WW wrote:
"john royce" wrote in message
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The tiled window sill on the front of our house had been painted
years ago and the paint was peeling off.

So although a long job I patiently scraped off all the paint. Then
discovered that a couple had been damaged and just filled with a
filler and painted over.

I'm in the process of removing one. See web pictu

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2rg1jd2&s=5

Stupidly I thought they would clean up well with a carborundum
stone, but soon realized that they were *glazed* and I have now
made a right mess of a couple of them. See the two to the right
of the broken tile that I'm in the process of taking out.

I really don't want to paint them again unless I have to, since I
've a feeling its just going to peel again in a couple of years. Any
suggestions as to what I'm best doing to try and repair
scratched tiles?
What are you replacing the broken ones with? If you have same,
replace them all. WW

I agree. You have to replace one, if you have replacements get some more or
research to find replacements. It is actually easier to replace more than
one in a location because it gives more room to clean up the space so that
you can mortar the new one in. Doing only one makes it cramped to chip out
the old one and the mortar holding it in place.