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[Leila Dodson]

Hi,
I'm going to tile my bathroom soon but need some advice on the walls.
Last year I had the whole room replasterd and the plaster told me to paint the new plaster with new plaster paint and then 2 coats of watered down emulsion.

he knew it was to be tiled but reading up on this everyone seems to say take the paint off.

so do I take the paint off? Score the walls, put adhesive on or just tile?

the tiles are ceramic and are 40x30cm so I know I have to use powder not premix.

any help would be appreciated.
thanks

 

[Stef]

That paint has to come off.
You tile those walls the way they are then it's the paint that's holding the tiles in place.

 

[cam_low]

as above. get it off !!!

get the plasterer back in to take it off !

 

[DHTiling]

If the paint has not formed a surface skin , as a mist coat will not , then you can prime and tile.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Scratch and prime the walls .

 

[treetops]

I had the same problem (emulsioned walls) in my bathroom. It came off easy with a steamer/scraper, then i just roughed up anything left with some very coarse sandpaper. Sheet up though as it gets very messy!

 

[Mr Tiler]

sir ramic posted a pic not long ago where he came across a painted wall to be tiled.... bucket and sponge on the side of the bath with nothing but white smudge marks left on the wall... job done lol

 

[gamma38]

Hey Leila, You decided to do it yourself then. I came to look at it a while back. Paul from riseley. If you need any advise just give us a call or email and i would be glad to help. Ps hows your small cat???

 

[Mr Tiler]

oi oi lol

 

[gamma38]

oi oi lol

Yea reading back it does sound a bit dodgy. She has a couple of cats and one of them is more like a guard dog, it's huge.