Can You Paint Your Bathroom Tiles

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Can you paint your bathroom tiles.

Of course painting tiles in the shower isn t recommended but other areas are fine. When properly done ceramic painted tiles look great in almost any room. Tile tub or shower surround. 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.

Painting tile floors seems like a common sense fix to an ugly tile problem. It just won t hold up. With paint you can lighten darken or apply a pattern of your own design to your tile to fit any bathroom aesthetic from a retro checkerboard pattern to a cool and contemporary geometric design. If you re using a stencil spraying your bathroom tiles with paint using a spray gun not a spray can can be a clean and efficient way to get the job done.

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. Let the first coat of paint dry for a few days then reapply the second coat. And you can really update the look of a bathroom especially if you have some of the old color tiles like pink or avocado but in this case the blue tiles here work pretty well. A professional tub and tile refinisher can evaluate whether your tile can be rejuvenated rather than replaced.

If it s in good shape refinishing is really worth your while in terms of both cost and the environment says chuck pistor president of miracle method link. You can paint over ceramic tile walls in a bathroom but you will lose some of the interesting characteristics of tile since the grout lines will be the same color as the tile. From there apply primer to tiles and give it 4 hours to dry before sanding again to remove any imperfections. After all you can paint an ugly wall or an outdated door why not paint some floor tiles.

Yes you can successfully paint ceramic tile walls in your bathroom but i wouldn t recommend trying to paint the floor. Painting can be a fun affordable way to brighten up your dated ceramic bathroom tile.