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can anyone help my little problem here please? i have recently bought a re-possessed house, which i am refurbing to to bottom, and the last owner had left half the kitchen wall tiled in a colour which was discontinued. i finished off the tiles and then tried to paint them all the same colour in jet black. the paint has peeled off and started to look a real mess when i attempted to grout. i was wondering if theres anything i was doing wrong, or if there is any such thing as stick on tiles which i can stick over the top of the existing tiles? insstead of painting, baring in mind they are ceramic. thanks

Sure you bought the right paint??

P.s I'm quite certain, it would be more cost effective, give a much better finish, and look more higher spec to remove the tiles and retile whole area,

Who,is your target market? Low end housing benefit,? High end working class? This would depend on the finish your after....

hi, yeah it was B and Q black tile paint.

its quite a glossy finish, so i think if i did it again i would prefer matt.

i'm thinking of renting the property (high end working class, its a 3 bed semi- detached) and need it to look good, but within budget, and re-tiling would cost me quite a lot for average size kitchen?

thanks

Hi Eccy.

You can pick up black wall tiles from £15-20/m2 (150x150) - they're cheap and easy to lay, just knock the ones off so far and retile them.

We've supplied some large jobs with black kitchen tiles and they look brilliant with a bright white grout in between them, against granite effect work tops especcialy.

If you're aiming at the high-end, why not put in a black glass border tile in the middle to add some real shazamm.

If you're truly insisting on painting the tiles, the best way to go about it is like so;

Sand down all of the tiles, removing the paint and fully scuffing the glaze of the tiles.
Apply the paint in relatively thin coats
Wait 2-3 days for the paint to fully dry
Apply the tile grout carefully (not covering whole face of tile as you would normally)

Hope it helps you


Cheers,
Matt