Painting Textured Ceramic Tile

I want to keep the blended look but i want the tile to be a much lighter color.

Painting textured ceramic tile.

Here s a first person testimonial on painting tiles from former curbly contributor shelly leer. Instead of replacing your backsplash this will fit your budget. Ceramic tile paint is very durable and can be used as floor tile paint if you do a few basics sand clean and prime first. If so repeat with another application of primer.

I disliked my ceramic backsplash. Apply a good coat of primer using a paint brush for all the grout lines and any decals in the tile. Then clean the tiles you plan to paint with tile cleaner and sand them down if they re already glazed so the paint has a rough surface to adhere to. How to use textured paint on bathroom tiles.

Actually i pretty much disliked my whole kitchen but with a very limited budget i really couldn t gut it. Depending on the color and texture of existing back splash a second coat of primer might be needed. Currently it s that ugly pinky color w some texture to each one. Painting tile floors seems like a common sense fix to an ugly tile problem.

Next apply 2 3 coats of paint in thin layers across the tiles and grout. Finally wait 24 hours for the paint to dry before coating the tiles with clear urethane to seal the paint. For those interested they have informed me about another similar product called specialty tub tile refreshing kit please note i did. My ceramic tile is somewhat textured with with 3 to 4 different colors blended in.

When replacing floor tiles is so costly time consuming and messy a coat of paint seems like the obvious budget friendly alternative but this seemingly obvious diy solution isn t the fix all you d hope for. So after many warnings not to paint ceramic tile. I have personally contacted rust oleum and unfortunately they have discontinued this tile transformation kit in most stores. Here s how to go about painting tile.

Painting floor tiles is so much easier than we ever anticipated. There are two important components to painting ceramic tile preparing the surface properly and using the right type of paint. Using a small roller apply the primer to the entire ceramic tile surface of the backsplash. For our small entryway it was a quick project with a lot of downtime to allow the primer and paint to properly dry and cure between coats.

After all you can paint an ugly wall or an outdated door why not paint some floor tiles.