High quality basecoat plaster designed to be applied by hand or machine methods, on gypsum or metal lath, clay tile, concrete or cinder blocks and other approved plaster bases. This plaster provides a lightweight, high-thermal-conductivity conventional plaster application.
Can you tile over Structolite?
Prime the Structolite with a diluted primer consisting of 1:4 Redgard/water. If the surface is very porous, apply a second coat. At this point you can spread the Versabond or any other modified thin set and set the tiles.
What is Structolite made of?
STRUCTO-LITE® BRAND Basecoat is a mill-mixed perlite-aggregate gypsum plaster. It requires only the addition of water at the jobsite. STRUCTO-LITE Basecoat is USG's lightest-weight and most highly insulated plaster.