On May 13, 1:44 pm, Mike wrote:
On May 12, 9:07 pm, Joe wrote:

On May 12, 10:53 am, Mike wrote:

Is there a need tomud,tape, sand (yes, sand), and prime the
wallboard before installing walltile? I'd like to avoid some or all
of these steps and, in so doing, shave a month or so off the project
time (yes, I said a month). Any advice is appreciated.

-Mike

If you're not using the newer wallboard types rated for undertile
use, just slop it together any old way. I won't last but a few years
anyway.

Humor me - let's pretend, just for the sake of my question, that I'm
using the correct type of wallboard. If you really don't know, why
waste the bandwidth answering a question that I didn't ask?

-Mike

Just pretnding that you have sutable substrate, any one who has even
dabbled or worked with tile will tell you that NOTHING beats dead flat
for getting a decent job. So tape it, setting type mud or whatever,
sand it dead flat and tile. The reason you do that is because when you
come to the humps, the grout lines get noticeably bigger. If you don't
care then it doesn't matter. Good luck.

Joe