kenny, you've probably finished the floors now, however a domestic Kenwood steam mop would have cleaned everything off and cleaned the grout as you went. They're excellent for marks and stubborn stains.
Hey Glenn, Videos are running pretty current right now so we have not finished quite yet, but her Purple Duch seems to be working well, and she will not want to spend 50 bhat buying a cleaning machine!
I like the matte finish better ;-) ..where I am right now there are shiny tiles everywhere and I can't even count how many times I had a close call.. still can't believe I haven't sliped yet lol ..even when completely dry, they are a menace!
...and that is why I installed the matte tiles. However, as I said, they look like hell now, and Sompit can't drag a mop over them, so I had to do something. Only time will tell if I did the right thing, I guess.
Definitely good stuff, wish we could get it here. "Now in Loa", has talked about a BKK Auzzie that brings containers of "anything" in from Australia and will bring whatever you need, and he claims the rate is a reasonable rate. He had the guy buy and ship him a specific RV fridge for his Troupie.
Hi Kenny, good vid about the tiles, can you tell me. After applying that sealant did it leave a non slip surface. That mop/broom you talking about. We got one from global. I used to seal floors in Oz, but finding products here is difficult. Cheers.
It's a forge world Kenny / what you have is a non stick floor / steam cleaner will clean it up / polishing mop/ with all the polish your putting down you are going to have a big mess to clean up to do again / 🙃 / I hope you understand I am a friend Mr Don Australia 🦘
Hey Friend, As originally planned, if it is too much of a hassle, I'll tear it out and replace it when that time comes. That is the only reason we are experimenting with this floor coating now. It is a temporary fix, at a minimum.
I have a floor squeegee here, but I'm guessing it will do what squeegees are designed to do and remove all the liquid, albeit a very thin layer. 5 layers with the "float and clothe" are still only as thick as a piece of paper. So I think a squeegee would take 10-12 coats minimum. I will grab a cheap hand squeegee and try it in a small spot to see what it looks like
That is how I would do it if I was painting, so that makes sense. with the Float and clothe, I am able to get up tight to the board without much overage, so that is what we are doing now.
Yeah, the difference in the finish of the floors is night & day. Reminds me of polishing the floors in the army barracks back in the day. Should re-shine lots of times before you need to strip it. The car polisher idea will work good.
The dirt project slowed me down a bit. Almost finished with the main room now and the polisher is here. Now, I need to track down some compound.
Mister Miyagi would be proud. The cleaning product reviews were very helpful.
LOL, almost titled this video, "wax on, wax off", but didn't know how to work in the "off" part.
@@ParadiseNThailand "Wax on but not Off" would have worked.🤣
Not a fan of floor tiles due to grout cleaning regularly.
Opted for LVP here in Thailand and we love it.
Good luck.
I have laid many a tile and I know for certain, if you do not "seal" the grout you will have problems. In the US they now sell grout with sealer pre-mixed into the dry mix. Back-in-the-day I had to add it after the grout dried, painstakingly applying it to every grout line, which is why many people did not do it.
🙂Thanks for the video Jing Jo Juice 555 -
learning from your experiences. I like the idea of using a penetrating sealer myself rather than wax on top but local availability is always a issue.
I think a penetrating sealer would work better considering the porousness of this tile. I used what Global House suggested, which is always a role-of-the-dice.
I really enjoy your videos and that's another good tip to avoid the matt tiles. I've learned a lot from your build experience. You'll save me a lot of trouble down the line. Thanks Kenny!!!
Learn from my mistakes! But that's ok, good to hear it is helping some of our viewers.
Yeah I agree, Kenny and Sompit are saving us headaches and giving us outstanding gardening advice for those of us planning on moving to Thailand
@@joewalton6056 Hey Joe, I first read your comment as: Yeah I agree, Kenny and Sompit are GIVING us headaches....., had to read that twice, lol! Thanks for commenting.
Hi Kenny and Sompit
Frog will need to come out of water they are amphibians and live in water and on land , maybe since water level dropped he/she can't get out 🐸
We were planning having matt wood effect tile through out our house , we will revisit that idea
cheers Gary and Mon 😎👍
Something to consider, if the color is not light/white or heavily patterned, you might be ok, as it will not show the stains as easily as ours.
@@ParadiseNThailand Hi Kenny Only planning on having lighter colour in the bathrooms but more mosaic type floor non slip
@@GaryMon5050 We could not find the larger size (60x60) tiles in a "bathroom" no-slip version. That is why we went with the non-glazed.
