I made sure to get a good coat on the grout lines too. It had all of the words I was looking for in a primer….multi surface, good sealer, excellent adhesive. I will be 100% honest with you, I have no idea if this is the exact and only primer you should use to paint tile but this is what I had on hand and this is what I used. I did a thin coat each time using my foam roller. I used Kilz 2 multi surface stain blocker. I would recommend this if you are painting wall tiles that are well loved (think backsplash) I just used soap and water but a good blogger would tell you to use TSP, Krud Kutter or an abrasive cleaner. Clean your entire surface with scrub brushįirst thing is to give your old tiles a good cleaning. Putty knife (good to have on hand if you need to scrap off any extra paint) I actually only used Apple Barrel Dolphin Grey from Walmart for my project. Assortment of gray acrylic paint colors. (I’ll go into more detail of each in the steps below) Items needed to paint tile to look like marble I’ll show you exactly what I did but if you want a different look, the internet will be your friend. I didn’t want too much marbling going on to make it look too busy. I went “light” on my project if that makes sense. I think there is even a kit out there that you can use on your counters. If you do some research there are a million and one tutorials on how to paint faux marble. This is hands down one of the easiest projects I have ever done and what looks like the most complicated…but it was so easy. I have highly considered painting the bathroom tile in the kid’s bathroom so stay tuned for that project. I painted our tile backsplash many years ago using Benjamin Moore paint so I felt like I had a good grip on how to handle this. Painting your tile surfaces is a great option to get the look you want without the hassle and can make such a huge difference to your space. Deep down I knew this tile just needed a good ol’ paint job My second idea was to use actual peel and stick vinyl tile to lay right over this tile but I was having all kinds of issues and in the back of my mind I kept thinking how much easier it would be to just paint the dang floor. I easily could have used the same peel and stick tile for the floor but I have a 90 lb dog that likes to lay right there and we also usually keep her bed here so I was worried how this tile would hold up with her nails and just in general. The current tile was hunter green and I just wasn’t feeling it anymore. I found peel and stick tiles for the old tiles on our fireplace surround but I was stumped on what to do with the ceramic tile on the floor. Let’s back up…a few years ago I was itching to update my fireplace. If you are a blogger, you will understand. It got lost in the shuffle and I had this feeling it needed it’s own post. It was in with my fireplace remodel post. If you’ve been around here for a hot minute then you know I originally (sort of) wrote this blog post a few years ago. Come see how I easily painted the tiles on my floor around my fireplace to look like marble. How To Paint Tile (To Look Like Marble) How to paint tile to look like marble.
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