Sealing Painted Floor Tiles

Painting tile floors seems like a common sense fix to an ugly tile problem.

Sealing painted floor tiles.

When replacing floor tiles is so costly time consuming and messy a coat of paint seems like the obvious budget friendly alternative but this seemingly obvious diy solution isn t the fix all you d hope for. I rolled on 3 coats of minwax polyacrylic to seal it. After all you can paint an ugly wall or an outdated door why not paint some floor tiles. Can you paint floor tiles.

So once it s done. How to seal painted tile floors. And you use that to sort of mop the polyurethane onto the floor. It ll be real shiny real pretty and it ll protect that painted floor.

Three coats of sealer. It ll level out nice. Painting the grout with a grout colorant is often times the only way to restore the original look and color of the grout. And i was so excited that our painted bathroom floors looked just like expensive cement tile.

Finally sealing the painted bathroom tile protects your project from grime scuff marks and scratches. Ugly stained damaged and cracked grout can ruin the look of a tile floor. Without the proper paint a good sealer won t be able to do its job. First consider your supplies.

Painting the grout will also serve to seal and protect the grout and make it much easier to clean and maintain. I probably spent about 15 total hours painting it and it looked stunning. Quick drying sealers to put over painted floors. Paint manufacturers offer super durable porch and floor paint products and sealers that will keep your painted floors well painted.

I was honestly convinced that the best diy project ever was painting tile floors. Simply let the tile dry for two or three days before moving on and seal after the pattern has dried. If you think you can paint floors with regular wall paint you re sadly mistaken. Oil based paints work well for painting on ceramic tiles and are available online or at craft and art supply stores.

If you plan on painting tile floors with a pattern don t seal the tile just yet. You don t want to brush it on because if you use the mop with the lambs wool applicator you ll have no brush strokes. And if you re planning a floor to ceiling paint party paint your floors after you paint everything. Painting a wood or concrete floor can be a complicated process that involves floor filler sandpaper and several coats of paint.