Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Slate floor help 5Feb 09, 2013 9:05 am When we mop our slate floor we add a bit of car wash n wax to the water which keeps them shiny and every few months go over them with a vinyl & tile wash as the slate seem to lose its shine under mats etc but brings it up nice and shiny and is really easy. We recently had our hot water cylinder flood half our house and we actually thought the slate was ruined as it went white, but a few washes with vinyl repair and its almost perfect again. To put anything over slate you will need to put self level compound over the entire area as slate various in thickness and is very un even. To install most types of… 1 503 I would probably render it and then paint it as per your other advice, or gyrpock over the top. 1 3494 just pull up the slate. If you go over the top, your tiles would not have an even surface to be glued to. Im no tiler, but i can imagine a couple of things being an issue… 1 409 |