Browse Forums DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair 1 Sep 11, 2015 10:11 am Although it may seem a common thing to change your tiles when you don’t like the colour of them, for a cheaper alternative way, why not just paint your tiles? I have heard of a few friends who have been happy revamping their bathrooms and kitchens on a budget by just re-painting their tiles. It’s amazing how a change of colour can do to your space! Here are my tips on how to paint your tiles: You will need: A tile and laminate cleaner A dry sandpaper Some masking tape A paint brush A tile and laminate primer Some tile paint A grout pen Method: • Clean your tiles with the tile and laminate cleaner. Use a damp cloth or lightly rinse to clean thoroughly. • Then, use the dry sandpaper to roughen up the tile surfaces. Then rinse again. • Use the making tape to tape up the places that you would not like to paint, such as the wall or corners of the cabinets. • Apply a coat of primer to the tiles. Allow the primer to set. • Then paint your tiles with the tile paint. • Allow the first coat of tile paint to dry before applying the second coat of paint. • Once the second coat of paint is dry, use a grout pen to go over the grout lines. • Then you’re done! Hope you found this useful. Re: Have you ever thought of painting your tiles? 3Sep 14, 2015 9:55 am It won’t be as durable as getting new tiles. If you can afford new tiles, change your tiles instead. Re: Have you ever thought of painting your tiles? 4Sep 14, 2015 1:52 pm I think is a good idea for the diy. I do not recommend in a wet areas though and the grout would be the first to peel off then the tiles. Re: Have you ever thought of painting your tiles? 5Oct 14, 2015 7:06 pm Great idea for the one who loves changes but cant afford it always! Durability might be an issue, still a great DIY to try once. New concept and a great idea to experiment. I had never heard about this. Nice information.Thank you. Re: Have you ever thought of painting your tiles? 6Oct 16, 2015 6:55 am We painted the tiles in our bathroom, kitchen and laundry, to see which colours we liked before we re-tiled the areas. It was a cheap way of seeing what colours worked and what didn't, as the paint only cost about $20 a tin. On the walls in the kitchen it worked really well, and we ended up just keeping the painted tiles, and we used a black permanent marker to change the colour of the grout, leaving us with a really nice subway style finish. In the laundry and bathroom, after about 3 months the paint on the floor tiles started to flake off as they would stick to your feet. The painted wall tiles in these areas were still ok, but I would recommend it in humid or wet areas. It didn't really bother us as we only ever painted them as a concept. Re: Have you ever thought of painting your tiles? 7Nov 17, 2015 10:40 pm I painted my kitchen splashback tiles 15 years ago. Still fantastic. Completely durable. They were disgusting olive green. Painted white. I used White Knight tile prep. No sandpaper. I did my laundry wall tiles five years ago. Used Penetrol (or ESP? can't remember) priming solution. No sandpaper. I covered with two coats of good quality oil based enamel paint. Thoroughly recommend it. Also recommend re-enamelling a metal bath. I did that too ... absolutely PERFECT! A two part epoxy system. but WARNING: The fumes nearly killed me. I had to keep running out for fresh air. Thanks mate. Yeah good points! Leaning towards Option 3 to get a bit extra space in the cabinets but not going too crazy high (and expensive). Would require a mini… 13 39728 Hi All, I just wanted to close this topic out with an update. So we ended up agreeing to a number with the insurance company, and after an extensive amount of hand… 8 23403 You have mandatory building inspections and privately engaged building inspections. The difference between the two comes down to inspecting the building so it's safe and… 3 18070 |