Filling holes in tiles

jessielicious

I have a few little holes in my bathroom tiles where the previous owners obviously had mirrors etc on the wall. There will be more holes when I take off their disgusting towel rail etc, and I don’t necessarily want my stuff in the same places so the holes will be visible. How do I fill the holes left by the screws? They are not in places where they are likely to get very wet. I do plan to paint over the tiles at some point so hopefully the filler won’t be too noticeable.

Alan_M_2

If the holes aren't particularly large I'd generally use a grout.

If they are in wet areas a coloured resin would be more suitable.

santana-mx3

I used grout to fill the old mounting holes. I later used tile primer and tile paint but wasn't happy with the results (not because of the grout filled holes, just because I didn't think the tiles looked good painted) so I ended up taking all the tiles off and replacing them anyway.

Caffg_2

I had a similar situation and just covered the holes with little mosaic tiles that you can pick up at most tile shops. I put them on a number of unaffected tiles as well to make it look as tho' it was a deliberate decorative feature.

cattie

Caffg's idea is an excellent one, or you can buy tile motifs or transfers to cover the holes. If you've a Pound shop near you they usually have a selection of both.

Dry_Flood

Filling the holes with grout is a good idea, but with regards to painting the tiles. Painted tiles look like one thing, Painted tiles!!!!

Another idea is to see if you can match the tiles, if you can i would reccomend breaking the affected tiles out and replacing them.