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[paul2024]

Hi guys,
Whats the best thing to use to get emulsion paint off plasterboard?
Thanks in advance.

[wetdec]

You wont m8, if you need to tile over the plaster board used your adhesive manufacturer primer



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[lawrenso]

Is it skimmed?? if so - use a wallpaper steamer and a wide stripper - it will bubble the paint of

if it is just the plasterboard then as WetDec's say's above

Steve

[Colour Republic]

Is it skimmed?? if so - use a wallpaper steamer and a wide stripper - it will bubble the paint of

if it is just the plasterboard then as WetDec's say's above

Steve

that all depends on the type of emulsion on the walls Steve, and how well the paint has been applied. if it's been done poorly and the emulsion is vinyl silk your method may well work

[Ajax123]

Hi guys,
Whats the best thing to use to get emulsion paint off plasterboard?
Thanks in advance.

If its straight on the board you got more chance of platting fog. Forgive me being thick but why would you want to?

[doug boardley]

I use nurofen (read thread title)

[GirlRacerRed]

very helpful there Doug

[Fekin]

I use nurofen (read thread title)

Me too

[lawrenso]

Stop banging your head against the wall??








Where' my coat - ill leave now

[paul2024]

that all depends on the type of emulsion on the walls Steve, and how well the paint has been applied. if it's been done poorly and the emulsion is vinyl silk your method may well work

1)So, if the platerboard has been skimmed and painted with vinyl matt, then the best thing to do is rip it all down and put up new plasterboard?

2)If the paint has been applied straight to the plasterboard (not that it has in this case) wouldn't that form a barrier, even if it has been primed. Wouldn't i just be tiling to paint?

Sorry about the repetative nature of the questions but when i go to a customers house i want to know exactly what to do in this scenario?

Thanks

[doug boardley]

you won't remove emulsion from plasterboard if it has been diluted,that is the scenario

[grumpygrouter]

I always thought emulsion paint had to be "mecahanically removed" as it was not suitable for accepting tile adhesive.....have been taught incorrectly?

[Colour Republic]

I really cant see how a wall that has been mist coated, and painted correctly would affect the tiling, granted if the wall has been painted with many coats and if the paint isn't porous then the adhesive is not bonding to the substrate.

Are you saying that your walls have been skimmed Paul? if they have then you have more chance of getting the paint off the walls. An angle grinder with a wire brush attachment will eat through it, or you can try steaming it off. It all depands on the types of paint that have been used on it, different types will respond better to different types of removal

[paul2024]

I really cant see how a wall that has been mist coated, and painted correctly would affect the tiling, granted if the wall has been painted with many coats and if the paint isn't porous then the adhesive is not bonding to the substrate.

Are you saying that your walls have been skimmed Paul? if they have then you have more chance of getting the paint off the walls. An angle grinder with a wire brush attachment will eat through it, or you can try steaming it off. It all depands on the types of paint that have been used on it, different types will respond better to different types of removal

Thanks CR, the walls have been skimmed. So a wire brush attachment on an angle grinder is the best way to get it off?

[whitebeam]

Wear a dust mask if you go down that route