subject: How To Remove A Tile Backsplash [print this page] Show romanization Show romanization
Whether in the kitchen or your bathroom, tiles [backsplash] is a type of design that will always be in style. But what if you decide to do something else turned into your room? Maybe you feel like changing the color of peach tiles in your kitchen counters to that of the more clinical white? Sure, you can hammer in your way, but you do not leave just because you're with a hole in your drywall and more things to fix. Fortunately, remove the tile backsplash is not necessary to be difficult, and certainly not necessary to be at the expense of your drywall.
Tools and materials
* Plaster remover
Ceramics Chisel *
* Breach of flat
* Spackling knife
* Plaster of Paris
* Sandpaper
* Gloves and a mask and goggles
Step 1 - Remove the plaster
Remove plaster easy as long as you have plaster remover. Use of plaster remover, far each file in the grout between the tiles and ceramics that you want to remove. Make sure that you remove all the grout around the tile you want to remove.
Step 2 - crack in the ceramic tile
Carefully with the use of chisel, ceramics, and raids in the ceramic tile that you want to remove from your tile backsplash. Be very careful with the amount of force that are being made to create a gap in the ceramic tiles. Remove tiles and much as you can with the use of chisel ceramics. However, make sure you do not carving all the way through the drywall.
Step 3 - Remove ceramic tiles with the use of distorting Flat
Can use a chisel to remove the ceramic tiles and ceramic tiles would be really difficult and time consuming, and this is why you can go and use the lever flat Once you remove the middle part of the ceramic tiles. To do this, place the lever a small apartment in a small gap between the tiles and drywall. Then start ticking, so you can completely disconnect from the ceramic tile drywall. If you do so carefully and well enough, you can remove the ceramic tiles of the backsplash tile in your one piece.
Do steps 2 and 3 until the completion of the removal of all ceramic tile that you have. It is important that you assess the state of the drywall once it had succeeded in removing all ceramic tiles. We believe that the absence of stains and other degradation by water leakage. If there is none, then you can go directly to the cancellation of the remaining adhesive. If there were any corrections, and treat them simply patching them with plaster of Paris.
Step 4 - Remove the adhesive
To ensure that you have a smooth finish, all you have to do is to simply get rid of any residual adhesive with the use of a knife spackling. Once completed, remove all the glue that you possibly can, start sanding the entire surface before you begin repainting the wall or attach the new tiles.
