How To Lay Tile On Painted Wall

Scrape the paint off the concrete wall or use a blaster.

How to lay tile on painted wall.

Or prime and paint the entire wall room before starting with your tile project. Scrape away any loose or peeling paint or wallpaper. Follow the lines you made when the tiles were dry fit to the wall. Measure the height of the tile with a tape measure.

Adding a backsplash to a painted wall can also help cover damaged drywall or tile work. Slightly rock the sheet up and down perpendicular to the trowel lines to collapse the ridges and help the tile settle into place. Add another 1 8 inch to the height measurement and place a mark on the vertical. Scrape the wall to remove any texture and to create a flat surface.

Mortar a small spot and then place a tile. Add tile spacers for help keeping the tile pieces lined up. Start by removing any molding switch plates outlet covers and other hardware attached to the area being tiled. For the average small wall tiles which are currently popular you will want to use a 1x4 square notch trowel.

Add water to the mortar while mixing until it s the consistency of peanut butter. Cover the lath completely with the mortar creating a new surface for the tile to adhere to. Vacuum to remove dust. Place the mosaic sheets along the wall.

Remove any remaining dust oils and grease from the wall with tsp tri sodium phosphate or an ammonia based cleanser. Allow the mortar to dry overnight. If the walls you want to tile are concrete walls with paint on them remove the paint before you install tile so the tile adhesive has something to grab onto and hold the tile in the correct place. Measure up from the bottom of the wall the height of the tile.

Test a tile to make sure the mortar is mixed and spread correctly. Spread the mortar over the walls using the flat of a notched trowel pushing the mortar through the lath and onto the painted blocks. Patch any holes or cracks with spackling compound and sand the entire surface with medium grit sandpaper.