White knight Tile paint (tinted biege..ish)

Well, I didnt have much access time and spent most of it cleaning but thought given how ugly the tiles looked this might be worth an attempt to lighten the area up as a quick tart up.

be interesting to see how it lasts etc. but for now I am happy with the result. Shame it doesn't work on benchtops or cupboard doors!

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Great result!

I'm a big believer in the White Knight Tile Paint. We even put it on the floor (not usually recommended) of our ensuite in the last place, and 7 years after painting it looked as good as the day it went on.

They also have a Laminate paint that may prove suitable for your benchtops and doors.
 
Yes I'm a fan of this stuff too. I've done my whole bathroom tile area with it. The secret is in the pre cleaning and the correct application of the two coats. You have to follow the directions to the letter. It's a multi problem solver.
 
Looks great!

How much was the tile paint?

I recently decided to spray paint a bath tub, and ended up using 2 cans of bathtub spray paint, I think it was about $35 per can x 2

I later found out that bunnings were selling a $99 bathtub, so in my case it would have been easier to replace the entire tub!
 
I later found out that bunnings were selling a $99 bathtub, so in my case it would have been easier to replace the entire tub!

If you consider smashing out the existing tub mount tiles and bricking, surrounding tiles, removing tub, re-bricking the supports, installing and bedding new tub, then retiling easier than 2 cans of spray paint :)
 
If you consider smashing out the existing tub mount tiles and bricking, surrounding tiles, removing tub, re-bricking the supports, installing and bedding new tub, then retiling easier than 2 cans of spray paint :)

absolutely! we tried removing hte bathtub first, but after removing the tiles decided the frame would probably need replacing had we replaced the tub, so we tiled it back up and spray painted it!!
 
Looks great, did you just brush it on?

Yep just used a brush. (the uni pro ones painter recommended in another thread...thanks Painter)

I bought the cleaner,primer and tile paint for under $100 bucks. Started with a decent scub down, then two coats of primer then after first top coat did a light sand with 800 grit paper as recommended on tin. Top coat went on really well and you dont see any brush strokes which suprised me. I was doing other stuff too so left each coat overnight to dry.

Was told to ensure the finishing direction strokes should always be the same way as it settle better...no idea if that matters or not but happy with the result.
 
What else are your plans?

Have repainted whole house, ripped up carpets and sanded floors (one room had lino under the carpet that had been glued straight on to the boards was like tar, was a nightmare to remove, ended up using a heat gun and floor scraper and a few litres of turps.... 7 hrs of my life gone There has to have been a better way! guess it was a learning experience....as in I learnt people can do some amazingly stupid things over pristine tassie oak floorboards.
 
Have repainted whole house, ripped up carpets and sanded floors (one room had lino under the carpet that had been glued straight on to the boards was like tar, was a nightmare to remove, ended up using a heat gun and floor scraper and a few litres of turps.... 7 hrs of my life gone There has to have been a better way! guess it was a learning experience....as in I learnt people can do some amazingly stupid things over pristine tassie oak floorboards.

Poor floorboards :( It's a shame what people do to them.
I'd love to see some more before and afters if you have time.
 
About 24 years ago we paid a lot of money (about $900 or so from memory) to have a clawfoot bath and old cast iron pedestal basin totally sandblasted and recoated by a (the?) major bathroom specialist shop in Brisbane. Looked fantastic until we started using them. The sink started peeling almost immediately. As the internal layer peeled around the plug and even on the sides, we realised they probably just cleaned it and painted it with vehicle paint.

The bath took longer to start peeling. It was a huge rip-off but they continued to advertise the fantastic job they did with old cast iron ware. Pffffft!!!

I wonder if this White Knight paint would work on a bath that gets used every day? (I'm not needing any baths done, but over the years we have paid for re-spraying of baths in IPs with varying results.)
 
White Knight Tile Paint doesn't suggest to be worthwhile for baths.

Although I did use "Tub and Tile" on the shower base of our last IP reno (in 2008 - wow is it that long ago? Time for another!) and it's been fine to date.
 
The secret is in the pre cleaning and the correct application of the two coats. You have to follow the directions to the letter.

Ahh. That must be what the previous owners of my house did wrong. The shower paint job is barely 6 months old and is peeling pretty badly. And here I was thinking tile paint is no good!
 
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