Tiling over Paint

Stanford · 13-03-2022 9:56pm #1

I'm getting mixed messages on this one. I plan to tile the bathroom walls in two small domestic bathrooms, currently the walls are painted with emulsion and are a mix of plastered blockwork and plasterboard, most tile sellers and most tilers advise that I will have tile adhesion issues if I tile over the paint and suggest that the paint layer be scraped off before tiles are applied, any advice?

10-10-20 · 13-03-2022 10:00pm

I think that the fair answer here is that you either will or you won't have issues due to adhesion. Nobody can answer that to be frank - and it's a wall too. Best scrape it back to a sound surface.

JustJoe7240 · 13-03-2022 10:10pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058237242/tiling-over-paint

You've been given an answer by people experienced in the field?

Stanford · 13-03-2022 10:37pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118780839#Comment_118780839

Perhaps but not every tiler I've spoken to agrees with the others

20/20 · 13-03-2022 10:47pm

Have you been told to paint a primer from a tile shop onto the painted walls. Then just simply tile straight onto that.

Stanford · 13-03-2022 10:50pm

No they suggest stripping back the walls to the original surface and tiling on to that

20/20 · 13-03-2022 11:30pm

Ask about primers in a tile shop.

C. Eastwood · 14-03-2022 1:01am

The emulsion paint is bonded on to the plaster. The paint is only capable of holding itself to the plaster. It is not capable of carrying the extra load of the tile adhesive and the tiles.

Take off the paint. Ensure the tile adhesive is on to the clean plaster surface.

Stanford · 14-03-2022 1:42pm

Many thanks for all the replies

Tiling over Paint

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