Paint Ceramic Tile Kitchen Floor

Wait 24 hours for the paint to dry.

Paint ceramic tile kitchen floor. Sand the tiles with fine grit sandpaper. High adhesion primer will chemically bond to the tile itself while still creating a surface on which you can reliably paint. I wanted to paint my kitchen tile counters and floors. How to paint over old ceramic kitchen tile.

Once the surface is dry lightly sand the tiles to score the surface using 220 grit sandpaper for ceramic tiles. Finish each tile with a vertical stroke. After all you can paint an ugly wall or an outdated door why not paint some floor tiles. It will help to prevent peeling and flaking of the paint over time.

For the floor the guy at the paint store told me do not use primer on the floor he gave me a benjamin moore latex floor paint that has some epoxy in it and said not to prime. Priming the tiles is one of the most critical and often overlooked steps. Given its durability and low maintenance ceramic tile is an ideal surface material for kitchen flooring countertops and backsplashes. When replacing floor tiles is so costly time consuming and messy a coat of paint seems like the obvious budget friendly alternative but this seemingly obvious diy solution isn t the fix all you d hope for.

Be sure to use a high adhesion primer to create an ideal environment for the paint itself. On the counters i used primer and then i applied the paint and they turned out great. Although the same brand this product is not the same product we used to paint the wall tiles in the bathroom and is made specifically for floors. Painting tile floors seems like a common sense fix to an ugly tile problem.

If you are painting with a significantly different colour you may need to apply a second coat to make sure that it s properly covered. This will remove any glaze and help the new paint to adhere better. After 24 hours redefine the grout line with a grout pen.