What is the best way to paint over tiled bathroom shower?
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Hello Teresa! Here is how one Hometalk contributor painted the tile in her bathroom, and it came out quite successfully. She was really pleased with the outcome. Click on the link below and check it out :
https://www.hometalk.com/diy/paint/how-to-paint-tile-2570386
How to PAINT TILE
They make a special paint for tile. I had one of those oh-so-popular pink baths. You have to prep the tiles, apply the tile paint and then add a glaze. One of them (I think it was the glaze) stunk to high heaven while it was drying. It worked well for about seven years then it started peeling on the tub walls. The tub walls got a lot of moisture from showering and bathing. By that point, we had finally saved enough for a gut rehab.
I think in the 50s/60s someone convinced Middle America all bathrooms should have pink tiles with black trim. If they are ceramic, try prepping and re-glazing. If, as many were, they were plastic, I would pop the tiles off and start over.
I would go for a rustoleum tile paint kit. They're quite reliable.
Don’t paint!! Hire a professional to reglaze. It is not that expensive and color choice endless!
We went to one of the big box stores and told them what we wanted to do....they recommended that we buy a paint sort of like Kiltz to put on first and then we could use a semi-gloss paint, which we did. Now our old pink tile is white and has been for the last 10 years. I have had to touch up the white paint where the broom/vacuum nicked it, but does not show at all.
I agree with Pat as I did exactly the same and it looks great and has lasted for over 10 years.
Andrea
Vallejo CA
I would not paint the tile. Paint the rest of the bathroom in a creamy white that complement’s the tile and use accessories in Soft teal, coral and buttery yellows. Look at 60s color schemes and work with it. It’s less hassle and you won’t have paint peeling off tile in a couple of years. Ceramic material with a gloss finish isn’t a surface paint loves to stick to. All the cgrmicals that etch the surface ruin the tile, so if they do peel you need to start over or replace the tile. Just my perspective.