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Tile over existing cultured marble.
It may need to be mechanically bonded like grind with a course wheel.
And it lasts for 20 years.
Live with it replace it or hire a company to come in and professionally refinish it.
Covering the cultured marble walls is not a good idea.
How to apply tile to cultured marble step 1.
I always try to think outside the box that is an interesting question.
Best of luck shaughnn.
You may be able to have someone put a colored coating like they do on ceramic tile.
Tiling over cultured marble in shower.
Then if you use the proper mastic the tiles should stick.
I don t think that particular membrane would work.
The tile backsplash can be installed in place of the previous cultured marble splash as long as the wallboard is undamaged.
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.
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.
Not the most glamours option but it s certainly the cheapest.
Tile over existing marble.
Epoxy is expensive but there aren t any other settings materials that will give you a reliable bond over this plastic surface.
The first option is pretty self explanatory do nothing and live with the countertop you ve already got.
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.
Use the belt sander to scratch the entire area of the cultured marble where you will be installing the tile.
If you want to tile over a marble fireplace you have to address the problem of tile adhesion.
It is a wall not a floor.
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.