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