Painting Ceramic Tile Fireplace Surround

How to paint tile surrounding a fireplace.

Painting ceramic tile fireplace surround.

After painting mantel tile surround before painting. I took a few deep breaths before i started priming. If your fireplace is surrounded by carpet gently press the carpet away from tile and cover with tape. I m not gonna lie.

If the tile surrounding the fireplace is old dingy or out of date it. Tape off areas you don t want to accidentally paint. Then tuck tape along tile line. 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.

Wash tile with non detergent soap and water or tsp. How to paint tile easy fireplace paint makeover. The fireplace is often the center and focus of the room in which it is installed. Clean the tile and rinse any soap you used.

Painting fireplace tile faq s how do you paint a tile fireplace. 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. Wipe with water and allow to air dry. However if you need to paint your fireplace tile it s possible.

After we completed our wood pallet accent wall we realized the fireplace did not match we knew we wanted to paint the mantel white chalk paint my favorite but we were not sure what type of paint to use on the tile surround to withstand the heat and stick to the tile. It has a porcelain ceramic tile that is 12 24 fairly recent redo with no grout lines. Lightly sand the surface. Giving our living room electric fireplace surround hearth and mantel a total makeover has been in the plans for a while it s in great shape we love the size of it and the design of the mantel but the colors were pretty boring and not as bright and stylish as i wanted.

I taped off the fireplace mantel and floor all around the tile. Then i poured some primer into the painting tray took a deep breath and went to work rolling it onto the tile. We were dealing with some serious orangey oak and peach faux marble here. Once i placed the roller on the tile there would be no going back.

My fireplace walls front and both sides from floor to ceiling is 12 feet high. The actual fireplace opening is in the lower center of the 12 feet. 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.