After painting mantel tile surround before painting.
Painting ceramic tile fireplace surround.
However if you need to paint your fireplace tile it s possible.
Lightly sand the surface.
Painting fireplace tile faq s how do you paint a tile fireplace.
Wipe with water and allow to air dry.
How to paint tile surrounding a fireplace.
If the tile surrounding the fireplace is old dingy or out of date it.
The fireplace is often the center and focus of the room in which it is installed.
If your fireplace is surrounded by carpet gently press the carpet away from tile and cover with tape.
My fireplace walls front and both sides from floor to ceiling is 12 feet high.
Wash tile with non detergent soap and water or tsp.
It has a porcelain ceramic tile that is 12 24 fairly recent redo with no grout lines.
I m not gonna lie.
It is a gas burning fireplace.
We were dealing with some serious orangey oak and peach faux marble here.
How to paint tile easy fireplace paint makeover.
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.
I didn t have to paint the entire tile because the slate made a great background color for the stencil.
It measures 70 inches across and 22 inches on each side.
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.
Tape off areas you don t want to accidentally paint.
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.
Clean the tile and rinse any soap you used.
I took a few deep breaths before i started priming.
The actual fireplace opening is in the lower center of the 12 feet.
Once i placed the roller on the tile there would be no going back.
Then tuck tape along tile line.