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I did this temporarily in my half bathroom because I don't feel like doing a real update right now (too many things to do) and needed to get rid of the ugly the previous owner had everywhere.
The walls are fine. The floor is---okay. I find that it's a little sensitive---for example, my husband dropped a tool and it made a scratch mark. The floor scratches easier, IMO, but I am wondering if I did a second coat if it would've been better. I know the paint I used says that it's okay for use in bathrooms but not in tubs.
I did this temporarily in my half bathroom because I don't feel like doing a real update right now (too many things to do) and needed to get rid of the ugly the previous owner had everywhere.
The walls are fine. The floor is---okay. I find that it's a little sensitive---for example, my husband dropped a tool and it made a scratch mark. The floor scratches easier, IMO, but I am wondering if I did a second coat if it would've been better. I know the paint I used says that it's okay for use in bathrooms but not in tubs.
It’s the type of paint that matters. Over the years of some remodels that I have been involved in, there were a few that had “painted” tile(s)- and that’s exactly what it looks like; painted tile!!!
The only way I would somewhat say it’s an “alternative” to re-tiling, is if you’re putting the house up for sale. Otherwise, I look at it as an “unimprovement”- certainly not something that has any ROI attached to it!
I've seen this several times, and it NEVER looks like anything but paint on top of tiles. And of course when (not "if") it gets scratched, or starts peeling, it looks awful.
In theory one could geniunely "reglaze" tile: that would involve removing it, applying an enamel (probably a powder) and then fusing it to the underlying glaze at an extremely high temperature. But all this "reglazing" that's supposedly done in place, is paint of various types. And as with all paint, surface prep is 99% of the job - there aren't a lot of ways to prepare a shiny ceramic surface for paint that will both result in decent adhesion AND a shiny surface afterward. You could sandblast it, for example, but aside from the horrific mess, you'd end up with a rough unshiny surface.
Best just to deal with what you've got, and save for replacement.
Interesting article on reglazing. It's from 2017 but I assume the products and methods have improved since then.
" A professional will come to your home and, after a deep cleaning of the bathroom in question, spray a very thin, opaque, gleaming coat of enamel across the tile, sink, tub, or all of the above—wholly transforming the room in a matter of hours."
Interesting article on reglazing. It's from 2017 but I assume the products and methods have improved since then.
" A professional will come to your home and, after a deep cleaning of the bathroom in question, spray a very thin, opaque, gleaming coat of enamel across the tile, sink, tub, or all of the above—wholly transforming the room in a matter of hours."
I'm not seeing anything stating what type of tile it is (for instance, in my early 20's I rented a place that had plastic-type tiles on the bathroom walls in the horrible either pink or green that was in way-back-when - we just painted it - looked okay while were were there, never heard anymore after moving out either.
I'm not seeing anything stating what type of tile it is...
Let's just say, for the sake of argument, that it's 99% ceramic tile.
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