Expert Answers in Ceramic and Porcelain Tile

ANSWER – In terms of industry standards, painting tile isn’t recommended. You can install tile over tile if you properly scarify the existing tile surface and use the correct adhesive. Some people will paint over…

ANSWER – Franciscan Terra Floor Flash Walnut Pebble Finish G0109 is a blast from the past. I sold thousands upon thousands of square feet of that tile many years ago. It was an extruded tile…

ANSWER – If the porcelain tile is unglazed (through body meaning same material from top to bottom), it can actually be polished like a stone.  You could have a stone restoration company polish it.  It is…

ANSWER – Tile isn’t really meant to be painted. You can try to paint it with an epoxy based paint that will provide a better bond, that will probably last longer.

The problem with painting…

ANSWER – I don’t have enough information to know what the white haze is on the tiles. Generally speaking the installers could have not cleaned the tiles properly when they completed the installation, which caused…

ANSWER – I understand that you have a townhome where you replaced your kitchen floor with ceramic tile in August 2010.  The tile was installed over hardibacker board that was applied over a wood subfloor over…

ANSWER – There isn’t a clear standard for what is allowable maximum lippage between a 13 x13 inch tile and mosaics, but I would expect it to be 1/16″. For 1×1 inch tiles it is…

ANSWER – I assume the dots and veins within the porcelain tile surface are probably low spots that are collecting dirt.  Too often I see nice porcelain tiles that look very dirty caused from the accumulation…

ANSWER – I understand that the glossy porcelain tiles you had installed in your home isn’t as reflective of a surface as you expected and you haven’t been successful at treating it to achieve this…

ANSWER – The best method of cleaning a porcelain tile floor, whether it is glazed or unglazed, is to add a detergent in a bucket of water, preferably one that is supplied by a company…