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I'm looking to rip out an old bathroom suite shortly and re-tile from floor to ceiling. I'm now unsure on how to proceed with the tiling because the existing walls are old plaster which was painted with some kind of silk or possibly even gloss paint. The bath area also has 2-3 layers of tiles but I plan to remove these and make good any damage caused.
As I understand it tile adhesive won't stick to the paint so my options are:
1. Remove the paintwork - possibly more hassle than it's worth as I don't know the condition of the plaster at this point and I'm also not convinced the walls are as true as I'd like.
2. Use some kind of tile backer - but won't the adhesive for the boards also have the same problem sticking to the old paintwork?
Any help or comments greatly appreciated
As I understand it tile adhesive won't stick to the paint so my options are:
1. Remove the paintwork - possibly more hassle than it's worth as I don't know the condition of the plaster at this point and I'm also not convinced the walls are as true as I'd like.
2. Use some kind of tile backer - but won't the adhesive for the boards also have the same problem sticking to the old paintwork?
Any help or comments greatly appreciated