How to apply GlazeGuard® to a Creamic or Porcelain tile floor -

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In this video, we're going to show you how to apply our GlazeGuard® gloss sealer to some wood look porcelain tile.

We're going to put a clear barrier across the tile and grout that will give the floor a really nice wet look gloss finish.
Not only will the GlazeGuard® gloss beautify the ceramic or porcelain tile surface, but it's also going to make it much easier to clean, much more wear resistant, and much more stain resistant.
We're going to start by showing you the steps needed to clean and prep the surface before you apply the GlazeGuard® gloss, and the first product we use is CoverClean CT50®.

CT stands for crystal technology.
This is a crystal or powder.
And it's a concentrate that you dilute with warm water.
To give the tile and grout a good clean, add two ounces of the CT50® powder to a gallon of water.
If the surface is not very dirty, then you can cut that down to one, or even half of an ounce.
Once you've dissolved the crystals or diluted the crystals with warm or hot water, you can apply it either by mopping it onto the floor or you can use a little hand sprayer, or a pump-up sprayer.

Just make sure that you apply it liberally onto the floor, and then scrub it in with a scouring pad.
You can use either a maroon or a green scouring pad.
If you're doing larger areas, you can use a SPP pad.
This is a surface prep pad that's manufactured by 3M, and it fits right under your floor scrubbing machine.

Once you've used the CT50® to scrub the grout and tile, you should rinse off any residue.
You can use a wet mop to get it up.
You can rinse it down the drain with clean water.
You can also use a wet vac to vacuum it up.

Once you've rinsed off any cleaner residue with clean water, you should let the floor air dry, or you can use floor fans.
The important thing is to let that grout dry out.
It should take two or three hours, and you can tell as the grout lightens (in color) that it is drying out.

If you have tile that's going to be used in a wet area, like a shower floor or wall, or maybe outside on a patio or around a pool deck, then you need to take the extra step of using our PreTreat® cleaner.
This is a mildly acidic solution that will micro-etch the tile, and give the area being sealed a little bit more bite.
The PreTreat® can be sprayed on, mopped on or brushed on, typically about 800 square feet per gallon depending on the texture of the tile.
And you need to just agitate it, scrub it in, brush it into the tile, and then let it sit for about 15 minutes and then rinse it off.

If you see any areas that start to dry out, then go back and just add a bit more.
The important thing is to keep the area wet for about 15 minutes with the pre-treat.
After 15 minutes, we want to rinse off the pre-treat solution, so we can use a weak mixture of the CT50® and the rinse water just to help neutralize the pre-treat, rinse it off.
Then once more, let the floor either air dry, or you can use floor fans, or just leave a door open to circulate the air in the room.

Remember, the pre-treat step is an extra surface prep step that we require.
If you're going to use the sealer in a wet area, like a shower floor or outside somewhere, that's going to receive a lot of water wetting and drying on a regular basis.
It's not necessary to use the pre-treat in areas that aren't going to be getting wet on a regular basis.
So, your kitchen's fine, your bedrooms are fine, your hallways are fine.
You don't need to use the pre-treat in those areas.

Now that the floor is clean and dry, we're ready to apply the GlazeGuard®.
And the GlazeGuard® comes with an A and a B side, and you mix the two together and the ratio is 3-to-1 for the Gloss and the Satin finishes.
There's also a reducer that we include with the kits.

The reducer is used to thin out the product, make it easier to apply over large areas.
When you're doing small areas like we're doing here.
When you're using a sample kit, we don't include the reducer because it's not necessary for these small areas.
When you buy a larger kit like a quart kit or a gallon or a four gallon kit, the reducer will come included in that kit.

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Charles Idowu
Technical Director

10821 NW 50th Street Sunrise Fl 33351
Phone: 888-580-0693
Fax: 754-223-2467
Email: service@covertecproducts.com

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