On 11 Feb 2006 14:29:00 -0800, "
wrote:

Can a person use all cement board? then mud the non tile areas? this
would be more durable in a warm moist bathroom?

Yes, you could finish it like drywall and give it a skim coat of
plaster. But my plastering skills are not good enough to skim coat a
large area and have it look decent, so I stick to drywall.