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Can you stain glazed tile.
If you have a matte finish without glaze it may be to your advantage to seal the tile in order to stains.
If not mask off the grout so that it does not get stain on it.
The top layer will not allow anything to penetrate the glaze.
It is recommended that you prevent getting any stain or paint on places where you do not want it.
Therefore sealing the tile itself would be overkill.
Soak up some stain on the sponge and wipe it onto the tile.
Sand only the tile surface not the grout lines.
Staining ceramic tile can change the ambiance of a room.
Before staining the tiles decide whether you want to stain the grout as well.
Applying masking tape along the edges of the area that you want to stain will also help you achieve clean and crisp lines.
Apply the stain to the tiles using a tile sponge cut down into a manageable sized piece.
Staining ceramic tiles is a very meticulous process that yields long lasting results.
Sand the porcelain tile surface with a power sander and medium abrasion aluminum oxide sandpaper.
A glazed ceramic tile is not porous so the stain will simply sit on top of the surface and become a big mess.
Tile that has been treated or sealed will also have a hard time accepting a stain or paint.
Run the sander slowly over the surface to dull the glaze the point that it looks flat instead of shiny.
If you are creating a pattern or using multiple.
Wipe up the dust.