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I Painted My Tile Floor and Here's What Happened.

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We had wanted to change our foyer tiles before we even bought the house.. it was always one of the things we were going to do. But it was low on the priority list and so five and a half years later we finally came around to it. The tiles lead into our powder room which as most of you know is also a project we are working on. While we hired someone to fix up the bathroom, after reading and watching many youtube videos about how to paint tile we decided we would give it a go.  Step One - Sand the tiles. I have an electric sander from when we re did M's office . That is the only way this would have been possible. I would not have been able to sand such a large space by hand and would have most likely skipped the step. I did not see much difference in the tiles after sanding so it could have skipped. If you have any missed grout now is the time to have it filled and fixed. Step Two - Clean the tiles. I bought a degreaser and hand cleaned the tiles twice.  Step Three - M tap