Repairing Drywall After Removing Tile

By Teepee (Guest Post)

Thanks for the responses. I was thinking that maybe I could sand it down and then put a thin layer of joint compound or spackle on it to smooth it out. I'm hoping that would work and I can smooth it out enough to just paint it. If not, I'll probably just re-tile it if I have to.

By

DownSouth

You don't need to replace the walls - they just need to be "re-floated" with a surface agent. It isn't that easy to do a smooth wall if you haven't done it before, but it can be done. The textured wall finishes are very easy to use.

By

themuffster

When re-doing an old bathroom that had a lot of cracks in the plaster, I bought a small bucket of spackle and troweled it on like old adobe walls....that kind of rough look. It looked awesome! I think it would work for you in this situation too. You spread it on thinly over closely random areas especially covering the remaining thinset. If the thinset is too rough, just roughly sand that area and feather in the spackle over it.