Dealing with painted bathroom ties

TheBanker

Hi,

The previous occupant of my house painted the bathroom walls in right red (which looks lovely with the 1970s avacardo suite! I can't afford to have the bathroom "done" at the moment but I've re-painted the walls in cream and after about 7 coats they look OK. I've also fitted a new loo seat and bath side and now it doesn't look too bad.... except for the wall next to the bath.

This wall is tiled top to bottom, and the tiles have been painted cream by the previous occupant. It looks horrid because the paint is coming away, is bubbling, dirty and scratched.

I thought I could remove the paint and re-paint the tiles which won't look amazing but will look better than it does now and should last a year or so until I get the whole bathroom replaced.

I wondered if anyone had done this and could suggest the best way of removing the paint? Where it has bubbled it literally peels away which suggests they didn't do much in the way of surface preparation but there are only a few spots where it's peeling.

Any suggestions or thoughts gratefully received...

Rain_Shadow

Paint stripper?


Sand with an electric sander?

missile

Paint should come off ceramic tiles very easily, but will be harder to get off the grout.

Next time you overpaint, I would suggest you use undercoat to block the red leaching through.

phil24_7

Try a little thinners/brake cleaner and see if it wipes off (with a little rubbing). If this fails you can test a small area with some paint stripper.