Paint or tile first in bathroom?

[Rossluck]

SWMBO wants to know whether to tile or paint the bathroom first? I thought it was a silly question. But then, I don't have the answer.

[Metung]

Neither do I but I would hazard a guess that if you are painting the top half and tiling the bottom half then I would be inclined to do the painting first - you don't have to worry about getting paint on the tiles.

[Kaiser Soze]

....what about grout on the paint?

[frog's wife]

wet grout will wipe off a cured painted surface. Wet paint wont wipe off grout. It's not the paint on tiles that's any issue. Just the grout. You get a much cleaner finish if you paint first.

Paint first. Paint to just under where the tiles go so the adhesive doesnt have to overlap too much paint.


wife of frog

[mic-d]

Yes, paint first, but just don't paint where the tiles are going.

Cheers
Michael