Sealing Polished Marble Tile Before Grouting

Marble sometimes gets circulary etches scrathed into its polished face with sanded grout.
Sealing polished marble tile before grouting. If the tile is dull after grouting then it is probably due to grout haze on the face of the tiles. I used this sealer and just put it in a spray bottle and sprayed three coats on the ungrouted tile. All natural stone tiles polished shiny honed matte or tumbled antiqued are porous therefore sealing before grouting is essential to fill these pores with protective sealer. Then i used a grouting sponge to wipe off any excess.
Polished marble shouldn t need sealing before you apply grout but tumbled marble does it s so absorbent that the grout itself will stain it during the installation process unless you seal it. This is usually polished marble installed as larger slabs and not as individually cut tiles. Before you consider sealing your tile keep in mind that there is marble that does not need to be sealed. You can apply another coat of sealer on the tile too.
Pre sealing is sealing the floor or wall surfacing material before it has been grouted. However rough cut marble is much more porous than polished marble and can be a candidate for sealing. Do you polish the marble before sealing. I would seal the tile before grouting.
After grouting the tile looks dull. If you are unsure which marble you have. This must be removed but careful what you use. Because marble is a natural stone and will absorb color you need to seal them before you grout to prevent the grout from discoloring the tile.
Most grout haze removers will etch marble. Then grout using non sanded grout. Coverage grout grouting liquid marble not paint seal sealing tile tile grout tiling discuss issues with not sealing marble before grouting. The sealer then keeps the grout from sticking to the face and makes clean up easier.
Then wait 3 days minimum after grouting giving time for grout to cure and then seal the grout.