Paint Travertine Tile Shower

Let the paint dry about 2 hours and repeat.

Paint travertine tile shower.

Bathroom of the week white paint and patterned tile freshen up a 5 by 11 foot bathroom by jeannie matteucci a designer uses a light palette and hardworking cabinetry to update a couple s 1970s hallway bathroom. The dark gray here is sw roycroft pewter paired with sw alabaster as the white. Travertine was a huge flipping trend a while back when beige was all the rage. It s crucial to pick a paint that s right for the tile material and bathroom surface.

Make sure there s a sheen to the paper. It s not a bad tile. Things were looking up until i looked down at the tan travertine backsplash. Apply a masonry primer sealant using a brush or roller then allow the tiles to dry for several hours or as recommended on the paint label.

This palette uses charcoal gray to make travertine feel more neutral and less pinky beige. Take a sample of the tile to a wallpaper store and pick the lightest cream color to match. Someone there can help you select. Today i am going to share with you how i did it.

Due to the porous nature of travertine tiles the sealant will help prevent absorption of the paint and will give better results. Apply stone sealant to the tiles using a paintbrush. Someday we will replace the painted travertine tile with white subway tile but until then i am loving the look of the backsplash. Add in white with travertine tile to keep it fresh.

Follow up by rolling on a coat of paint on all the desired shower tiles. Those honey colored kitchen cabinets left the building several years ago. Choose a simple texture. I wouldn t choose it for my own house but i do like that it is a natural stone.

So i took the plunge and decided to paint the tan travertine tiles of my backsplash a bright white. Ceramic porcelain and unglazed quarry tile can take either latex or epoxy paint in one part pre mixed or. Clearly that had to go and was going to be a huge factor in brightening and de jungle fying the joint. Yep and that is what i did.

Travertine tile is quite porous so it needs to be sealed. Use the same angled brush to apply a coat of seal krete paint along the grout line corners and any area that meets up with tape. Paint the tile with a masonry and stucco paint or with an acrylic latex paint. I got the brilliant idea of painting it.