Thursday, February 25, 2010

Can you get paint to paint over floor tiles?

If so does it look ok?Can you get paint to paint over floor tiles?
yes, it's definitely doable and can look nice with a pattern, stencil, faux ceramic look or designs. (painting with a single uniform color can show all the brush marks and floor imperfections and not look as good) There are professionals who will treat the tiles with light sanding and cleaning, and then spray paint the tiles. If using paint on floor tiles, than the paint will need to be long-wearing and a primer paint put down after sanding and cleaning thoroughly. To paint the tile, first clean thoroughly, and sand lightly, then seal the floor properly with primer/sealer then use a enamel-based paint. Painted tiles may not wear as well, because the paint is a thin layer of color and subject to chipping with the foot traffic, so after painting with the color enamel paint, plan to recoat the paint with a couple layers of clear polyurethane and up to 3 -4 coats in the higher traffic areas like entry way and in front of the fridge, sink, stove. The polyurethane clear-coats can be evenly mopped onto the floor using lambswool pads.Can you get paint to paint over floor tiles?
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Go to a good paint store and explain you requirments, if the tiles are ceramic you can get paint for them,but it will only last for a while but it should be ok if you tret it with care. people used to paint the tiles outside the front door in years gone bye and it lasted ages.


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I don`t personally think its a good idea to paint floor tile just to change the colour,for 2 reasons floor are hard wearing it take a lot of banging and scraping with moving things on it, secondly the material its made of its not ideally make for painting its not absorbing en ought.Most ceramic tile have a glazed finish which is not suitable for painting.
What kind of tiles? Ceramic, vinyl, parquet, rubber, cork?


If you meant ceramic, I for one have never seen a paint that would hold up to foot traffic.


If you're in a jam you could try a two-part epoxy type coating which would have the best durability. But even that stuff might not get enough 'grip' on a ceramic tile.
It totally depends upon the type of tile. You have not mentioned the tile type.
You can get paint that will go over anything. Check out your local supplier.
ya but depends on the tiles

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