Paint first or Tile first?

Treacle44

phill99 wrote: »

Before you do anything, the plaster has to dry out first. Needs to be light pink, not dark pink.

Then a mist coat to seal the plaster.

I run a Maintenance Company and we always tile first and then paint. Inevitably, the tiler will get some adhesive / grout on the bits he's not supposed to so you end up having to touch up anyway. Looks like you are trying to rush the job.

Do the job properly and youi do it once. Rush it and you will have to go back to it.

Well I've had the suite and floor pulled up for 2 weeks, it smells a bit and the thought of having to wait another 4 weeks to get it finished does fill me with dread yes. Just want it done. Plaster should've been in last week. but he cancelled due to illness.

ormus

you just cant rush the wet trades. the work has to dry out properly.

andrew-b

You can use Dulux supermatt or gliddens contract matt for a base coat which will let the plaster dry out through it..but even then you'd probably be better waiting a few days at least for the plaster to appear dry on the surface. If you put any paint on the new plaster with vinyl content in it your asking for trouble..and that includes Dulux rich matt! Your still likely to have to redo bits close to the tiled edges so you might as well wait until the tiling is done. If i was doing it i would paint the walls with supermatt (but not areas to be tiled), paint the ceiling, do any wall tiling, paint the walls their final colour and then do the floor tiling last. That way you can "gloss" your skirtings quicker than when a tiled floor is down.

If you rush it and use the wrong paints the risk is it will start peeling off again ..which will muck up your fresh plaster and make more work for yourself.
These things take time (although perhaps not the 2 years it's taken me with our bathroom!!!).

Steve_Groves

If you do not fancy trying to cut the paint in at the edge of the tiling but are concerned about the plaster not being dry enough to paint completely then simply paint the crossover point where the tiling meets the painted wall.

This would mean that you will have the tiles going over paint (i.e. no cutting in) but it will leave a lot of plaster exposed so it can dry out completely and you do not have to rush.

HTH

Treacle44 wrote: »

We are having downstairs loo plastered today with the tiler coming to put marble floor down and mosaic splashback and skirting board on Friday.

We were hoping to paint the walls beforehand but a friend said it'd be better to paint afterwards as you shouldn't tile over newly painted walls. I'm worried about getting paint spray on the tiled floor though, who is right?

Thanks