Plaster & Paint Toilet Walls?

[Nipponho 0]

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone tried to plaster the walls of the toilet and paint it with weather shield? How long will the paint stay before it flakes? If it can last one year, I don’t mind painting it every 12 months since the area is not big and it will not be too tiring to repaint.

I dislike tiles, they look nice when new, but after a few years, they look old & dirty, and sometimes crack, and sometimes the material used in between tiles came off. Worse still, if the workmanship is not good, some can pop out.

If painting is possible, every year I can have a new coat that looks new, and I can change the colours, design design, and it is cheaper too, only $50 a can, compare to thousand of bucks per toilet

Anybody tried this?

[waileong 0]

Tiling itself alone does not cost thousands of dollars. A complete toilet reno incl. waterproofing, floor and wall tiles, change of WC & sink, installation of accessories, etc. does cost thousands of dollars.

[MaCe 3]

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone tried to plaster the walls of the toilet and paint it with weather shield? How long will the paint stay before it flakes? If it can last one year, I don’t mind painting it every 12 months since the area is not big and it will not be too tiring to repaint.

I dislike tiles, they look nice when new, but after a few years, they look old & dirty, and sometimes crack, and sometimes the material used in between tiles came off. Worse still, if the workmanship is not good, some can pop out.

If painting is possible, every year I can have a new coat that looks new, and I can change the colours, design design, and it is cheaper too, only $50 a can, compare to thousand of bucks per toilet

Anybody tried this?

hmm some wacky new idea you have - it does make sense.

especially if you fix a ventilator in the toilet...hmm.

[Lakmy 0]

I think its a great idea!!

Esp since you are not stuck with the same tiles forever!!

Maybe you can be a trend-setter and get oodles of

people doing the same later....

Reduce your footprint... save sand/ save cement and

leave footprints on the paints on walls instead !!

[Nipponho 0]

I want to to do this, but looks like nobody did it before, so I dare not try, i scared disastererous. Vaguely, I don't remember seeing wall tiles in hotel rooms, or do they have it? I don't think Meritus or Plaza by Park has it. Does anyone knows or noticed? Of course budget hotels has it.

I saw on newspapers, someone advertised $2588 total for both toilets, include wall and floor, forgot to ask whether include sink and toilet bowl. When i called, he says it is for overlay, so for hack and "barlay" lay, got to top up a few hundred, so it is something like $3k total. Mine is 3I model, one for shower only, one for business only. It does costs thousands.

By the way, "barlay" means repeat, not another unknown new tile laying technique. (in case u may wonder).

[MaCe 3]

I want to to do this, but looks like nobody did it before, so I dare not try, i scared disastererous. Vaguely, I don't remember seeing wall tiles in hotel rooms, or do they have it? I don't think Meritus or Plaza by Park has it. Does anyone knows or noticed? Of course budget hotels has it.

I saw on newspapers, someone advertised $2588 total for both toilets, include wall and floor, forgot to ask whether include sink and toilet bowl. When i called, he says it is for overlay, so for hack and "barlay" lay, got to top up a few hundred, so it is something like $3k total. Mine is 3I model, one for shower only, one for business only. It does costs thousands.

By the way, "barlay" means repeat, not another unknown new tile laying technique. (in case u may wonder).

see, the most important problem to tackle is the moisture/water.

just donno those weatherbond paint(external walls of buildings) can tahan the excessive water splashing(bath)....can right?

then a ventilator to suck out all the water vapours.

hmm....

[applefreak 1]

if you are not going to paint on bare walls

but painting on the tiles instead

i'd recommend epoxy paint

quite a few fellow forummers did that

some got professionals to take care of it, while others DIYed

check out gendon's blog for pix of the painted tiles

me thinking of doing it as well next year

[Nipponho 0]

Hi Mace

Precisely! I was also wondering about this. We don't see buildings exterior's paint coming off that often. Weathershield paint is meant for rain & shine, isn't it? Maybe one day, i free free, call Nippon Paint to ask. Sounds doable theoretically. I'm sure some budget budget people must have done this before.

For me, as long as it last one year, it is ok. I can repaint.

I ever ask contractor about this. He said cannot. But contractors words cannot trust 100%. Example, they say cannot paint kitchen cabinet laminates, must discard the whole kitchen cabinet & remake. I went to find out, can be painted, but must sand paper it, & apply something before paint. If they tell the truth, they will earn less. What they did not tell me is that doors & drawers also can change.

Thanks Apple, I heard about Epoxy. Precondition for epoxy : tiles must be ok condition. Mine : some come off, some crack, some the material in between tiles came off, plus, not all the way to top. Like this how to epoxy?

I saw epoxy at exhibition, it really look like as though u changed new tiles, but not cheap, floor : $5 psf, same price as overlay. They agreed. They said u save on hacking and haulage only.

[applefreak 1]

or you want to consider DIY

i know christinetan actually did it herself

also $50 for a can of paint, some putty to patch up the cracked/chipped tiles

getting professionals to do it often mean you are paying for the workmanship

for ordinary paint, dun think it's the issue of coming off in time

more of the ability to adhere to a tiled surface

after all, paint is designed to be applied on absorbant surfaces right?

[Nipponho 0]

Mine, some squared tiles totally came off, the whole square is missing. If I buy the putty to patch up the missing squares, it will not level. Plus, i don't know if anymore squares will pop up in the near future. So if i patch up and then paint, if more squares pop out......then how?

Better to hack away everything, then level it with plastering. If can diy, i also want to diy, but i don't have the technical skills.

If i plaster and paint over, confirm paint sure can adhere, just like your living room. But question is adhere for how long, in view that u will splash water on it everyday when showering.

[applefreak 1]

oh so you hacking all the tiles away

like this dun think it'll be a problem

just be sure to do the waterproofing

if using weatherbond, dun see a problem of peeling within a year

[Nipponho 0]

U ever see people do like this before? Or u know of anyone who done this? I kia see, need to follow precedent.

[applefreak 1]

eh, one of the rental flat i stayed in is actually like this

no problem at all

but then again, ventilation was fabulous at that place so

[Nipponho 0]

Is that a condo? Condo structural quality & older HDB is different. Condo worth hundreds of thousands, & owners usually spend money to maintain. But older HDB.....condition is so terok, better don't elaborate, tears can drop.

I also forsee problems with contractor. They sure tell me cannot be done bec they will earn more from wall tiling than plastering.

[applefreak 1]

the place was a old flat

think didn't have wall tiles to begin with

dun see why cannot be done, esp if you are going for paint that can tahan the moisture