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I guarantee that if you fail to prepare the surface of a wall properly before tiling, the glaze on the tiles will highlight the unevenness of the surface making it look awful. You must make sure you put in the hard work up front and prepare the surface for tiling as much as possible.
This means that for a successful outcome you will need to remove all flaky paint, loose nails, repair any holes and level off any uneven areas with filler.
An ideal surface for affixing ceramic tiles to is bare plaster. Using the plasters adhesive you can fill all the small holes and tiny cracks on the walls surface. In order to repair bigger areas use a ready-mixed repair plaster (you can buy this easily at your local DIY store). You simply patch all larger holes by skimming them with the mix. Finally you apply a plaster primer, allow this to dry and then apply your tiles.
If you are going to apply ceramic tiles to a plasterboard surface it is important that you add a couple of coats of emulsion paint to it first to allow keying. Make sure you use water resistant boards such as Aquapanel if fitting ceramic bathroom tiles in your bathroom (ideal for shower cubicles) or tiling your kitchen. This offers the necessary protection you will need from water vapour.
When affixing tiles to a laminated work surface you must score the surface first. The easiest way to do this is by either rubbing the surface with sand paper or by using an abrasive disk fitted to your power drill.
It is also possible to tile over existing ceramic tiles, although I prefer to take these off first. However removing old tiles can sometimes damage the surface that much that you are better to tile over them. Just make sure they are still firmly stuck to the wall. Repair any cracks and fill any gaps using plaster. The final step is to give them a good wash with sugar soap as this removes any grease and grime that has built up. When apply the tiles in this case make sure that your new joints are not directly over the old ones. That way if the old grouting cracks the new grouting will not.
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