Tile Paint

Looby_Lou

Our bathroom has 2 completely different tiles on the walls, both of which are rather old fashioned and not to our taste. We can't afford to have new tiles put on, but I saw some tile paint in B&Q. Is this any good? Does it scratch off? Is is worth the time and effort?

Thanks

phill99

Looby_Lou wrote: »

Is this any good? Does it scratch off? Is is worth the time and effort?

No, yes and no.

luke_kay

it will cover the tiles well but it will scratch of if knocked but if u cant afford to replace the tiles it is your only option to smarten up the bathroom.defenatly a room you should be comfortable in.

Swan_2

if you do decide to go ahead, prepare the old tiles well & use a mini roller to apply the paint rather than a brush

it'll never be like re-tiling but it'll certainly be a heck of a lot better than tired old tiles you don't like

shellsuit

I had this in our old house (private rented).

One wall (next to the bath) was plain flat dark brown tiles and the other 3 walls were cream with a brown pattern in the centre and those tiles were also raised. (MMmm lovely, lol!)

I got proper primer and tile paint and painted them all white. It looked absolutely fine apart from the wall were the bath is as after time that needed touching up now and again where it would start to bubble and peel because of the heat/steam.

I'd say go for it, it completely transformed the bathroom from what it previously looked like

iamcornholio

Paint has it's weaknesses as mentioned above, but if you are on a budget, you will get quite a few years out of it.

It is not that easy to scratch, but if it does , quickly put some more paint over it to stop it peeling

flashg67

I had reasonable success with tile paint from a looks point of view but agree it's not as hard wearing.

Have you thought about tile transfers - I have used these as well in the past. Google or search ebay for 'tile transfers' ?

Looby_Lou

Thanks for all the advice. It looks like there was originally a bath which had brown tiles with a darker brown border around each tile, they then removed the bath and fitted a large shower cubicle filling in the lower area with grey tiles. This means that half the tiles are outside the shower cubicle so hopefully there would be no problem with those. It's our ensuite rather than the main family bathroom so I think i will give it a go!

Is it better to use primer and an ordinary paint or to use the one coat tile paint?

Swan_2

Looby_Lou wrote: »

Thanks for all the advice. It looks like there was originally a bath which had brown tiles with a darker brown border around each tile, they then removed the bath and fitted a large shower cubicle filling in the lower area with grey tiles. This means that half the tiles are outside the shower cubicle so hopefully there would be no problem with those. It's our ensuite rather than the main family bathroom so I think i will give it a go!

Is it better to use primer and an ordinary paint or to use the one coat tile paint?

making the tiles all the same colour should improve that look immensely

I wouldn't use ordinary paint, you'll probably have to do it all over again much sooner than if you use proper tile paint

I put white tile paint over mottled beige 70's style tiles (after removing the black tile paint they were already covered with!) & found even over that pale colour, it needed 2 coats to look really solid, so be prepared for that possibility

& remember to use a roller not a brush, it makes a huge difference to the finish

good luck