Painting Ceramic Tile Fireplace Surround

Clean the tile and rinse any soap you used.

Painting ceramic tile fireplace surround. But still i was a little hesitant to take the drastic step of painting over the tile even though i painted the brick fireplace surround in our last home black and loved it for some reason the fact that this surround was tile was really shaking my confidence. It has a porcelain ceramic tile that is 12 24 fairly recent redo with no grout lines. However if you need to paint your fireplace tile it s possible. Tape off areas you don t want to accidentally paint.

If the tile surrounding the fireplace is old dingy or out of date it. Then i poured some primer into the painting tray took a deep breath and went to work rolling it onto the tile. My fireplace walls front and both sides from floor to ceiling is 12 feet high. We were dealing with some serious orangey oak and peach faux marble here.

After painting mantel tile surround before painting. Once i placed the roller on the tile there would be no going back. How to paint tile surrounding a fireplace. The actual fireplace opening is in the lower center of the 12 feet.

Wash tile with non detergent soap and water or tsp. If your fireplace is surrounded by carpet gently press the carpet away from tile and cover with tape. I took a few deep breaths before i started priming. It is a gas burning fireplace.

I m not gonna lie. I didn t have to paint the entire tile because the slate made a great background color for the stencil. How to paint tile easy fireplace paint makeover. Honestly i was worried that if the paint didn t adhere well i would end up with a big mess on my hands and then have to deal.

The fireplace is often the center and focus of the room in which it is installed. Then tuck tape along tile line. Lightly sand the surface. Painting fireplace tile faq s how do you paint a tile fireplace.

I taped off the fireplace mantel and floor all around the tile. It was screaming for a full on makeover if you re only looking to fix your tile surround then skip on to 4 now if you search the internets there are a gazillion posts about painting fireplaces i wrote one about whitewashing our brick fireplace last year and differing advice about what paint to use. Wipe with water and allow to air dry.