Bare plaster tiling

[Super_Paulie]

Afternoon guys. 

My kitchen is ready to mist coat after a fortnight waiting for the fresh skim to dry. However, the middle third (above worktop but below wall units) is to be tiled across it's full length. I don't really want to leave bare plaster behind my units so I was going to mist them and then just whack some paint on to keep it nice and clean, but what about the section to be tiled?

 

Should I just leave that bare plaster and then use something like SBR there? As usual, multiple conflicting advice online so buildhub to the rescue hopefully.

[MikeGrahamT21]

SBR diluted would certainly give a good bonding surface for tile adhesive, much better than paint ever would.

[stu w]

Painting it will be fine if just standard emulsion

I have never had an issue with tiling onto painted walls in a kitchen.

Also if you ever decide to change the tiles in the future, there is less chance you will destroy the walls taking the tiles off 

[Super_Paulie]

You see, that's where I'm at. The internet was all this way or that way, and so far on here I've got the same. 

To be fair I painted my last wall and when I removed the tiles they came away like they weren't even attached in the first place. Not sure if that's a good or bad thing but I never experienced any issues in their lifetime. 

 

Really looking for a definitive answer on this, maybe run a poll?

[Onoff]

Do not paint before tiling imo. No need. Just primer with tile primer or SBR as above. 

 

I seem to remember, when tanking my bathroom, that the kit came with a white liquid primer. For all the world it looked like standard tile primer. The instructions said if you run out (of primer), use SBR. Ergo tanking primer must basically be SBR. 

[Super_Paulie]

ive ordered some SBR so i'll go with that. Cheers guys.

[joe90]

Yes my plasterer always used SBR and I found it excellent.