Decorative Ceramic Tile Murals

Planning on giving your home a facelift? Want a painting but don’t want it to cover your lovely ceramic tiles? Why not have a painting that is directly laid on the ceramic tiles? Yes, a ceramic tile mural is the answer. Adding this decorative tile mural on your home is another trendy idea. Not only are you adding a much needed focal point to your rooms, but you also provide a statement that speaks out for your personality.

Your home deserves a more personal and artistic touch. Show off your love for the art, your taste and style with putting decorative tile murals on your kitchen, bath, pool, fountains, and anywhere else that you like. Several online stores are offering a wide variety of tile mural selection of different themes, styles, and patterns that you can choose from.

The most common type of ceramic tile mural is the kiln-fired tile mural. Kiln-fired tile murals are fired in the kiln at 1550 degrees. Some stores now offer a personalized mural tile production where customers can send in their photos and have it printed on the tiles. The photos are then scanned and processed, which will include resizing to fit the size of the tile divisions for the tile mural ordered, changing the background (if preferred by the customer), changing shapes, etc. A special laser printer with ceramic mineral toners is then used to print the photo onto a decal paper to transfer the print onto the tile. After a couple more steps, which include coating of flux and cutting the decals and applying them onto the tile, the tiles are then loaded into racks and put into the kiln. Kiln-fired tiles, however cannot be resized, but the designs are completely UV and scratch-resistant.

There is also another type of ceramic tile mural, and this is the digital artwork reproduction. This is produced from an original artwork, painted by famous artists. The image is then printed with sublimation dye onto a sublimation paper. The printed paper and the tiles are put into a heat press to transfer the image from the paper to the tile. The image now becomes permanent to the tile. The digitally-reproduced tile mural, usually, have more vivid and lively color than the kiln-fired tiles.

However, if you want to put a more personal touch to your tile murals, you can also hand-paint them yourself. You just need to use a paint that will last and a glaze finish to seal the painting on the tile. You just need to be very careful as to where you will be placing the tiles. Hand-painted tiles may not be as enduring as those which are made and produced by professionals. You may want to consult a professional who deal with this kind of business for some advice on how you can keep the paint permanently on the tile.

Enchant your guests with your beautifully-crafted and distinctive ceramic tile mural. Adorn your bland, monochromatic rooms with unique blends of colorful, sleek and chic tile mural. Be more experimental and unleash the real you with your own style and taste of choosing your tile mural.