Painting Over Bathroom Floor Tiles
Painting the ceramic tile floors in our first floor bathroom was one of those projects for me.
Painting over bathroom floor tiles. Tile painting may be experiencing a resurgence in popularity today but it is by no means a new phenomenon. After all you can paint an ugly wall or an outdated doorwhy not paint some floor tiles. From there apply primer to tiles and give it 4 hours to dry before sanding again to remove any imperfections.
Make sure to paint your tiles. I am in my seventies and will be doing the work myself. If you want to paint your bathroom tiles start by scrubbing them with an abrasive bathroom cleaner then lightly sanding the surface with 180 grit sandpaper.
Ripping out an old ceramic tile floor thats in good condition can be a challenge. I want to start off by saying that i think painting tile floors is a good temporary budget friendly solution for ugly or old floor tile. Painting tile floors seems like a common sense fix to an ugly tile problem.
Somehow three full years went by with me giving the stink eye to. Did you know that you can paint floor tiles. Here is a look at our old outdated dingy bathroom tile floor before i painted it.
According to hand painted tiles floor tiles made out of clay were hand painted filled with slip and glazed before use as early as the middle ages. Luckily although it will take a bit of work it is possible to paint over the current ceramic tiles and seal them to be waterproof once. The tile floor in my foyer i painted has held up well but not perfectly it was the same ugly marble as my fireplace surround no moisture but several scratches from the dogs toenails when she was playing and running through the house too fast.
How i transformed the old tiles in my laundry with rustoleum tile transformation. 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 isnt the fix all youd hope for. I need something.