Slate, unlike Spanish tile, is a lot more dense and porous throughout the stone. There are various types of slate named by their cuts, shapes, sizes, and colors. We most commonly deal with irregular slate. This stone is used indoors, outdoors, interior, and exterior, and both require a different type of sealer. I’m not a chemist and I can’t tell you how, where, and why slate is what it is, I can only suggest what works to seal it correctly, maintain it correctly, maintain it correctly, and prolong the life of your floors, walls, bathrooms, showers, counters, and every other possible variation and combination of irregular shaped slate.
For interior slate, we recommend a topical coating sealer that sits on top of the slate, either a high gloss liquid floor polish, or a low luster liquid floor polish.  The reason we use these types of sealing and polishing techniques is because you want to be actually walking on the sealer and the floor polish, not the actual slate itself. This method gives ultimate protection against stains from oil, water, harsh chemicals, and high traffic  areas.
These floors are protected so well, that the slate cannot be completely neglected, and in ten years we can come back, strip all of the existing coatings bio degradable sealer removal agent. Which would remove all of the old sealer, old floor polish, and all the dirt that has embedded itself in the finish and the grout.
Professional Slate Floor Cleaning, stripping, sealing and Restoration
But…. You want to deep clean your slate every three years, and when sealing, re-apply 2 to 3 coats of floor polish, so that you don’t ever have to strip off the sealer. Just the floor polish, which will get off all scratches and surface dirt stuck in the finish. Our detailed , meticulous, slate floor cleaning techniques will take those slate tiles to the next level.
California Tile Restoration brings your slate tile floor back to life and like new condition as well as any other natural stone flooring, green slate, African slate, and Vermont slate to name a few. So why let that tired dry slate ruin your busy day?
Call us TODAY and REJUVENATE that SLATE!
Contact California Tile Restoration today.
Email or Call Fritz Wittmann
(707) 384-1172 [email protected]
In Southern California? Contact us NOW!
(619) 577-6547
California Tile Restoration has done slate tile refinishing and maintenance in cities all through the Bay Area, such as San Ramon, Black hawk, Belvedere, San Francisco, Oakland Hills, Marin County, San Rafael, Concord, Dublin, Santa Cruz, Pleasanton, Walnut Creek, San Jose, Piedmont, Burlingame, San Mateo, Daly City, Fremont, Rio Vista, Davis, and even Southern California in Los Angeles county, San Diego county, Orange county, Encinitas, Malibu, Hollywood, Rancho Santa Fe, Carlsbad, Anaheim,. Also Clean slate in Sausalito, Mill Valley, Strawberry, Tiburon, Stinson Beach, Sleepy Hollow, San Ramon, Fairfax, Kentfield, Greenbrae, Larkspur, San Rafael, Terra Linda, Marinwood, Bel Marin keys, Ignacio, Lucas Valley, San Marin, Black pointe, Petaluma Cotati, Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park, Sebastapool, Sonoma, Windsur, Brotherford, Bodega Bay. Clean Slate flooring and grout in Ukiah, Willits, Grass Valley, Placerville, Auburn, Roseville, Cameron Park, Elk Grove , Sacramento county, Rancho Murietta, Dixon, Vacaville, Fairfield, Cordelia, Stockton, Tracy, Antioch, Martinez, Lafayette, Orinda, Moraga, Alamo, Danville, Livermore, Castro Valley, Pacifica, Half Moon Bay, San Bruno, Foster City, Palo alto, East palo Alto, Saratoga, Napa Valley, Calistoga, Younteville, St. Helena, Crocket, Vallejo, Pinole, Emeryville, Berkeley, El Sobrante, Morgan Hill, Santa Cruz, Carmel, Watsonville.