How Do You Paint Fired Ceramic Tiles?
Painting on ceramic tiles involves a specialty paint called overglaze. As the name suggests, overglaze provides decorative detail to a ceramic article already glazed and fired. Overglaze paint fuses into the original glaze on the fired ceramic tile to create a durable, vibrant piece of art. The powdered paint works wet, suspended in a medium such as linseed oil, or can be applied in dry form. The process takes some practice to master; start with some of the basic steps to learn about overglaze and painting on fired ceramic tiles. Place a small amount of powdered paint, or overglaze, on to a blank tile. This will be your mixing tile.With a palette knife, add a tiny drop of oil medium and turpentine. Mix thoroughly, grinding the paint into the tile with your knife. Keep scraping and mixing until you have the consistency of toothpaste. If it’s too dry, add more oil. Scrape the mixed paint onto a second tile. This will be your palette. Clean the mixing tile and knife with turpentine and mi
