Help!: New Plasterboard Walls...

[Element]

I did a tiling course back in early April and was all set to get out in the wide world as a fresh and keen tiler, but then got hit by a heavy illness and have taken ages to fully recover... All better now & ready to go, adverts out and my first job has come my way
However this is a new bathroom and the walls are bare, new plasterboard... I remember being taught that such surfaces need treatment (with PVA?) first. So I was looking at some 'porous surface treatment liquid' in a shop today & it said dilute one part to four parts water, paint on and allow to dry for 4 hours...
What would you recommend? Brand names, dilution and time to go off? I believe it should be 'tacky' before applying adhesive - is that right?

Many thanks in advance for your advice!

[Dave]

Who told you to use PVA..? and glad you are better.

[Bri]

Glad you are well and the work is coming in. Bare plasterboard does not need priming and, as above, where did you hear that PVA should be used? I hope it wasn't from your course.

[tilerjason]

jump over to the plasters forum , theyll shed some light

[nybor62]

glad your better
pva no way thats what i say

[aph257]

PVA

[doug boardley]

jump over to the plasters forum , theyll shed some light

but it's a tiling question jason, why go to the plasterers???......but deffo not PVA, an acrylic primer on the exposed edges of the plasterboard though.

[whitebeam]

Trouble is plasterers use pva on skimming existing plastered walls, not on new plasterboard though, not suitible for tiling.

[tilerjason]

lol sorry miss read the question , acrylic bond , sbr bond, but you will be fine going streight on to plasterboard

[Element]

Thanks for the replies - maybe my memory was the problem; it might have been new plaster walls and not plasterboards... but it doesn't matter now glad I can come here and ask 'noobie' questions!

[doug boardley]

Thanks for the replies - maybe my memory was the problem; it might have been new plaster walls and not plasterboards... but it doesn't matter now glad I can come here and ask 'noobie' questions!

even on plastered walls, pva is still a definite no no!!