The tile will be fine.
Can i lay tile over painted concrete floor.
Ok i have 2 commercial bathrooms that someone in their brilliance decided to paint the floors with some sort of a battleship gray paint i am guessing it might be an epoxy paint but who knows it looks like garbage.
You should either strip or bead blast the concrete and thoroughly clean it.
You need to prepare by removing the paint and scarifying the surface to open up the pores of the concrete.
Omg these are all rediculous suggestions.
All paint will need to be removed before you begin installing the tile.
Didnt remove paint and tile has been on for 5 years.
I need some real solid advice.
Can i install tile directly over the epoxy coated concrete floor.
Because the floor was painted many years ago and i don t even want to beging trying to remove the paint what are my options.
There is at least 1 or 2 spots where as usual the paint is loose or.
Paint used on concrete will not bond with the tile adhesive.
Steam off the paint with a steam mop and rough the concrete up a bit.
Installing tile over painted concrete adds a few extra steps to your tiling job.
I painted my entire unfinished basement floor with the quikrete epoxy floor finish and included color sprinkles.
Tile over concrete floor that was painted re.
Water should readily absorb in the concrete as an indication that it is suitable for bonding the tile to it.
Floor leveling compound won t hold to the painted surface either.
As long as there are not structural cracks in the concrete floor you can install porcelain tile over it.
As for gluedown hardwood you re right back in the same predicament.
How to install ceramic tile over painted concrete floor.
Unfortunately the tile cannot be adhered directly to the painted surface.
Will the thinset bond to this surface.
I am trying to lay down ceramic floor tiles in my basement.
Too many times people have tiled over painted concrete only to find out the paint really wasn t bonded well and as a result the whole floor came right back up on them even though it looked and felt like the paint had a good grip on the slab.
Can i use durock or backerboard over the existing concrete and then lay.
But now i would like to add a bathroom down there and have a ceramic tile floor.
Suggesting another product over the concrete is overkill.
I put tile over painted concrette that had a brush finish outside with thinset and had no issues.