Painting Ceramic Tile Fireplace Surround

I took a few deep breaths before i started priming.

Painting ceramic tile fireplace surround.

Lightly sand the surface. It has a porcelain ceramic tile that is 12 24 fairly recent redo with no grout lines. I m not gonna lie. If the tile surrounding the fireplace is old dingy or out of date it.

Wash tile with non detergent soap and water or tsp. How to paint tile surrounding a fireplace. Tape off areas you don t want to accidentally paint. My fireplace walls front and both sides from floor to ceiling is 12 feet high.

Giving our living room electric fireplace surround hearth and mantel a total makeover has been in the plans for a while it s in great shape we love the size of it and the design of the mantel but the colors were pretty boring and not as bright and stylish as i wanted. After painting mantel tile surround before painting. It is a gas burning fireplace. However if you need to paint your fireplace tile it s possible.

Once i placed the roller on the tile there would be no going back. It measures 70 inches across and 22 inches on each side. If your fireplace is surrounded by carpet gently press the carpet away from tile and cover with tape. I didn t have to paint the entire tile because the slate made a great background color for the stencil.

It was screaming for a full on makeover if you re only looking to fix your tile surround then skip on to 4 now if you search the internets there are a gazillion posts about painting fireplaces i wrote one about whitewashing our brick fireplace last year and differing advice about what paint to use. The actual fireplace opening is in the lower center of the 12 feet. Painting fireplace tile faq s how do you paint a tile fireplace. Clean the tile and rinse any soap you used.

After we completed our wood pallet accent wall we realized the fireplace did not match we knew we wanted to paint the mantel white chalk paint my favorite but we were not sure what type of paint to use on the tile surround to withstand the heat and stick to the tile. Then i poured some primer into the painting tray took a deep breath and went to work rolling it onto the tile. How to paint tile easy fireplace paint makeover. Honestly i was worried that if the paint didn t adhere well i would end up with a big mess on my hands and then have to deal.

The fireplace is often the center and focus of the room in which it is installed. But still i was a little hesitant to take the drastic step of painting over the tile even though i painted the brick fireplace surround in our last home black and loved it for some reason the fact that this surround was tile was really shaking my confidence. I taped off the fireplace mantel and floor all around the tile.