Treating a clean but dull slate floor

[Jorvik]

Thanks in advance for any help.

I want to seal and polish/oil/wax a slate floor (Yorkshire Dales stone cottage, original large slate floor slabs from 1850s). They have just been professionally cleaned by machine, so are clean but dull. I think I need a penetrating sealant and then a product to give some shine ( preferably a satin or semi-matt finish, not gloss).

What do you recommend, please? Suggestions for products and where to get them, very welcome.

[wine~o]

http://www.toppstiles.co.uk/tprod46713/ ... ffect.html

is one product. there are other retailers out there, just make sure it's suitable for natural stone/slate.

[Jorvik]

Thank you for that, but it doesn't seem to be a penetrating sealant.

[Dave54]

Isn't slate impermeable?
I'd have thought any finish was going to be on the surface.

[darrenba]

You might want to look at the Lithofin range of products. Something like this might be suitable

http://www.lithofin.co.uk/en-gb/__i/Lit ... -Slate-Oil

[Jorvik]

Isn't slate impermeable?
I'd have thought any finish was going to be on the surface.

Yes, that's what I assumed - otherwise, it wouldn't be much use on roofs, would it? However, apparently, the penetrating sealant does 'soak into' the surface for a couple of mm, especially with old slate floors. It stops grease, wine, etc., soaking in and staining the surface.