I have a pile of old white tiles, is it worth re using them or would the cost of the extra thickness of glue end up more expensive?
They were glued onto crumbly old lime plaster.
And if its worth doing, how to remove the old glue easily?
George
Reusing white tiles
Mar 18, 2021
Last reply: 5 years ago
9 Replies
Ive removed old tile cement by soaking the tiles in water. This was to re-tile a wall after dry lining it and saved having to also re-tile two other walls as new tiles to match were not available.
Mike
+1 I done same soaked, for a couple of hours in a bucket and the cement just scraped off. May depend on type of adhesive used.
That will work unless older cement based adhesive was used.
There is also the waterproof grout to be considered.
soak them in brick/patio acid
Its getting the old ones off intact that is often the issue! Also why is it that even simple design tiles like white with pink flecks of a certain size are discontinued within a few years of you using them? Is this downright bloody minded ness? Brian
are white tiles not inexpensive ? ... and I thought I was cheap ....
Colour match. Cover structural repair.
Paul
And even size/shape, if old.
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