Who am I kidding, no sugar coating, be brutally honest.

A wearlayer is the clear coat over the color layer that prevents you from walk off the pattern as you may have seen in peel n stick cheap tiles.

I appreciate the honesty and not sugar coating it.I took your advice and cleaned up the exterior some and got some professional pictures.

Kilz 2) and then do at least 2 coats of a high quality exterior paint in either semi-gloss or satin.

Has anyone tryed painting ceramic tile with products like Rustoleum floor coating?

Paint it with an epoxy paint, 2-3 coats.

@Jay Hinrichs Or you could just ride Jays coat tails and call it a day. 

Not sure what kit they used (told me it was a few coats of spray for what it's worth) but it cost me only $580 for the tile alone :)

After that we got really serious about rubber gloves, goggles, etc...)The worst part about the whole process is that even once the wallpaper is down, if it was stuck up really well you still end up skim-coating and sanding almost as much as if you had just replaced the drywall.

You could apply a fresh coat of paint over them without replacing them.