Custom Ceramic Tile Decals

Ceramic tile decals are transfers fired onto glazed tile surfaces at 750-900°C (overglaze) or into the glaze at 1,200°C+ (high-fire), producing decoration that resists moisture, abrasion and cleaning chemicals permanently. The decoration becomes part of the tile surface itself - there is no film or adhesive to lift, even in wet rooms and high-traffic floors.

Where Tile Decals Are Used

Custom tile decoration serves both architectural and decorative markets: feature walls and backsplashes in hospitality projects, branded tiles for retail environments, reproduction historic patterns for restoration work, decorative accents in residential ranges, and full photographic murals assembled from multiple tiles.

Because decals are printed rather than hand-painted, multi-tile designs reproduce with perfect consistency across hundreds or thousands of pieces - every tile in the run matches the approved sample.

Overglaze or High-Fire?

Overglaze (750-900°C)

Applied to already-glazed tiles. The widest colour range, including bright reds and fine photographic detail. Standard for decorative wall tiles and murals.

High-fire (1,200°C+)

Fired into or under the glaze. Maximum abrasion resistance for floor tiles and heavy-wear commercial surfaces, with a narrower colour palette.

Design Considerations

Tile decals reproduce fine detail, gradients and photographic imagery at high resolution. For multi-tile murals, artwork is split across sheets with register marks so the assembled image aligns tile-to-tile. We can prepare this splitting from your master artwork, or work from pre-split files.

Durability

Fired tile decoration withstands water, steam, household and commercial cleaning chemicals, UV exposure and freeze-thaw cycles - which is why it is specified for pools, spas, facades and wet rooms where printed or vinyl alternatives fail within months.

How to Order

1. Send artwork, tile type and glaze details, dimensions, firing capability and quantity.
2. We confirm process (overglaze or high-fire), colour feasibility and quote.
3. You fire and approve sample tiles.
4. Production, protective packing and worldwide shipping.

Send your tile project to sales@decalsspecialist.com for a quote, or see our overglaze decals and ceramic mug decals.