I was clowning around with my son and I accidentally knocked over a table and chipped a tile. It's about a quarter size chip.You can actually see the dark bottom part of the tile so its kinda deep. I was wondering if I can fix it without replacing it. What do I need? By the way, I blamed on my 4 year old !!!!!!!!! THX 4 ur help!
Find a good ceramic cement (ask at a tile shop) and glue the chip back into place. If it's a single chip, and you're very careful, you can make the job almost invisible.
First of all, own up to the accident and apologize to your son and your wife! If you are lucky, you may be able to find some grout to match, that you can fill in the hole with. Go to your local tile store and see if they might have a Custom Blend Grout Chart or a ProSpec Grout chart that you can take home and see what color comes closest to the tile. Or you could try either brand in a sanded caulk in a tube. The only other choice is to replace the tile, which generally is hard to match! Or to place a piece of furniture or a rug, over the spot. That may not be best, depending on what part of the floor the spot is at!
your best bet is to replace the tile, when they are broke or chipped the edges are sharp and can cut. It would look tacky to try to fit a piece in where the piece broke. I don't know how old your tile is but if you cant find a piece like the others I suggest. to remove 3-4 other tiles and replace them with white so that way is looks like it was suppose to be that way. to remove the old tile take a chisel and lightly tap on the tile until it breaks and the entire piece is out. use an adhesive for tiles and smear a little where the tile is to go, also back butter (spread evenly on the back of tiles) and apply the tiles where needed. Allow for 24 hrs the tiles to remain untouched, then grout and allow to dry for another 24 hours. After finished drying spray a cloth with a cheap furniture polish to protect it.
Other than replacing the tile( which is a challenge for anybody) , all I recommend to my costumers is to cover the chip with an enamel to hide as best as possible. Grout won t hold since it s shallow and nothing to grip to.And the big splotch will stand out worse.An appliance repair enamel works well if you can find one to match or your tile is of a color that you can match..A rug or furniture is always a good stand by trick. GL
