Repair shower tile damage

I would like to repair this damage.

It is in my shower.

It looks like some kind of paint/coating was sprayed over the tile.

What can I use to repair it?

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A K
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Weird, any idea how it got there? Are you sure it's something on top of the tile? If you think it's paint, then paint remover? Tile would be impervious to that. If you have already something else, eg paint thinner, acetone, nail polish remover, gasoline, you could try that first.

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trader_4

Actually, that doesn't look like real tile but one of the embossed sheet products...those aren't true grout lines but just embossed into the surface.

Looks to me more like something removed the surface layer more than is on top of it but can't really tell for sure.

I'd guess that's permanent, likely although only a real inspection would really be able to know what the material is for sure and what the damage actually is.

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dpb

You're right, idk how I missed that, so forget about paint remover. I see he made another post. First he said it looked like paint, now he says there was something glued on and then removed? Given the latter, the only remaining issue is if something is left on top or it ripped off the finish. If the latter, his idea of using some fiberglass filler could work. I'd repaint whole tiles, 4 or whatever, but good luck matching the paint, unless he cuts out a piece to color match it.

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trader_4

That's exactly what it is. It's not real tile but appears to be a single sheet imitation tile used as a cheap remodel option.

Solution would be to sand it and repaint using an appliance paint or other hard enamel white gloss paint.

Reply to
Hawk

It looks like a hard enamel finish. You might want to get one of those chaps who repair chips on enameled bathtubs to have a look at it and give you a quote. They would be able to match the colour as well. I had them fix a large chip on my near new enameled bathtub and you had to look really closely to even see the repair.

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Xeno

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