Tile paint. Anyone had good results?

Doing a light refurb of the kitchen. Partner hates the bright green tiles. She bought some ronseal white one coat stuff to try on some spares and the results after many coats aren’t great (unsurprisingly to me since the existing tiles are quite glossy).

Has anyone had decent results with this or any other brand?

Really don’t want to retile.

You should go over it with an adhesion primer like Caparol Haftprimer, dulux super grip or BM Stix. Once you have done that paint it with whatever you fancy.

As above. Was going to suggest zinsers appropriate products

Thanks both. The stuff we got is supposed to be self-priming but it’s needed three or four coats to get the colour good and the finish is a bit brushy. Though I think we used a cheap brush for practice. Gonna get some primer later and see if that improves it on another practice tile.

Give it a good scrub with sugar soap first to get rid of the crap. (No offence) 😀

Using a mini roller will give you a better finish. As usual, it’s all in the prep.

Thanks, got the sugar soap ready to rid the years of grease and a couple of different mini rollers to try. Was gonna go for the Dulux as that’s in b n q but they have the zinssers 1 2 3 stuff at Screwfix which is about the same price but 2.5l instead of 1l… Also much quicker drying. So maybe that’s the one to go for?

Johnstones apparently do a good one called Johnstone’s Advanced Multi Surface Primer (I read on a site I would trust – https://www.thedecoratorsforum.com/best-performing-adhesion-primers/), its a trade one so harder to get but they also do Johnstone’s Any Surface Primer Paint which is a punter one and I wouldn’t be surprised if its the same stuff in the tin or near enough. £14 a tin its good value remeber its a primer so you only need 1 decent coat (or 2 shabby ones) its not supposed to look perfect at the end – thats for the top coat. I have some Zinnser BIN 1-2-3 Ive been using recently and its ok but not as good as Zinnser’s old primer, but thats the way of the world as more ingredients get removed from the list.

Once the tiles are primed you can use pretty much anything, even a scuff resistant emulsion will work these days. I like Zinnser All Coat for a decently hard paint that can be coloured however you want and gives a good finish.

For brushes Toolstation’s pinnacles are hard to beat as they are cheap as chips for a bundle pack and great brushes, as is their prodec masking tape. For rollers I always use Hamiltons. Not the cheapest but you know what you’re getting. My best tip for a good finish is a light sand with 120grit between coats, and never reuse rollers.

Some good advice from Ben

I’d add that I have used zinser to prime a upvc conservatory, which we then top coated with an acrylic recommended by the Johnstone’s guy. It has been perfect for 5 years, so I am sure you will have good results on tiles.

Also good prep as mentioned

If you are doing a colour top coat, you can get a splash of tint put in your primer so you aren’t going straight over white. Johnstone’s or any decent paint suppliers will do this for you.. Really helps if painting over a white background as you can easily see where you have missed, plus it improves coverage

I’ve been doing window refurbs recently and have done a quick 1-2-3 coat to seal knots and bare wood, then 50/50 haftprimer/allcoat mix over that which means its a pale version of the top coat, but like Kormoran says its much easier to see and the top coat looks great first time.

> never reuse rollers

Why is that? (I do this, didn’t realise you shouldn’t)

Reused rollers give way more texture (in my experience) than brand new ones. If you’ve done all the prep to get the surface nice, I would just splash a few quid extra for the second roller. I find you can wrap them in cling film and get away with 24h, but longer than that or washing them just doesn’t give as good a result as a new one. Obviously if your painting over something a bit s*** anyway, crack on.

I’ve not tried reuse with water based paints on foam rollers mind, that might be just fine .

I’ve been pleased with International Tile Paint, (applied with a new roller)