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billethkid
10-13-2018, 07:49 AM
Has anybody done it?
Results?
I am sure adhesion and chipping are major considerations.

Being considered for a decorative wall feature that gets no use other than being present.
Investment Painting Contractors
10-13-2018, 08:12 AM
Has anybody done it?
Results?
I am sure adhesion and chipping are major considerations.

Being considered for a decorative wall feature that gets no use other than being present.

If the tile is sanded then primed with a good bonding primer it can be painted. Len the retired half of Investment Painting.
Carla B
10-13-2018, 08:27 AM
Yes, in a 1950's built house. My husband did both the kitchen backsplash that was originally green and the shower/tub surround that was pink and gray. He painted white paint over all the tile and there was never any problem with either adhesion or chipping in the nine years we lived there. The paint was epoxy, I think, and he prepared the surface before painting but I don't remember how.
BK001
10-13-2018, 08:32 AM
Years ago I lived in an extremely old apartment building in Brooklyn. The bathroom tile (formerly white) was yellowed with very old, dirty grout. I washed it down then applied a product called "liquid sandpaper". When fully dry, I painted as usual. It never peeled and looked beautiful for years despite the fact that I took many steaming hot showers.

However, spurred on by this success I tackled the old kitchen sink with an Epoxy/Ceramic kit. Followed instructions perfectly and then left for a 1-week vacation so that it would be totally dried. The first time I filled the sink with water, the paint bubbled all along the water line. It took me weeks to peel off all the remnants of that process and my sink looked worse than ever. Eventually I bit the bullet and replaced the sink.
Sail41
10-13-2018, 06:42 PM
Prime with XIM flashbond primer then paint with high grade epoxy. Won't have a problem.
Investment Painting Contractors
10-13-2018, 07:37 PM
Prime with XIM flashbond primer then paint with high grade epoxy. Won't have a problem.

Right on the money. Back in the late 90s we had a contract to paint all the fully tiled bathrooms for the entire Bakers Square restaurant chain and the system you mentioned with an additional coat of Multi-Spec lasted for years. Len