A question for the experts:
We have a tile on the close wall that has been damaged over the years by the hook for the door colliding with it. This has now worn away the glaze into a channel. I appreciate that a cosmetic restoration would be very difficult, but what could I do to prevent further damage? I wondered about paint or epoxy resin adhesive or superglue, or maybe some sort of patch like a bandage? Any ideas appreciated.
Screw a rubber doorstop to the floor or skirting board to just stop the hook reaching the tile.
Yep!
To prevent further damage you need to prevent further impact. Either by restricting the travel of the door, or changing the hook location, or applying some sort of protector to the tile (which would obviate the need for restoration).
For restoration, fill the hole with Milliput, coloured if necessary, then paint to match. It's surprising how little skill is needed to get to the point where a repair is hardly visible.
And maybe use the same technique they do for car windscreens to fill the little dent? Brian
Depends how good your colour vision is and how uniform the tile. White can be either easy or very hard to match. Pigment loaded epoxy can be made to look close enough to ceramics to pass. Better stuff available from the likes of Fred Aldous craft stores if you need an exotic colour.
Practice a few times to get the mix exactly right before you commit to the actual job. Cured colour can be different to wet colour. ie. Colour up a batch of the resin and then add the hardener/catalyst.
When you are happy that the cured material is a good match then go for it. You may have to match colour *and* surface lustre.
As others have said a door stop in the right place will solve that impact problem going forwards. Put the thing in the right place or your next complaint will be the door dropping off its hinges.
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