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Painting Ceramic Tiles?
Some of you answer-bankers may know that my other half and I are currently nearing completion on buying a house. We're beginning to think about decorating and one thing he particularly wants to change is a line a bright red tiles on the splash back in the kitchen. Part of these tiles are half covered by a plug socket so removing them ourselves looks to be tricky and I was wondering if anybody had ever painted ceramic tiles before? As they're super glossy I wasn't sure if it could be done at all! We want to make them all white so they match with the others :)
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You'll have to use a specific primer like the 1 in the link.
You'll have to use a specific primer like the 1 in the link.
I have done this in a kitchen. I painted the whole lot. It does take 2 coats to give a good effect. Clean the tiles with sugar soap & You have to paint each tile individually the second coat goes on really easily. I finished it off by regrouting and re mastic ing the bottom edge where it meets the worktop.
Not at all, Clips. It's done all the time. Any visible edges of the tiles would be double thickness, and need to be hidden. I often use pieces of hardwood trim, or some "quadrant" tiles.
or, tile edging trim.....
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I assume you mean a socket.
If you need to sort such an area out, you must turn off the electricity to the socket so you don't get a shock first. Then unscrew the faceplate and pull it away a little. If what you are doing doesn't need anything more (such as painting around it) you can do what you want and then refit the faceplate again.
If it does need more then you would need to note down exactly which connection each coloured wire connects to, unscrew the cable from the socket, then do whatever you need to do, and once again carefully reconnect everything exactly the way it was.
If lacking confidence get someone else to do it for you.
If you need to sort such an area out, you must turn off the electricity to the socket so you don't get a shock first. Then unscrew the faceplate and pull it away a little. If what you are doing doesn't need anything more (such as painting around it) you can do what you want and then refit the faceplate again.
If it does need more then you would need to note down exactly which connection each coloured wire connects to, unscrew the cable from the socket, then do whatever you need to do, and once again carefully reconnect everything exactly the way it was.
If lacking confidence get someone else to do it for you.
If you mean putting tiles under the electric switch then undo screws after turning off power to it, then tile under cutting them the same as they are at moment, then just screw the plate back. Sometimes when doing this the screws are a bit short so you will need to buy some a bit longer. You can get them at any builders merchants or DIY store.
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