Hi. My delightful kitchen had lime green and fluorescent orange tiles, so I bought some Ronseal one coat paint (I had some sceptism about the one coat, I must admit!). I cleaned the tiles several times and was as sure as I could be that I had removed all grease. Followed the instructions and cleaned them again with a bleach based cleaner etc and started painting. First coat went on with poor coverage but I reasoned it was better to have several thin coats and there were no other obvious problems. After leaving it for 24hrs to dry I sanded them down, removed residue and started on the second coat, and that's where the problems began! On some tiles, but not all, the second coat began to crack and both coats to slide off when touched. It's not necessarily where there would be grease although is mainly around the hob. Why is this happening and what should I do to rectify it? Thank you
I've painted tiles and it's all gone wrong!
- Thread starter katy may
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there is a rich and varied response to painting tiles on this forum, and ALL of it is negative! tiles just do not lend themselves well to being painted.
the first word in paint is pain!
the first word in paint is pain!
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2scoops0406
Hmm, yeah painting tiles not good. However if you must pursue such a foolhardy route, then you must prime the tiles first with a specialist tile primer. Frankly based upon the pretty lousy results you get even when using specialist primers, I reckon you'd be better off knocking them off.
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confidentincompetent
Sorry your having problems katy. The thing to watch out for when painting another coat of gloss ontop of fresh gloss is not to abrade the first coat for at least a week. A very light de nibbing with fine paper is ok as long as you dont break the film of the first coat of gloss as this will result in the fresh paint livening up the first coat, which will result in the top coat drying before the 1st coat= crackling, shrivelling.
In days of old when we had to paint tiles
we just washed them down with wet/dry paper and a little houshold ammonia, allow to dry then one thinned coat of gloss. Being thinned it allows the brushmarks to flow out. Sometimes two coats needed but dont abrade the 1st coat.
If your still going to paint, think you'll need to strip off affected area's with nitromors, it comes off nicely but of course be careful, use cardboard for worktops etc.
Though I do agree with nose and edddy......
good luck..
In days of old when we had to paint tiles
we just washed them down with wet/dry paper and a little houshold ammonia, allow to dry then one thinned coat of gloss. Being thinned it allows the brushmarks to flow out. Sometimes two coats needed but dont abrade the 1st coat.If your still going to paint, think you'll need to strip off affected area's with nitromors, it comes off nicely but of course be careful, use cardboard for worktops etc.
Though I do agree with nose and edddy......
good luck..
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Moz
cannot recitify ..lol
painting tiles ..lol
knock them of an try again ... if you had seen here it would of saved money /time /effort
an you could of done it right ..
painting tiles ..lol
knock them of an try again ... if you had seen here it would of saved money /time /effort
an you could of done it right ..
No way am I knocking them off! We removed tiles in the bathroom and found all sorts of scary stuff that cost us a fortune to put right. Am scared rigid by the idea of what we might find in a kitchen! Plus, as tiles go all the way behind units etc would mean taking all of kitchen down and it would never go back up again. Am off to have nightmares at the thought.
Still, glad it gave you all a laugh though!
Still, glad it gave you all a laugh though!
Katy:
I'm not a fan of painting tiles but... you washed them with the wrong stuff. You should have used either sugar soap or Soda Crystals to properly remove any grease/fat.
If you're still determined to continue...use either of the two products on the affected areas with a sponge and light wet and dry sandpaper, make sure you remove all grease.
I'm not a fan of painting tiles but... you washed them with the wrong stuff. You should have used either sugar soap or Soda Crystals to properly remove any grease/fat.
If you're still determined to continue...use either of the two products on the affected areas with a sponge and light wet and dry sandpaper, make sure you remove all grease.
M
Moz
Katy
SORRY ! ...
it was Crass bad /Karma of me to laff at your blunder /misfortune ...
do as Growler says an I would sand the tile glase as well for the paint to adhere too as well , I hate giving advice like painting a tile face but better than your nightmares ...
hope you get sorted ..
moz
SORRY ! ...
it was Crass bad /Karma of me to laff at your blunder /misfortune ...
do as Growler says an I would sand the tile glase as well for the paint to adhere too as well , I hate giving advice like painting a tile face but better than your nightmares ...
hope you get sorted ..
moz
If you don't want to take the tiles off, why don't you get all the paint off and tile over the top?
M
Moz
I can live with painting tiles for Gods sake ....
but tiling over tiles that are base/substrate ... in hell ....
go ahead .....fix........... a week later pops off ...
come here an whineeeeeee about it ......
but tiling over tiles that are base/substrate ... in hell ....
go ahead .....fix........... a week later pops off ...
come here an whineeeeeee about it ......
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