Trouble shooting part1

It took us almost two weeks to find the right carpenter, but it only cost the carpenters one morning to build the drop ceiling. Before i even had a chance to celebrate my success in getting the carpentry step done, another task had arrived. And I was nowhere close to being prepared for this next step: painting!

The wall in the far back is the one we are dealing with right now: a tiled wall with concrete patches, and that is where the sinks will be mounted on. Its not what one would consider as a nice looking wall, but we both find it attractive. Instead of having carpenters build a false wall to cover it up, we want to keep it as the way it is and give it a new color.

What we didn't know is that painting on glazed ceramic tile isn't a easy task. Paint doesn't like to stick to the slick, shinny surface of tile, and it will peel readily from it. So here we are, facing this new problem.

After visiting several paint supplies stores, we finally found this magical thing called "intermediate coat" which has high adhesion capacity for any type of surface. It would also create a slightly rough ground that is better for regular paint to stick on.

     

bucket, masking tape, roller, bowl, and the bottle of coating

a bag of cement, worth of $1

Tried to make sure i got everything covered. This reminded me of using tape to stretch paper on the masonite board in drawing one.

Mixed the coating and cement together at a ratio of  2:1.  I had to keep stirring the mixture throughout the whole time so the cement wouldn't precipitate at the bottom.  The color is kind of blue-grayish, and it turns into dark brown once its dry.

So this is it! entirely coated with the coating mixture and now ready to be painted!  Just like a gessoed canvas, except its black.