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Minton Floor Restoration The Park Nottingham

Victorian Floor Restoration — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:01:24 +0000

The moment I saw this floor I knew it held bags of potential to be a truly stunning piece and possibly a couple of surprises. The floor has pretty much all you could want a restorer; beautifully rich colours, encaustic borders, a gorgeous feature panel and intricate patterns to tie it all together. Set inside a beautifully designed Victorian property by T C Hine, in the Park Estate Nottingham. We really do count ourselves lucky to have the opportunity to work on masterpieces like this each day.

This floor was also the maiden voyage for a new piece of equipment we designed a while back and have been waiting to get fabricated. The result was less abrasion to tile faces whilst improving the overall cleaning results, ideal when you are working with encaustic panels. Plus it made for a faster clean overall.

Services
Victorian Tile Cleaning
Victorian Floor Restoration
Replacement Victorian Tiles

Contaminants
Varnish
Carpet Adhesive
Paint
Linseed Oil

Victorian Tile Floor Cleaning The Park Nottingham

Victorian Floor Restoration — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:15:14 +0000

A truly beautiful example of Victorian floor tiling in The Park, Nottingham. These Victorian tiles circa 1880 by Minton Hollins & Co are not only beautifully ornate but also incorporate a wonderful colour palette with rich browns, baby blue and a scattering of purple.

Beneath really thick layers of polish lay quite a few historical blemishes brought about by the sealing and cleaning procedures of the day. Including patches of high abrasion and bleaching of the clay with excessive dwelling of chemicals and of course staining from traditional organic sealers such as linseed oil.

After removing what contaminants we could from the floor, we resealed and applied out satin polish to draw out the colours and reduce daily maintenance.

Services
Victorian Tile Cleaning
Victorian Floor Restoration
Replacement Victorian Tiles

Contaminants
Paint
Linseed Oil

Minton Floor Cleaning The Park Nottingham

Victorian Floor Restoration — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:15:23 +0000

This floor really was a catalogue of errors. Even though this floor had been previously restored we found that their attempts had been nothing more than poor bodges. With everything from the wrong type sealers applied onto top of old sealers and lots of dirt, to failing to completely neutralise their cleaning agents, resulting in polish decomposition. Then there was ancient sealers which hadn’t been removed. You’ll also notice patches of dark red, this is trapped acids that haven’t been neutralised before sealing.

An awful lot of work went into repairing these bodged attempts at restoring this floor. Please be careful who you employ to undertake your Victorian floor restorations. There are those out there, who really don’t know anything more than how to turn on their scrubbing machine and are still using DIY products on these floors.

Services
Victorian Tile Cleaning

Contaminants
Varnish
Paint
Linseed Oil

Minton Tile Cleaning The Park Nottingham

Victorian Floor Restoration — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:52:58 +0000

What an amazing floor this is. Located in one of the more salubrious areas of the park in Nottingham; it really is a gem. How often do you find a floor with as many encaustic tiles as this? Very few to be honest and considering the floors excellent condition, it is all the more rare.

The finish is a subtle sheen that gently enhances the overall colour and reduces cleaning time by providing a hard wearing coating on top of the tiles.

Services
Victorian Tile Cleaning

Contaminants
Paint