Tile Stickers on Bumpy Tiles

RealGem

Hi,

I need to spruce up my bathroom on a tight budget. 

I found these tile stickers that I like here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bathroom-Tile-Stickers-Backslash-Middleman/dp/B01N9WVIW9/


But as they appear to have a foil backing, I suspect they won't stretch into position, and would need to be on a very flat tile, not my council plain white bumpy tiles.

When I say Bumpy tiles, I only mean Slightly bumpy, like these:
https://www.homebase.co.uk/bumpy-white-ceramic-wall-tile-200-x-200mm-1sqm-pack/12840828.html


Correct me if I'm wrong. Has anyone tried using these type of tile stickers on bumpy tiles?

And if the foil tile stickers are not suitable, am I right in thinking that vinyl tile stickers would have a bit of give in them, and be more suitable?

Thank you

Bendy_House

RealGem said:

Hi,

I need to spruce up my bathroom on a tight budget. 

I found these tile stickers that I like here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bathroom-Tile-Stickers-Backslash-Middleman/dp/B01N9WVIW9/


But as they appear to have a foil backing, I suspect they won't stretch into position, and would need to be on a very flat tile, not my council plain white bumpy tiles.

When I say Bumpy tiles, I only mean Slightly bumpy, like these:
https://www.homebase.co.uk/bumpy-white-ceramic-wall-tile-200-x-200mm-1sqm-pack/12840828.html


Correct me if I'm wrong. Has anyone tried using these type of tile stickers on bumpy tiles?

And if the foil tile stickers are not suitable, am I right in thinking that vinyl tile stickers would have a bit of give in them, and be more suitable?

Thank you

You can but ask on the Amazon listing, I guess?

Looking at other Qs and some reviews, these appear to be very successful stickers, but not very forgiving of rough or uneven surfaces - quite a few comments on trapped air bubbles, or any roughness showing through the shiny effect. That's not to say they don't have some 'give', and could well cope with the light, smooth wobbles on your tiles. 

Seems the best application method it to attach them at their tops, hold the rest of the sticker away, and then use a cloth to wipe them firmly downwards into place.

Your tiles are 200x200? The stickers 100x100? Is your intention to have them central, or to run a horizontal band of them around the room?

Pretty universal praise for how they actually look in these reviews.

I'd ask on Amazon - even email the makers?

RealGem

Bendy_House said:

RealGem said:

Hi,

I need to spruce up my bathroom on a tight budget. 

I found these tile stickers that I like here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bathroom-Tile-Stickers-Backslash-Middleman/dp/B01N9WVIW9/


But as they appear to have a foil backing, I suspect they won't stretch into position, and would need to be on a very flat tile, not my council plain white bumpy tiles.

When I say Bumpy tiles, I only mean Slightly bumpy, like these:
https://www.homebase.co.uk/bumpy-white-ceramic-wall-tile-200-x-200mm-1sqm-pack/12840828.html


Correct me if I'm wrong. Has anyone tried using these type of tile stickers on bumpy tiles?

And if the foil tile stickers are not suitable, am I right in thinking that vinyl tile stickers would have a bit of give in them, and be more suitable?

Thank you

You can but ask on the Amazon listing, I guess?

Looking at other Qs and some reviews, these appear to be very successful stickers, but not very forgiving of rough or uneven surfaces - quite a few comments on trapped air bubbles, or any roughness showing through the shiny effect. That's not to say they don't have some 'give', and could well cope with the light, smooth wobbles on your tiles. 

Seems the best application method it to attach them at their tops, hold the rest of the sticker away, and then use a cloth to wipe them firmly downwards into place.

Your tiles are 200x200? The stickers 100x100? Is your intention to have them central, or to run a horizontal band of them around the room?

Pretty universal praise for how they actually look in these reviews.

I'd ask on Amazon - even email the makers?

Oops wrong link.  Thanks for pointing that out Bendy House. These are for the 6" x 6" tiles:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bathroom-Tile-Stickers-Backslash-Middleman/dp/B01MZEZ2IE/

Good point. I would have asked Amazon already, but my experience of asking on Amazon is that the site sends an email to everyone who bought the item. And then people reply saying things like "I don't know... I used it for x,y and z...". Then Amazon send you an email saying "Your question has an answer"! 

The only people who see the question are people who bought the item from Amazon, so that's a lot fewer people than who might know the answer. For example, there are lots of people in the MSE In my Home forum who are trades people. So the calibre of responses is generally better here. 

I might still ask on Amazon though if no-one here knows, thanks.

Bendy_House

You can email the seller as well as ask previous buyers.

Yes, I'm always amused at half the replies to these sorts of Qs - "I didn't end up using it, so don't know. Hope that helps..."

RealGem

      

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Bendy_House said:

You can email the seller as well as ask previous buyers.

Yes, I'm always amused at half the replies to these sorts of Qs - "I didn't end up using it, so don't know. Hope that helps..."

This comes down to how amazon sends those questions out. Having received them myself, its an email you get asking the question that you've posed - the person puts the reply in and it gets posted. I imagine a lot of less internet savvy people assume its a question somehow directed directly at them rather than a broad question