Ceramic Tile Repair Options

Tim Carter, of AsktheBuilder.com, demonstrates a clever trick to repair a cracked ceramic floor tile.

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• ceramic
• tile
• floor
• crack
• epoxy
• oxygen
• bleach
• tim
• carter
• ask
• builder

[cornmaid]

What kind of paint do you use on the repaired crack--oil based?

[AsktheBuilder]

If you can find it. VOC laws are making it extinct.

[cornmaid]

If not oil-based, would latex work? Other recommendations? Thanks.

[AsktheBuilder]

I would go with a paint that had lots of urethane in it like Sears Weatherbeater ULTRA or Sherwin Williams Duration.

[SuperJmacca]

@AsktheBuilder

why not just use Selleys Wet Area Silicon Sealant or even antoher type of product ( the name escapes me ) that I used to use to fill cracks in concrete and asphalt

[AsktheBuilder]

Never used them. Try it and report back with your findings. Better yet, tape a video of the process, showing how you did it and the final results. After all, that's what your channel here is all about - you sharing what you know with the world. We anxiously await your video!

[OfficialDalimus]

Thank you so much for this! You saved my butt. Accidently cracked a tile in our kitchen table and had to rush to fix it.

[megaearthed]

great video! One question do u ever have any difficulty with the paint adhering to the epoxy? Thanx again this video really helped

[alfabdall]

thanks for the info. Had a cracked tile thats been out of style for years. Did the epoxy technique, it no longer rocks back and forth when i step on it. saved me from having to re-tile my whole hallway.

[kmaxxmusic]

what's the brand/product of epoxy you're using? thanks

[returnoftheramble3]

is there anyway to buy like a tile cover, will it look like the others once on or tacky? Thanks for sharing this.

[SuperJmacca]

I used Selleys wet area silicon on a couple of hairline cracks in the floor tiles of my shower - seems to be working ok, hard to tell but hopefully is keeping the water out. The other stuff I was thinking of is Sikaflex - great stuff but can be a trifle messy if not ussed to it - mineral turps based and comes in grey, white and black so far as I know.