Deanna from Winnipeg asks:

How do you remove bathroom tile glue from a plaster wall?

Well Deanna, I’m glad you asked (and glad that someone visits this site!).

Your question did take a bit of digging, however I found a pretty interesting board post which seems to indicate that you could try using something to dissolve the errant glue, such as mineral spirits (however it’s unknown how that may affect the plaster, so try a small test area first if you go this route) OR chisel the stuff away slowly and carefully by hand. If it were my bathroom, I’d probably go the chisel route. Even though it’s slower, it is more precise and if done carefully, should be less prone to damaging your plaster.

If you want to go faster, you can always scrape it away and then refinish the wall. One poster on Yahoo! Answers (a site far less personal than Better Ask Jon) suggests a product called Smooth Set, which can fill in any holes in the wall that the scraping leaves, and once set, can be primed and painted. Probably a a bit of overkill if you’re just fixing a few small spots, but then again, it will probably look nicer in the end.

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Tags: bathroom tile, chisel, walls

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