Caporegime
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- 13 May 2003
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Hi
I'm re-tiling our kitchen wall backsplash / sink areas and have removed the old tiles without issue. Only now I'm having a fun time scraping off the old adhesive.
It's coming away sort of, but I'm concerned about what I'm doing to the plaster and was hoping for some advice as to methods to remove it quickly and safely. I'm currently using a decorator's scraper, the kind that holds a Stanley blade at a flat angle. I really want to avoid paying to have it re-skimmed.
The replacement tiles aren't huge, 150mm x 150mm, so the surface doesn't have to be 100% perfect as such (though I'm going to get the orbital sander on it later), but I'd like to a) maintain the surface and b) make my life easy.
So...does anyone have any tips on the best way to remove old tile adhesive from a plastered wall? Is it even necessary or should I just sand it flat and get some new adhesive on? Thanks!
I'm re-tiling our kitchen wall backsplash / sink areas and have removed the old tiles without issue. Only now I'm having a fun time scraping off the old adhesive.
It's coming away sort of, but I'm concerned about what I'm doing to the plaster and was hoping for some advice as to methods to remove it quickly and safely. I'm currently using a decorator's scraper, the kind that holds a Stanley blade at a flat angle. I really want to avoid paying to have it re-skimmed.
The replacement tiles aren't huge, 150mm x 150mm, so the surface doesn't have to be 100% perfect as such (though I'm going to get the orbital sander on it later), but I'd like to a) maintain the surface and b) make my life easy.
So...does anyone have any tips on the best way to remove old tile adhesive from a plastered wall? Is it even necessary or should I just sand it flat and get some new adhesive on? Thanks!