How to apply tile to cultured marble step 1.
Tile over existing cultured marble.
If the wallboard is loose or crumbly you ll have to replace it before tile can be installed.
Tile on tile or as i say it.
And it lasts for 20 years.
Use the vacuum to completely clean all of the dust and particles from the cultured marble surface where you will.
You may be able to have someone put a colored coating like they do on ceramic tile.
So so long as it is structurally sound check this with a golf ball and a hollow eardrum and free of cracks the tcna approves of this installation method.
Then if you use the proper mastic the tiles should stick.
Use the belt sander to scratch the entire area of the cultured marble where you will be installing the tile.
Covering the cultured marble walls is not a good idea.
It is a wall not a floor.
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Epoxy is expensive but there aren t any other settings materials that will give you a reliable bond over this plastic surface.
One strategy is to clean the marble with tsp and water then sand it with coarse sandpaper to etch it.
The first option is pretty self explanatory do nothing and live with the countertop you ve already got.
I always try to think outside the box that is an interesting question.
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.
I don t think that particular membrane would work.
Live with it replace it or hire a company to come in and professionally refinish it.
Tiling over cultured marble in shower.
Best of luck shaughnn.
Cultured marble is an acrylic composite and so it will require an epoxy setting material after the surface has been roughed up with either a grinder or sandpaper.
Tile over existing marble.
Not the most glamours option but it s certainly the cheapest.
If you want to tile over a marble fireplace you have to address the problem of tile adhesion.