Is this possible? I want to trowel modified white thin-set over an existing tile ceiling in a small shower stall. Tile is sound. I’m thinking the thin-set might crack when spread out?
I want to end up with a white, waterproof ceiling that will take a scrubbing. Dura-bond and gloss paint? Plaster?
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I'm thinking thinset won't stick very well to the glazed side of tile; and it doesn't make a very good finish material. That's not what it's designed to do.
If you want a white, waterproof ceiling that will take a scrubbing, why don't you just put up white tile? (I am assuming the tile that's up there now isn't white and you want to improve light reflectivity in the shower stall.)
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Call a bathtub and appliance refinishing outfit like Miracle Method or similar. They refinish tile, too, no muss, no fuss. You won't be able to clean it with a Brillo pad, but it's a pretty durable surface. I've had it done on sinks and it held up well.
http://www.miraclemethod.com/ceramic-tile-refinishing.htm
Has anybody tried glazes over or mixed into plaster? Or maybe water or oil base poly over plaster?
I'm going to skim a scrap of drywall with thin-set, see how it holds up with some bending. Maybe do another sample of thin-set mixed with gloss water-based poly. Definitely in the mood to try some weird science on this one.
I've tiled tile over tile but never on the ceiling. When I did he tile over tile, we painted the surface of the existing tile with a product that created a better adhesion. I can't remember what that was but it was some form of latex primer.
Dinosaur and I were just discussing Self leveling compounds which brings this thought into my lil ol head....you may wanna try buying some leveling compound...not self leveling though and do a few test tiles with it. I think that stuff adheres to "almost" anything REALLY really well...and then go over that with whatever you want.
Henry's/Customs makes a great leveling compound in a small box or in bags. Dries pretty fast too.
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"I want to end up with a white, waterproof ceiling that will take a scrubbing."
Corian shower liner panels.
http://www2.dupont.com/Surfaces/en_US/products/bath_sinks/tub_and_showers.html
Jeff
>>"I want to end up with a white, waterproof ceiling that will take a scrubbing. "
Sounds like drywall, maybe a skimcoat, but certainly a good quality paint job. Anything more is luxury.
Put a fiberglass tub up, upside down.
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