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Advice on painting small kitchen tiles

  • 16-01-2019 07:48PM
    #1
    Sheepdish1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 619 ✭✭✭


    I have kitchen tiles covering area behind sink under cooker and under cabinets.

    The colour is quite dated and I’m considering freshening them up to try and brighten up the kitchen.

    I estimate the area that is tiled to be roughly 8 metres x 1 meter which is actually more than I thought!

    The tiles are 20mm x 20mm so they are quite small. The colour is very dark blue and I would like to paint them silver.

    I rent so don’t want to invest much money in this but would like to freshen the kitchen up but not make a pigs ear of it :)

    I would rather not grout as that would be sooooo much work.

    Thanks boardsiea :)


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  • #2
    dok_golf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,090 ✭✭✭dok_golf


    Get 1 litre of Bloxx It primer ( tinted light grey), 2 x 4inch short pile rollers and tray, can of eggshell ( or gloss) OIL based silver paint and away you go. Give them a light rub of fine sandpaper inbetween coats. Be careful not to knock anything against them for about 3 weeks


  • #3
    Purple Mountain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,555 ✭✭✭✭Purple Mountain


    You can get a grouting pen.

    To thine own self be true



  • #4
    Sheepdish1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 619 ✭✭✭Sheepdish1


    dok_golf wrote: »
    Get 1 litre of Bloxx It primer ( tinted light grey), 2 x 4inch short pile rollers and tray, can of eggshell ( or gloss) OIL based silver paint and away you go. Give them a light rub of fine sandpaper inbetween coats. Be careful not to knock anything against them for about 3 weeks

    Wow three weeks, that is a long time to try and keep them from being touched at all. I was expecting 12 hours, is there a reason that it is 3 weeks to set?

    Would I be able to cook with them behind the cooker? Also what about the grout or will the rollers just take care of this?

    Thanks :)


  • #5
    Sheepdish1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 619 ✭✭✭Sheepdish1


    Purple Mountain wrote: »
    You can get a grouting pen.

    Amazing :D

    Can this just go over the paint to make it look like grout?

    So I do what has been outlined above and then colour in the grout?

    Looks amazing :D:D


  • #6
    dok_golf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,090 ✭✭✭dok_golf


    Sheepdish1 wrote: »
    Wow three weeks, that is a long time to try and keep them from being touched at all. I was expecting 12 hours, is there a reason that it is 3 weeks to set?

    Would I be able to cook with them behind the cooker? Also what about the grout or will the rollers just take care of this?

    Thanks :)

    Roller should get into the grout. The 3 weeks is to let the paint cure but it should be dry after 24hrs depending on environment. You will é able to work away normally just don't bang stuff off them


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