Plenty of glazed low sheen floor tiles available here, great for bathrooms, I personally hate high polish looking floors unless it's timber. In a few years if your over those tiles you can get a floating floor put right over the top.
I really like the non-slip tiles we went to in the bathrooms. I would put those through the house if they came in a light color, but do not want a dark floor throughout.
To eliminate "orange peel" on rolled paint surfaces, you need to lightly lay-off with long straight very light brush strokes over the wet surface as you go using a wide long-haired fine paint brush.
Hey Wayne,
I'll give that a try. This wax "self-levels" a little on its own if applied in thicker layers, but still a lot of "tracking" in the final finish. I ordered a hand buffer to see if that will smooth it a bit more.
Hey, on your thought using a trowel for the floor material, I was thinking, maybe a window squeegee might work for you? Some are wide, can attach to a long handle as well.
I have a floor squeegee here, but I'm guessing it will do what squeegees are designed to do and remove all the liquid, albeit a very thin layer. 5 layers with the "float and clothe" are still only as thick as a piece of paper. So I think a squeegee would take 10-12 coats minimum. I will grab a cheap hand squeegee and try it in a small spot to see what it looks like.
Hi Kenny, you've probably finished the floors now, however a domestic Kenwood steam mop would have cleaned everything off and cleaned the grout as you went. They're excellent for marks and stubborn stains.
Hey Glenn, Videos are running pretty current right now so we have not finished quite yet, but her Purple Duch seems to be working well, and she will not want to spend 50 bhat buying a cleaning machine!
I like the matte finish better ;-) ..where I am right now there are shiny tiles everywhere and I can't even count how many times I had a close call.. still can't believe I haven't sliped yet lol ..even when completely dry, they are a menace!
...and that is why I installed the matte tiles. However, as I said, they look like hell now, and Sompit can't drag a mop over them, so I had to do something. Only time will tell if I did the right thing, I guess.
Wax on
No wax off
Remember your clockwise and counterclockwise motion Kenny-San
Oh hell, I forgot which way the clock turns, I'm retired!
@ LMAO
There is an applicator for hardwood floor finish that is exactly as your describing .
Hey FOB,
Searched our local (small) Global House yesterday, and felt lucky to find the tool you will see in the next video.
Thanks for the video. 👍🏻
As always, Thank YOU!
Delta T Gel - I had it shipped in from Aus. The product is A$30 for a litre. Shipping is expensive if you use the standard FedEx etc.
Definitely good stuff, wish we could get it here. "Now in Loa", has talked about a BKK Auzzie that brings containers of "anything" in from Australia and will bring whatever you need, and he claims the rate is a reasonable rate. He had the guy buy and ship him a specific RV fridge for his Troupie.
I want to try and bring in line marking spray and aerostart would this company ship that?
@@justinlittlewood9385 You are best to contact the courier company and they should be able to tell you.
Hi Kenny, good vid about the tiles, can you tell me. After applying that sealant did it leave a non slip surface.
That mop/broom you talking about.
We got one from global.
I used to seal floors in Oz, but finding products here is difficult.
Cheers.
I would not say it in non-slip, but it is not a glassy smooth finish after 5 coats. I will be polishing it when the hand polisher arrives from Lazada.
CLR is what we call it in australi it cleans rust calicium lime n rust cleaner
We have CLR in the US, Aussie Mark commented here and said the stuff he gave me, and I tried in the video, is called Delta T Gel.
If it’s a polyurethane, it might be able to use a squeegee to apply.
I'm pretty sure now that it is wax, it looks and smells like wax so it must be wax, as they say.
It's a forge world Kenny / what you have is a non stick floor / steam cleaner will clean it up / polishing mop/ with all the polish your putting down you are going to have a big mess to clean up to do again / 🙃 / I hope you understand I am a friend Mr Don Australia 🦘
Hey Friend,
As originally planned, if it is too much of a hassle, I'll tear it out and replace it when that time comes. That is the only reason we are experimenting with this floor coating now. It is a temporary fix, at a minimum.
Try using a window squeegee
Spread it around with a comercial squeegee as you said it will self level itself
I have a floor squeegee here, but I'm guessing it will do what squeegees are designed to do and remove all the liquid, albeit a very thin layer. 5 layers with the "float and clothe" are still only as thick as a piece of paper. So I think a squeegee would take 10-12 coats minimum. I will grab a cheap hand squeegee and try it in a small spot to see what it looks like
Should do the brush work on the edges first
That is how I would do it if I was painting, so that makes sense. with the Float and clothe, I am able to get up tight to the board without much overage, so that is what we are doing now.