Quarry TIles

[Andrew]

Kitchen floor consists of 8" tiles in a maroon red colour of 1948 vintage. I have always referred to theses as Quarry tiles although they are different from the thin floor tiles found in Victorian houses. These are about 18mm (3/4") thick of something like a concrete construction with a finer surface. They have previously been painted but this is now worn and scuffed and I should like to get the floor looking half decent again.

Paint is the obvious solution but most of the floor paints that I have found seem to specify that they are not suitable for quarry tiles. So the question is (i) do I have quarry tiles and (ii) if so is there paint that is suitable. I do not want anything too expensive since this is a temporary measure to tide me over until I do a full refurb of the kitchen.

Before anyone suggest it, stripping back and polishing is not an option since patches of the floor are concrete from where I removed a built in larder.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Andrew

[Chris Bacon]

"International" quick drying floor paint.

[Andrew]

"Also not suitable for use on ceramic, terracotta or quarry floor tiles, asphalt or vinyl flooring."

[Chris Bacon]

You *did* say it is for "a temporary measure to tide me over until I do a full refurb".

[Andrew]

Point taken :-) but given how long it lasted last time I was wondering if there was something that might at least still look good when I come around to do the job properly. Then again the problem in the past might be down to poor preperation and I have already started to fully strip the existing paint and will degrease before applying anything new.

Andrew

[Chris Bacon]

How big an area is it? Does "stuff" stand on the floor?

[Andrew]

12' x 12' room size so 10' x 10' after allowing for units on two sides. Washing Machine and Dishwasher push in under the worktop and there is a small table and chairs in the other corner. So not a lot but things do get moved around. Deteriation of existing surface seems to be mainly due to foot traffic.

Andrew

[Andrew]

I established last night that ordinary paint stripper (Nitromors) does a good job of stripping the existing paint so at least I should be able to get the whole floor back to a good base. Unless I can find anything better I will give it a good clean and try the International floor paint that Chris suggested.

Thanks,

Andrew