How To Get Rid Of Slate Flooring

Wipe the entire slate tiled floor with mineral oil.

How to get rid of slate flooring.

Ammonia and 1 2 cup water in a bowl. Use the pry bar and the chisel if necessary to pry up the remaining pieces of the slate floor tiles. If necessary add a little water or more baking soda to make the paste thick but manageable. We cant wait to get rid of the slate in our dining room and kitchen.

It might look nice but the uneven surface is a total pita. Ceramic marble and other tiles with a finish coating are easily cleaned using the other methods in this guide but slate and otherwise unglazed tiles must be cleaned with a mix of baking soda and water. Combine half a cup of vinegar half a cup of lemon juice and half a cup of baking soda in the bowl. Mix up your cleaning solution.

Throw them in the can as well. All stripped use this process to remove slate flooring off concrete yellow tongue and timber floorboards. 3 strike the center. This should form a paste.

Strike the cold chisel with a 3 pound sledgehammer to chip the grout from around the tile. Place the sharp tip of a cold chisel in the grout line between two slate floor tiles. Then wipe with a water dampened cloth to neutralize the surface. Slate removal involves using a specially designed blade combined with vibration from a jackhammer to get underneath the tiles and screed separating them from the sub floor.

Clean painted tiles with household cleaner or a 50 50 solution of white vinegar and water. Don your goggles and gloves before you. Use a rag for smaller areas or a mop dipped into the oil for larger areas. Opt for a mix of baking soda and water to clean non ceramic tiles.

Wet a clean cloth with the diluted ammonia solution and wipe your slate surface to remove any greasy residue left by the candle wax. If it was smooth slate then that would have been nice. Step 5 use the masonry chisel and the pry bar to break up as much of the grout and or mortar as you can.