It looks Woncerbar!! I'm searching for gray grout. I think I could be a pro with a few more jobs. Ha!
Tedious work. Mr. Mod ended up helping me cut tiles. Wheww!!
DIY Maven
October 19, 2008
Short answer: Yes. Long answer: it's like wall board in new construction which is always primed before painting; also, everything sticks to primer, which means it'll stick to the fresh mud as well as the paint on top. With all the work that goes into these projects, primer is a good and cheap insurance policy. IMHO.
ModHomeEcTeacher
October 18, 2008
Do I really need to prime over the new skimmed wallboard?
DIY Maven
October 18, 2008
One more thing....if you need to paint any surface that was damaged beyond the area-to-be-tiled, you need to paint/prime the wall board where the paper pealed off FIRST (kind of 'scrub' the brush into those spots to help bond the fibers of the wall board back together) then mud, then prime, and finally paint. If you don't paint/prime before you tile in these areas, what happens is the paint could crack. (Seems the mud reacts to that raw surface and contracts as it cures.) This happened to us once. Very annoying after a remodel!!
DIY Maven
October 18, 2008
Did the paper rip past the tile? If so, you'll want to mud and sand it smooth for painting. If it just ripped under the tile, that's expected. If there aren't any huge voids, I'd just pick off the loose paper bits (maybe use a utility knife to score it before it can rip past the area-to-tile, but that only applies to the edge, of course) and then put a primer over it to seal the wall board. I think I might have mis-spoke earlier. (Too lazy to read through the posts this a.m.) Large voids should be filled with mud; whereas the smaller stuff will fill with the adhesive as you tile. Can't wait to see how it turns out! We're hoping to start the floor this afternoon.
ModHomeEcTeacher
October 17, 2008
Lil, Maven-I'm all ready to layout tiles and start cutting and adhering tomorrow morning. Lowes was out of gray grout so I have to go to another Lowes tomorrow to pick up grout and spacers, then rent a cutter. I'm inspired!!!
lilybee
October 17, 2008
YAY modhomeec for being all brave and GOIN' FER IT! YAY DIY Maven for
the useful knowledge. And YAY Curbly for being the place to share the
useful knowledge. This whole post has rather given me the warm fuzzies.
Can't wait to see the outcome, I bet it's going to look BRILL!
ModHomeEcTeacher
October 17, 2008
Maven- First of all, Sarah Palin is speaking right now one county over. (no comment)
The tiles are coming off fairly easily, but occasionally it takes a section of paper of the drywall. When I'm done, should I sand the whole surface to smooth it out and fill in those missing paper spots or will the mastik fill it in?
ModHomeEcTeacher
I'm grouting to today!
lilybee
YAY finito! Pictures?
ModHomeEcTeacher
El Fin!
It looks Woncerbar!! I'm searching for gray grout. I think I could be a pro with a few more jobs. Ha!
Tedious work. Mr. Mod ended up helping me cut tiles. Wheww!!
DIY Maven
Short answer: Yes. Long answer: it's like wall board in new construction which is always primed before painting; also, everything sticks to primer, which means it'll stick to the fresh mud as well as the paint on top. With all the work that goes into these projects, primer is a good and cheap insurance policy. IMHO.
ModHomeEcTeacher
Do I really need to prime over the new skimmed wallboard?
DIY Maven
One more thing....if you need to paint any surface that was damaged beyond the area-to-be-tiled, you need to paint/prime the wall board where the paper pealed off FIRST (kind of 'scrub' the brush into those spots to help bond the fibers of the wall board back together) then mud, then prime, and finally paint. If you don't paint/prime before you tile in these areas, what happens is the paint could crack. (Seems the mud reacts to that raw surface and contracts as it cures.) This happened to us once. Very annoying after a remodel!!
DIY Maven
Did the paper rip past the tile? If so, you'll want to mud and sand it smooth for painting. If it just ripped under the tile, that's expected. If there aren't any huge voids, I'd just pick off the loose paper bits (maybe use a utility knife to score it before it can rip past the area-to-tile, but that only applies to the edge, of course) and then put a primer over it to seal the wall board. I think I might have mis-spoke earlier. (Too lazy to read through the posts this a.m.) Large voids should be filled with mud; whereas the smaller stuff will fill with the adhesive as you tile. Can't wait to see how it turns out! We're hoping to start the floor this afternoon.
ModHomeEcTeacher
Lil, Maven-I'm all ready to layout tiles and start cutting and adhering tomorrow morning. Lowes was out of gray grout so I have to go to another Lowes tomorrow to pick up grout and spacers, then rent a cutter. I'm inspired!!!
lilybee
YAY modhomeec for being all brave and GOIN' FER IT! YAY DIY Maven for the useful knowledge. And YAY Curbly for being the place to share the useful knowledge. This whole post has rather given me the warm fuzzies. Can't wait to see the outcome, I bet it's going to look BRILL!
ModHomeEcTeacher
Maven- First of all, Sarah Palin is speaking right now one county over. (no comment)
The tiles are coming off fairly easily, but occasionally it takes a section of paper of the drywall. When I'm done, should I sand the whole surface to smooth it out and fill in those missing paper spots or will the mastik fill it in?
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