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    Hi every one this is my first post,
    Just got my first paying job, i have to tile a bathroom ( new build). Do i need to prime the walls there are skimmed ( polished ) over plasterboard, customer supplying adhesive grout etc, Adhesive (bags) PCI tilefast 6 white. Thanking you in advance

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    Hello stephen and welcome to tilers forums..


    You say the skim is polished....Rub the plaster over with a stiff brush and prime with a suitable acrylic primer....

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    Thank you

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    why on earth was the skim polished, young lad trying to be clever perhaps?

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    A decorator probably said the wrong thing to a plasterer
    "Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes"

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