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Posted by Joe on March 6, 2008, 9:15 pm
> I recently bought a 3-unit apartment building and one of the tenants just
> moved out of one of the small apartments. =A0I need to redo the apartment =
to
> get it rented out again and, for now, am basically just repainting, changi=
ng
> a couple of light fixtures, and replacing a small ceiling, etc.
>
> In the bathroom, the existing shower and wall tiles were painted over by t=
he
> previous owner with some kind of paint. =A0The paint over the tiles is
> absolutely rock solid and is in perfect shape. =A0I don't know what kind o=
f
> paint was used, but it has a rough sand-like finish, and is painted some
> type of varying shades of =A0what I would call "sand colors". =A0I guess t=
he
> idea was to make it look like some kind of stone work or whatever. =A0It i=
s a
> flat finish, not glossy. =A0And, it actually looks okay enough except that=
the
> varying color shades idea looks stupid.
>
> What I want to do-- for now -- is just repaint what is there to make it a
> different color. =A0I know the best approach will eventually be to rip out=
the
> old tiles throughout the bathroom and redo the room, but I don't want to d=
o
> that now.
>
> So, my questions are:
>
> 1) Does anyone have any idea what kind of paint that may be -- maybe epoxy=
> paint or something similar? =A0It actually feels like stone, but it is jus=
t a
> painted on surface.
>
> 2) Any suggestions on what to kind of paint to use to paint over the
> existing surface to change the color? =A0The surface is very rough already=
, so
> that is not an issue.
>
> Thanks.
Don't overdo it. All you want is a nicer color, so go pick up a few
cans of Krylon aerosol paint, tape it off and paint it to look the way
you want. You can do the whole thing in an hour with almost no
cleanup. The acrylic spray paints are fairly good performers in moist
conditions. Surface roughness should not be an issue here. HTH
Joe
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