Discover the possibilities when creating decorative tiles for your kitchen.

1. Creating Decorative Tiles for Kitchen
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Some people prefer to create a home
design using their personal preferences and
own hands to accomplish it. Creating
decorative tiles for kitchen is not as
hard as it sounds. It may be encouraging to
think of making tiles for the kitchen counter
and part of the walls. It can save costs on
labour. After shaping the tiles yourself,
these can be glazed and painted after.
Materials
There are only a few things needed for this
type of kitchen work. You only need some clay, rolling pin, additional
embellishments, some paint, sand paper, cloth, masking tape, over glaze show,
ruler, brushes, dull knife, a kiln, tongs, pail, and of course a wire rack.
Directions for using hand painted tiles
• Set up a working area on a firm surface like a table top or counter.
Place some sculpting clay with high grog content at the center of the
area. You can also use what your local hardware may recommend for
making tile. Select one that is not difficult to use and is light in colour to
be painted easily.
• Roll out the clay using the rolling pin until it is half an inch thick. This is
important to prevent it from getting cracked and warped as soon as the
clay is baked. Flatten the tile to preferred width and length. Maintain the
consistency of thickness of the surface of the tile. You can use décor
materials like glass stones over the tiles or engrave designs on the tiles’
surface with the use of a knife. This may be done prior to cutting in order
to avoid deformed tiles.
• Leave the tile on a wire rack and let it dry. This can facilitate for air to
dry the tile uniformly. With a dull knife, cut the tile into a preferred
shape. To assure equal width and length of the tiles when making the
cuts, use a ruler.
• Bake the tiles at the recommended temperature, usually a low
temperature or as indicated in the clay guidelines. Let the tile cool down
when it’s baked. If preferred, apply some paint with the use of an
overglaze after baking the tile two times.
To paint one’s kitchen tiles with nice design is a great plan to beautify this
space of the home at the same time can be economical. Making tiles and
decorating them yourself is a cost-effective approach to the creation of a
pristine new-fangled façade.

2. Things to do
Plan and choose the colours you want. Determine in what quantity of paint
colours you require to accomplish this task. As you plan, you need to keep in
mind that the kitchen has an existing colour scheme and design that may have
been arranged previously to go with the colours and designs of current kitchen
appliances and furnishing.
Buy the needed paint and other materials you need for this task. Make sure to
get a little bit more of the paint and design paraphernalia than estimated. This
is to make certain there will be enough for touchups or refurbishing in the
future when needed. Sand the areas to be painted like the walls, but the tiles
on the walls or counter top will only need wiping down. Complete this activity
using sandpaper with fine grit. Wipe any debris.
Paint the areas of the kitchen using good quality brush for painting. Apply the
first coating and allow it to dry. Depending on the type of paint used, the
drying process can take an hour up to eight hours. On the tiles, your design
using paint may dry faster. Coat the paint to the preferred matte finish or gloss
allowing every layer of coating to dry between the layers. Good quality ceramic
paint is appropriate to use on tiles. Creativity is essential when painting in a
certain pattern or small wall painting. Remember to wear protective glasses
and gloves during this activity.
In any design plan, a good design begins at the end. Taking into consideration
the outcome of a task to create ceramic hand painted tiles before any tile is
created, can assist in selecting the clay and materials to use beforehand.
Professionals can help out in informing you about important considerations in
making and setting up your own handmade and hand painted tiles.
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