And it lasts for 20 years.
Can u tile over cultured marble.
Mary unfortunately neither one of those surfaces handle paint well in wet areas.
Cultured marble is an acrylic composite and so it will.
First of all i do remember a poster who tiled over the cultured marble on their walls.
Rust oleum countertop transformations won t work on these surfaces.
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Since you re about to tile over the marble fireplace you don t care about the condition of the marble so go ahead and scratch it up as thoroughly as you can.
Instead of removing the old tiles you can often update them by tiling over tiles.
Tile over cultured marble bath surround.
That is assuming that the cultured marble substrate is structurally sound and the backer board and tile are installer per the manufacturer s directions and industry.
We currently have vinyl flooring and a bathtub with a cultured marble surround.
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Technically it can be done but in practice it is avoided.
The other thing you can do in theory is screw down a cementitious backer board to the cultured marble and then use a modified thin set mortar to adhere a tile to the backer board.
This is one of the reasons why it s not recommended to use.
This essentially means laying a new layer of tiles over the old layer.
We had a tile guy come for an estimate on putting in floor tile and replacing the marble surround with tile.
Today mary asks have any ideas about making over countertops that are cultured marble and tile countertops.
But the tcna and i both agree you can install over existing tile.
Being that it is marble a precious rock you may want to remove carefully and bag it up for possible later use in a wall or a tumbled shower pan.
Etch the marble get out your pad sander and a fairly coarse grit of sandpaper such as 60 or 80 grit.
Covering the cultured marble walls is not a good idea.