antgel wrote:

I've just removed some kitchen wall tiles with the SDS. I'm not
familiar with the construction of plasterboard. The adhesive on the
back of the tiles appeaers to have taken off the top layer of board,
leaving a brown surface a little like torn card (not gone through to the
plaster).

I'm hoping that this convoluted description will enable someone to tell
me if this can be painted straight onto, or if not, what treatment it
needs first. Surely it doesn't need skimming?

I am supprised you have not gone into the plasterboard centre since it
is not that tough! If not then well done ;-)

Depends a bit on what you want to do with the surface next. To get a
decent paint surface you could probably line it with lining paper first.
To re-tile you could give it a coat of dilute PVA and then get sticking.
It is is in a really poor state then sticking another thin sheet (9mm)
of plasterboard to it first would fix it.

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Cheers,

John.

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