Should I remove the paint from the wall before tiling?

[danyeates]

Hi,

I’m about to tile a section of wall above my bath in the bathroom in readiness for a new shower to be fitted. The house is about 9 years old and has a good quality paint on the wall. It’s not flaking anywhere and it seems to be the original paint as it’s a very good finish and I can’t see any other layers of paint underneath when I cut a hole in the plasterboard for the pipes.

So would I be ok to tile over the top of this paint? Use good quality shower tile adhesive and grout, or should I look at taking the paint off? Once the paint is off and I’m on plaster, should I then look to seal the plaster with something before tiling?

Thanks for any help. I want to make sure I do this properly!

Dan

[danyeates]

Here's how it looks right now (yes I will repair the huge hole before tiling!)



Where I've cut off the tile trim

[danyeates]

Great, thanks. I'll give that a go when I get home. I've found some really sticky tape here at work, I think it's exhibition tape. If it stays on after that's been pulled off I'd be surprised!!

[danyeates]

Well the paint is coming off!

I'm using my steamer and a scraper and its coming off easily!

[danyeates]

Wow! All done! That was easy. Very pleased I bought my steamer now

[danyeates]

So, what should I do to the plaster now? Anything? Or just tile over the top? Can I sugersoap plaster?

[danyeates]

Cool.

Haven't bought adhesive or grout yet.

Been having a read and it looks like I should use an acrylic primer on the plaster. Then use a bagged adhesive as the tiles are quite large, 330x250mm. I was planning on buying BAL.

I want to make sure this is done right!!

[danyeates]

How it now looks after steaming and scraping, ready for primer



Should I clean the plaster before applying primer? If so, what with?

[danyeates]

This is next!

[danyeates]

If I'd known how easy it was to get the paint off I wouldn't have even asked! The plaster is so flat under the paint, it's a really good job. Almost a shame to tile over it!

[danyeates]

monthefish said:

danyeates said:

This is next!

Top tip is have a spare bucket half full of water to hand, so that you can clean your tile float at regular intervals.

Thanks. I'll try to find a different one from the 2 car cleaning buckets!