new bar, ceramic top. Yes I know, should have used anything but ceramic, long story behind that and lets just say I didn't built it, and I didn't want ceramic. It's high gloss black, looks gorgeous, but, scracthes with a simple beer bottle on it.

Looking for a way to cover it, seal it somehow. Was thinking envirotex but I don't think I can use it. The tile is somewhat raised a little above the bar trim. I'd imagine with a liquid like envirotex, the bar top would need to be sunk in otherwise it would just pour onto the floor.

Outside of covering it with sheets of glass, I don't know of any other way to protect it, and keep a nice glossy shine to it?

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Chip them off and replace with granite tiles.

You could try rolling a high gloss poly on the top. That stuff settles pretty well. You could always test it on a remnant piece of tile before doing the actual bar. Worth a shot I suppose.

I would remove he current trim, and add new trim that is raised above the edge of the ceramic. Then use the envirotex.

I agree with BIG. You may be better off chipping those off and replacing with the 24" granite pieces. I'll be doing that to my wet bar / concession area.

One other thing you could do is get glass custom cut and use some rubber feet to keep it from sliding. My sister did that on a table she made for my mom. The bottom layer is tile and mosaic.

Use it as it is for a while. Use some sealer or wax to limit the impact of the scratches. When you get sick of it make a new top with stone tiles and make a swap.

i guess glass it is. The top is brand new, I'm not about to destroy it to put down granite. I wanted granite originally but around here it's 20 bucks per 12" tile. that bar has almost 40 tiles on it. Where i have been injured I couldn't install it myself either, so that was another 300 bucks to get someone to install it...no joke But you get what you pay for. I could not find any porcellin tiles in black color in time for xmas, the bar was a xmas gift for the woman.

Are these ceramic tiles not glazed? Ceramic us usually very strong. I consider it a poor-man's granite. I did an island at my house in a black ceramic that resembled a granite. It was glazed and VERY strong. Never chipped or scratched. We set hot pans on it all the time and I used it as a desk with my laptop 2 or 3 times a week. We were never careful with it and it always looked great.