primer

[falkirktiler]

Hi all, went and looked at another bathroom and the guy has removed some tiles and repaired the wall. I know i will have to prime the new plaster after it's had plenty of time to thoroughly dry out but the rest of the room is just painted. I checked the paint all round and it's sound so do I still need to prime the painted areas before tiling?

Cheers.......Scott......

[Fekin]

Really you want to remove as much paint as possible first as once your new tiles are on, their basically only stuck to a fine layer of paint, and not the actual wall substrat.

If you can't remove the paint for whatever reason, then give it a right good going over with a corse sand paper, then you could prime to give some extra stick, then tile away.

[shaunykieron]

i usually score the wall with a stanley that do's the trick

[Dave]

try a wire brush as well it works a treat.......dave...

[falkirktiler]

thanks lads it's appreciated.....