Tiling over glossed wall

handyman.

mikey, could you not change the way you work, and do the job correctly? There are primers that are for tiling........its all stated in the link above, why you would not use these primers instead of pva

mikeywills

Its not actually, if you read through and connect to the appropriate primers they do not proceed elsewhere. The last time I check PVA was a sealer/primer, and recommended for tiling onto. Just because one man says you should not use it does not make it so, I am another man saying it is fine and I have used it for over 10 years with no call backs.
Tile adhesive manufacturers for their own interests are going to recommend that you use their own brand primers, and forego any guarantee if you don't that is the nature of business...

richyrich7

What special for tiling over tiles ?
I've always used normal tile adhesive never had any come off.
Also PVA is fine as long as you use waterproof PVA, my shower room and bathroom both have been PVA'd and never a loose tile.
But then never put PVA on a wall before painting it tends to make it blister or react.

Jellylegs_2

Lady_K wrote: »

Have to tile over a glossed wall its had quite a few coats in the past. The special adhesive for tiling over other tiles or glass is really expensive so is there any way to make the gloos more easy to stick to apart from scoring it and rubbing it down?

We had this problem in the bathroom & used a heat gun paint stripper to get it off & it worked.