DIY How To Paint Tile Countertops

Hey ya'll! As promised during in conclusion 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 thus excited.....this is a projection that I've been wanting to do for a genuinely 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, starting fourth dimension things first, a piddling dorsum story.
When nosotros starting fourth dimension 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, together with the floors were a overnice grayness tile.

All of the other houses inwards our cost arrive at had formica countertops, linoleum floors, or beige appliances. So, although this kitchen was small-scale together with nonetheless needed some work, I loved it.
This is genuinely the film that was inwards the existent estate listing.

The alone matter that I genuinely disliked from the start was the mosaic tile countertop that was on our expect through bar expanse on the opposite side of the kitchen. It only felt kinda dated.
Here's what it looked similar around the fourth dimension nosotros moved in.

And here's what it looked similar standing inwards the dining room together with looking into the kitchen.

I genuinely desire to knock downwards that wall, but for now, all I tin give the sack do is operate 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 starting fourth dimension endeavour was to attempt 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, you lot lose...your hear sometimes.

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

The results were absolutely amazing, together with it wasn't really difficult to do at all. In fact, it was alone ii steps.

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

I read the reviews online together with people didn't seem to similar the results when it was used on tubs, but I decided to attempt it anyways. And allow me tell you, I've straightaway painted a sink, a tile countertop inwards the kitchen, together with 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 most $35, but the kit is cheaper online.

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

**This materials is really toxic together with you'll demand to get got the proper precautions. It's an epoxy, thus you'll desire to apparel condom gloves (included inwards the kit), a high lineament mask, and protective optic wear.**

I also opened all of the windows inwards the solid to allow for adequate ventilation. Our tiled countertop is correct adjacent to an outside door together with ii giant windows. I had them opened upwardly the entire day. Being able to do thus genuinely helped to lessen the intensity of the fumes.

DO NOT BREATHE THIS PRODUCT IN.

It is crucial that you lot apparel a proper mask. The fumes are thus rigid together with won't dissipate for a practiced 24 hours. I painted my tile inwards the morning time thus that nosotros could leave the solid for the residuum of the day.

The starting fourth dimension matter the instructions tell you lot to do is to build clean the tile alongside the solution provided. It comes alongside a parcel of powder. I used a large bucket to mix the pulverisation alongside water, together with and thus only washed the countertop alongside the solution together with a small-scale rag.

After my tile was dry, I used some masking record to record around the woods bring down that surrounds my tile, to give-up the ghost on it from getting painted. (Make certain to withdraw the record earlier your in conclusion coat of of epoxy dries)

The kit comes alongside a paintbrush together with epoxy paint.

I started on ane side of the tile together with only brushed on the product. You volition run across 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 low-cal coat of the production over all the tile together with grout.

Here I am, finishing upwardly the starting fourth dimension coat. With only ane coat, you'll nonetheless in all likelihood live able to run across your tile underneath. Let the starting fourth dimension coat dry out for a yoke hours, together with and thus apply a instant coat.

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

Get ready, husband.

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

Two coats totally did the delineate a fast ane on together with was enough to encompass my tile together with render a swell looking finish. You may demand less or to a greater extent than coats, depending on the surface you lot 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 afterwards most a week. It was frustrating to get got to hold off thus long, peculiarly when the instructions said it would get got a few days, but ultimately I was pleased alongside the in conclusion outcome.

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

Tootie together with Cheese desperately demand kitten mittens.

Overall I dearest the means this turned out, together with it totally updated my countertop together with made it lucifer inwards ameliorate alongside the residuum of the kitchen.