How To Pigment Tile Countertops

This is SO dandy for outdated kitchens in addition to bathrooms How To Paint Tile Countertops

Hey ya'll! As promised during lastly week's kitchen reveal, today I'm finally sharing how I painted the tile countertop that's inwards business office of our piddling kitchen.

And I'm hence excited.....this is a projection that I've been wanting to practise for a truly long time!
Real talk: I've been karate chopping my tile countertop every fourth dimension I walk past times it for nearly a year. Virginia abhor countertop.

So, root things first, a piddling dorsum story.
When nosotros root moved into this house, this is what the kitchen looked like. It wasn't perfect, but relative to the other options inwards our cost range, I was pretty excited. The countertops were granite tile, the cabinets were white, in addition to the floors were a overnice grayish tile.

All of the other houses inwards our cost make had formica countertops, linoleum floors, or beige appliances. So, although this kitchen was modest in addition to all the same needed some work, I loved it.
This is truly the moving-picture demonstrate that was inwards the existent estate listing.

The alone affair that I truly disliked from the start was the mosaic tile countertop that was on our hold off through bar expanse on the opposite side of the kitchen. It simply felt kinda dated.
Here's what it looked similar roughly the fourth dimension nosotros moved in.

And here's what it looked similar standing inwards the dining room in addition to looking into the kitchen.

I truly desire to knock downward that wall, but for now, all I tin practise is function alongside what's there. One day, piddling wall.

I had been looking all over the house for some sort of means I could update this piddling area. My root drive was to essay to just paint some of the tile alongside latex paint. I coated it alongside polycrylic, but it totally didn't last. So, total neglect on that idea.
You win some, yous lose...your heed sometimes.

So, I went dorsum to searching for something that would lastly longer. And that's when I constitute something awesome.
Something that truly worked.

The results were absolutely amazing, in addition to it wasn't really difficult to practise at all. In fact, it was alone 2 steps.

I used a production called Homax Tough Tile Tub & Sink Refinishing Kit (affiliate link).

I read the reviews online in addition to people didn't seem to similar the results when it was used on tubs, but I decided to essay it anyways. And allow me tell you, I've instantly painted a sink, a tile countertop inwards the kitchen, in addition to a tile countertop inwards the bathroom. And all 3 turned out pretty awesome. Obviously, it's non going to live equally durable equally existent tile or a existent sink, but for $30, total win inwards my book.

I constitute my kit at Home Depot for virtually $35, but the kit is cheaper online.

This kit comes alongside several parts. Please read the instructions really carefully.

**This materials is really toxic in addition to you'll demand to create got the proper precautions. It's an epoxy, hence you'll desire to apparel prophylactic gloves (included inwards the kit), a high character mask, and protective oculus wear.**

I also opened all of the windows inwards the line of piece of occupation solid to allow for adequate ventilation. Our tiled countertop is correct adjacent to an outside door in addition to 2 giant windows. I had them opened upwardly the entire day. Being able to practise hence truly helped to lessen the intensity of the fumes.

DO NOT BREATHE THIS PRODUCT IN.

It is crucial that yous apparel a proper mask. The fumes are hence rigid in addition to won't dissipate for a expert 24 hours. I painted my tile inwards the morning time hence that nosotros could leave the line of piece of occupation solid for the remainder of the day.

The root affair the instructions tell yous to practise is to construct clean the tile alongside the solution provided. It comes alongside a package of powder. I used a large bucket to mix the pulverization alongside water, in addition to and hence simply washed the countertop alongside the solution in addition to a modest rag.

After my tile was dry, I used some masking record to record roughly the forest cut back that surrounds my tile, to proceed it from getting painted. (Make certain to withdraw the record earlier your lastly coat of of epoxy dries)

The kit comes alongside a paintbrush in addition to epoxy paint.

I started on 1 side of the tile in addition to simply brushed on the product. You volition meet brushstrokes at first, but they leveled out on their ain really quickly. I worked my means from side to side alongside the epoxy paint, brushing a calorie-free coat of the production over all the tile in addition to grout.

Here I am, finishing upwardly the root coat. With simply 1 coat, you'll all the same belike live able to meet your tile underneath. Let the root coat dry out for a span hours, in addition to and hence apply a minute coat.

Next fourth dimension Jesse takes me on a date, I'm totally wearing this outfit.

Get ready, husband.

After the minute coat dried, this is what my countertops looked like.

Two coats totally did the fox in addition to was enough to encompass my tile in addition to render a dandy looking finish. You may demand less or to a greater extent than coats, depending on the surface yous paint.

The instructions said the epoxy pigment would cure inwards a few days. In my experience, it took a lot longer. It was fully cured afterward virtually a week. It was frustrating to create got to hold off hence long, peculiarly when the instructions said it would create got a few days, but ultimately I was pleased alongside the lastly outcome.

In the calendar week it took to dry, my cats managed to dig their claws into it several times, hence I'll create got to affect it upwardly inwards a few spots eventually.

Tootie in addition to Cheese desperately demand kitten mittens.

Overall I honey the means this turned out, in addition to it totally updated my countertop in addition to made it tally inwards ameliorate alongside the remainder of the kitchen.