Should new plaster be primed before tiling

keystone

WLM21 wrote: »

Don't know, but they are just 250 x 200 7mm thick cheapie Homebase tiles, wot the missus picked

OK you'll be fine on skim then and using tunbbed stuff.

Wickes Waterproof, the one in the blue tub

Weber is OK but as per your other thread I'd be using BAL Whitestar which you can get for only about £ 6/7 more than your stuff from Wickes and is self-priming but I'd still be priming anyway.

Yes, at the end of the bath

So you'll be tanking then as advised on your other thread? Please understand that waterproof (as in your addy description) means doesn't break down underwater. It doesn't mean it prevents the ingress of water because it doesn't.
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Cheers

tpt

keystone has beaten me to it, he's crack on with his comments on the other posters. DONT use thinned paint, you'll get no backing from the addy manufacturers if\when they fall off.

use an acrylic primer and a good quality adhesive, IMO the products linked to\mentioned dont qualify.

get some BAL/Granfix/Webber/Palace. get it from the right place and it'll be cheaper\similar anyway.

I'd also echo the comments about tanking, its not worth skimping

tpt

meant to say, you'll hear loads of comments along the lines of 'used pva for years' etc and its true, it used to be THE method, but adhesives have changed a lot since then

WLM21

keystone wrote: »

So you'll be tanking then as advised on your other thread?

I think after all the advice I better do the tanking after all ..

Just been looking at a few Youtube videos on the matter and Aquaseal product was used, like this .. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aquaseal-5-Litre-Shower-Wet-Room-Waterproofing-Tanking-Kit-Membrane-Floor-Wall-/380435903109?pt=UK_Crafts_Cardmaking_Scrapbooking_Glue_Tape_EH&hash=item5893bf3285

Of course I might not get it through eBay, but is this a decent brand.