How to clean up sealant
First, A sealant applied to ceramic tiles during construction
1. Wipe with water
If you buy water-based sealant, you can wash it with clean water before curing, and the sooner the better.
2. Use special sealant cleaning agent
Residual seam agent on ceramic tile, no matter whether cured, can use special seam agent cleaning agent to wipe. However, this only applies to the treatment of ceramic tile surface seam agent.
3. Use a certain concentration of alcohol or oxalic acid
If you don't buy a cleaner, you can use alcohol or oxalic acid in a certain concentration. Wet sealant with hot water before wiping. However, when using oxalic acid, you need to pay extra attention, because the smell is more intense, many people find it difficult to accept.
Before construction, paper of beautiful grain of laid around ceramic tile aperture, can avoid getting ceramic tile above. Careful sizing during construction, keep smooth, so as not to spray colloid to the periphery of the gap.
Two, remove the ceramic tile gap seam agent, rework
1. Use professional sewing tools
The sealant becomes very hard after curing and needs to be blown soft with a heat gun.Then use a special knife or a hard box cutter to dig out the sealant completely.Ensure the cleanness between aperture when construction, do not hurt ceramic tile glaze.
2. Ask a professional to clean it
If you are worried that you can't clean the sealant completely, you can also find a home decoration company directly. They will have a special person to clean it, so that you can save the trouble of doing things yourself.
Although sealant can be redone, it is not simple. We hope that you can choose a good color before construction to avoid unnecessary trouble in the later stage.If you need to rework, be sure to handle in time, the longer the curing time, the more difficult to clean.
If you have any other questions about sealant, please feel free to contact Kelin caulking compound supplier, our professional sealant team will give you a detailed answer.