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Water/mould stains on terracotta tiles


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Has anyone got any product recommenfatiins/bright

ideas?

When we got back to France last week, our kitchen

flòor was mouldy across quite a large area due

to some water ingress. A door had blown open

since my last visit because I couldn't shut and

lock it as the wood had swollen. As it rained so

much until recently, the sitting water had left a film of

mould.

I have cleaned the floor several times, but hours

later a white film appears on the affected tiles.

Dry brushing won't remove it.

I've rubbed a very tiny amount of oil into one time

to see if it makes a difference. Not sure it's a good

or permanent solution although it seems to work.

Thoughts/suggestions very welcome.
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Betty that rain was something else! We were at our property during June and experienced the torrential rain . Never had rain like that in 18 years!!?

Weekend overnight rain forced its way beneath the locked shutter and sitting room door. Resulting in water all over the tiled floor, much mopping up required and hard wearing rug put out on gravelled courtyard to dry. Then two days later another torrential rain storm and we repeated the whole scenario. ??

Don't know whether scrubbing with white vinegar or bicarbonate of soda might help.

Bon courage.
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Our entire ground floor is terracotta tiles, but they're

not super-old ones. I've more or less narrowed down

The "cure" to a mix of huile de lin and turps. I think I

may wait until a cooler day to give it a go, as I think

It sounds like a recipe for a thumping headache!
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Do it with a mop at arms reach, if you get a charcoal mask from a brico it will also take out most of the vapour, working naturally with windows and doors open.
Turps substitute is usually available in the non smelly kind as well.

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Our entire ground floor is terracotta tiles, but they're

not super-old ones. I've more or less narrowed down

The "cure" to a mix of huile de lin and turps. I think I

may wait until a cooler day to give it a go, as I think

It sounds like a recipe for a thumping headache!
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Well....as there doesn't appear to be a cooler day due for a while, I set to with a mix of 50:50 turps and linseed oil today and the results are quite impressive so far. Hopefully the calcaire or whatever the marks were won't reappear over the coming days. It wasn't as smelly or as fume-y as I feared. Result.
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