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    Default priming before tiling -2 weeks ok

    Hello

    is it ok to prime walls and then leave two weeks before tiling. the reason i ask is because im gona have a spare hour or 2 to do it and it will just give me a head start when i come to do the tiling>?

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    Default Re: priming before tiling -2 weeks ok

    ye!!..no probs..should be dry by then...

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    Default Re: priming before tiling -2 weeks ok

    personally i would just do it 30 mins before you start tiling.Good question though.
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    Default Re: priming before tiling -2 weeks ok

    I like to get it slapped on as soon as possible, addy doesn't "roll" as much if substrate is bone dry

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    Default Re: priming before tiling -2 weeks ok

    I like to prime when I'm on the job only so that if someone else has had work to do in the same room before I get there no dust lays on the wall
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