Browse Forums Bathrooms and Laundry 1 Jun 05, 2011 1:34 pm Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Bathroom reno….what you can do with a tin of paint. 3Jun 05, 2011 4:49 pm I paint furniture all the time, if not paint, re-stain. Go for it, I love doing up old furniture. This cane chair was yellow originally; I sprayed it silver with a can of paint. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Bathroom reno….what you can do with a tin of paint. 4Jun 05, 2011 5:59 pm Love it!! I will give it a go, the worst thing that can happen is I end up hating it (which I do at the moment anyway ) It's currently all stained pine, so I'm going to paint it white and brighten up his room! Will let you know how it all goes Re: Bathroom reno….what you can do with a tin of paint. 5Jun 05, 2011 6:04 pm Make sure you use a full gloss enamel paint. Give the furniture a good rub back with a medium grade sand paper first. Looking forward to pics! Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Bathroom reno….what you can do with a tin of paint. 7Jun 05, 2011 6:07 pm Full gloss is much stronger for knocks and bumps. Looks pretty smick also. Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Bathroom reno….what you can do with a tin of paint. 8Jun 05, 2011 9:26 pm Thank you so much for sharing Michelle! Our bathroom needs a major redo, but we don't have the time / money for a full renovation at the moment, and have decided that in the short term we will have to "settle" for a new vanity, hopefully a new shower screen, and painting the tiles. So it's great to see that painting the tiles really can make an astounding difference (because we really need it to ). Re: Bathroom reno….what you can do with a tin of paint. 9Jun 06, 2011 6:26 am Good to see some people are getting benefits from my posts. Enjoy your bathroom reno, mine will be going a bit longer until I can get the guys lined up to work around each other for vanity and flooring. Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Bathroom reno….what you can do with a tin of paint. 10Jun 06, 2011 3:26 pm Your bathroom looks so great Michelle, what a great transformation. I didn't even know you could paint tiles LOL, I think this thread will come in handy for anyone wanting to spruce up their bathroom. Fantastic job! xx The road to success is always under construction House completed April 2011 - slowly making it a home... Re: Bathroom reno….what you can do with a tin of paint. 11Jun 06, 2011 6:08 pm Thanks Zarli….. Everyone needs to remember a couple of things when painting wall tiles. Clean wall tiles with a strong solution of sugar soap. Make sure grout is dry before painting. I used Dulux Super Gloss Enamel paint, 2 coats. My tiles came out looking pretty close to brand new tiles, and they are 30 years old. Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com 2 11592 Bought in Nov 21 at the height of the market (classic). Good area, atrocious floor plan. BUT has land out to the left-hand side that we can extend out on (see second… 0 9171 The only thing to add to these comments is that where possible it's always good to try and work with people than just say "no" because you can. Having someone… 4 18099 |