10/20/2026
Our tile leaves the factory already sealed. That is where the protection starts, not where it ends.
Every piece is sealed here before it is boxed, which carries it through storage, shipping and handling on site. What that first seal cannot do is protect the floor once it is laid, because the moment that matters most for staining is grouting, and grouting happens after the tile is already down.
So the job needs two more coats, and the order is the part people get wrong. The first goes on after the tile is set and before any grout touches it, so the grout cannot take hold in the face of the tile. The second goes on after grouting, over tile and grout lines together, once the surface is completely dry and clean of any residue.
One rule worth using today: write both coats into the installer’s scope as two separate line items, not as one line that says seal the floor. A single line gets read as one coat at the end, and by then the grout haze is already in the tile.
Original Mission Tile, handmade encaustic cement tile, made in Mexico.
Installation and sealing guidance at originalmissiontile.com, link in bio, or write to [email protected].
