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[Sir Tigger KC]

I'm redoing a bathroom.  Some of the emulsion paint was peeling on the wall and when I scraped it it all came off like wallpaper!    Now the room is back to bare plaster...... Strange as there's no damp or water leaks, I guess it's just the steamy atmosphere of a bathroom... 

Anyway I'm going to tile about half of the room and paint the rest.   I'll give the walls a coat of watery (50:50) emulsion first.  However would I be better tiling onto bare plaster or should I give the whole room a coat first?? 

Thanks for any wisdom!! 

[Raymienets]

Would guess directly on to plaster. Not a Tiler but never seen them paint a wall before putting tiles on it.

[Seth]

A few coats of diluted PVA adhesive (Unibond or similar) should do the trick!

[pauls]

When tiling a bathroom or kitchen straight onto plaster I always use pva glue plus water. mix the water into the pvc until runny enough that you can either brush or roller on. This will seal the wall but also give good adhesive quailty's for the tiles.



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[llewellyn237]

You need a primer, a good decent undercoat for the top coat to adhere to which will prevent what you have now... flaking paint due to the steamy room. The 50:50 mix won't do much good.

Emulsion straight on to plaster is where the previous decorator went wrong.

You won't need to paint anywhere you're tiling, the grout onto plaster will adhere fine.

[llewellyn237]

A few coats of diluted PVA adhesive (Unibond or similar) should do the trick!

^ This also. Although rarely needed.

More of a safeguard tip, to make extra sure.

[cem_devecioglu]

as said primer.. but I'm sure the surface needs some sanding ..

[Marks DTM Calib]

A few coats of diluted PVA adhesive (Unibond or similar) should do the trick!

Yep 

[omega3000]

A few coats of diluted PVA adhesive (Unibond or similar) should do the trick!

Yep 

[albitz]

as said primer.. but I'm sure the surface needs some epoxy..

 

[omegod]

And use big tiles too!!

[paul.lovejoy]

as said bare plaster PVA it or it will suck the life out of the tile adhesive bit like Daz sucking a lollipop or 

another tip i always find helpful is...........never scratch your arse with a broken bottle

[cem_devecioglu]

as said primer.. but I'm sure the surface needs some epoxy..

 

    trust me nothing is better than it when there is h2o around it..