{"id":1015,"date":"2016-07-27T23:39:15","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T23:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/?p=1015"},"modified":"2016-07-27T23:42:46","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T23:42:46","slug":"how-to-polish-ceramic-tilewithout-wax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/27\/how-to-polish-ceramic-tilewithout-wax\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Polish Ceramic Tile\u2026Without Wax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Two words: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ePcRPl-Cg4U\">Tile Glow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There comes a time when cleaning just isn\u2019t cutting it anymore and let\u2019s face it, without a shine, tile floors can look dull and dirty.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you want to make those unglazed ceramic, porcelain and quarry tiles shiny again, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.intlstoneworks.com\/products.htm#tile\">Tile Glow\u00ae System<\/a> gives you that polished look without using any surface coatings or wax.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_48\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Ceramic-b4after-copy.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-48\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-48 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Ceramic-b4after-copy-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ceramic b4after copy\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Ceramic-b4after-copy-300x150.jpg 300w, http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Ceramic-b4after-copy.jpg 504w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tile Glow\u00ae System Before and After<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This system is a natural, non-wax compound (powder) that hones and polishes tile floors.<\/p>\n<p>The system contains two products: the first is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.intlstoneworks.com\/tile\/tileglow1.htm\">Tile Glow\u00ae #1<\/a>, the honing compound, and the second is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.intlstoneworks.com\/tile\/tileglow2.htm\">Tile Glow\u00ae #2<\/a>, the polishing compound.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This system does not contain hazardous acids or solvents. It contains citric acid, a &#8220;natural&#8221; acid used in food preparation and cosmetics, which gives it excellent tile and grout cleaning power. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.intlstoneworks.com\/products.htm#tile\">Tile Glow\u00ae System<\/a> gives a long lasting finish and natural shine to tiles. It does not yellow or scuff and it eliminates the need for the constant waxing and stripping of tiles.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_46\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Green-ceramic-b4-after-copy.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-46\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-46 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Green-ceramic-b4-after-copy-300x96.jpg\" alt=\"Green ceramic b4 after copy\" width=\"300\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Green-ceramic-b4-after-copy-300x96.jpg 300w, http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Green-ceramic-b4-after-copy.jpg 603w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tile Glow\u00ae System Before and After<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We tend to find that when a surface is polished, people believe it is cleaner. With the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.intlstoneworks.com\/products.htm#demos\">Tile Glow\u00ae System<\/a>, the tile floor will remain polished for a very long time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind that this is a professional product that\u00a0needs to be applied with a low-speed floor machine. Need a step by step guide? Take a look at our instructional videos for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7xRIAEcjrT8\">Tile Glow\u00ae #1<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ePcRPl-Cg4U\">Tile Glow\u00ae #2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re not into DIY, we would be happy to polish your ceramic, porcelain and quarry tile floors for you. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.intlstoneworks.com\">Contact us<\/a> if you need more information about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.intlstoneworks.com\/products.htm#demos\">Tile Glow\u00ae<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Grout-sealing-wipe.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-800\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-800 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Grout-sealing-wipe-300x272.jpg\" alt=\"Grout sealing wipe\" width=\"300\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Grout-sealing-wipe-300x272.jpg 300w, http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Grout-sealing-wipe-768x695.jpg 768w, http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Grout-sealing-wipe-1024x927.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Grout-sealing-wipe.jpg 1969w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Two words: Tile Glow There comes a time when cleaning just isn\u2019t cutting it anymore and let\u2019s face it, without a shine, tile floors can look dull and dirty. &nbsp; If you want to make those unglazed ceramic, porcelain and quarry tiles shiny again, the Tile Glow\u00ae System gives you that polished look without [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[131,134,130,132,133,129],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1015"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1020,"href":"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015\/revisions\/1020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/intlstoneworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}