I have flag stone flooring in my living room. It needs to be stripped and re finished. What do I use?

Answer 1

You can remove what is on there now with Citristrip and steel wool. It is recommended that interior stone flooring be sealed with a penetrating sealer manufactured especially for stone products. Sealers are available in matte, semi-gloss, and high-gloss varieties and are available at all Luck Stone Architectural Stone Center locations and at many home improvement stores. Gloss sealers will show wear patterns more quickly than matte finish sealers.
After sealing, routine maintenace can keep your floor looking good. Sweeping stone floors very frequently will remove soils from shoes, preventing it from being ground against the surface and therefore reducing wear. The abrasive nature of sand and dirt make them the most common cause of damage to stone. Putting mats with a non-slip backing at entry points will also help greatly reduce the amount of dirt tracked across floors. Clean stone floors with a damp mop and a mild stone soap weekly for residential applications, or daily for commercial spaces. When damp mopping, be sure to change water frequently and rinse the floor thoroughly. Residues left from soaps can, over time, dull the color and finish of stone flooring.

Answer 2

I wish you had gone into a little more detail.. I just do not understand how you can strip flagstone unless you painted over it and you want to strip it.. If that is the case, forget it as flagstone is somewhat porous and the paint would have been absorbed into the pores of the flagstone...

If you were trying to say... that you wanted to just CLEAN IT... then that is different.

I generally clean flagstone with 1qt.of muratic acid to a 2gal.mop bucket full of water and scrub the grout lines and the stone with a stiff plastic bristle brush.Then rinse the stone.

After that I use bleach and water and do the same process over again,Then wait till the area is dry. I would wait 24hrs and then apply A GOOD SEALER.Hope I was of help to you . I know this will work . p.s.clean it about once every 3months with the bleach and water to maintain a beautiful appearance. Be sure to wear gloves, etc when using the muratic acid