Posts Tagged ‘bathroom tile’

I asked you last week about removing glue after we took down the bathroom tiles. We have now changed our minds.  New question– Our bathroom does not have a fan.  Could we put up waynes scotting instead.  Not sure about the spelling.We were told it could get mold on it.  Is that true. When we paint we are going to use Marine paint. Thanks again

–Deanna, Winnipeg

It looks like this is a fairly normal “change of mind” as they go, with even HGTV having a guide on how to put up wainscoting in a bathroom (Materials & Parts). They don’t mention a mold concern though – so a bit more digging is needed. The general consensus I found is that moisture resistant (sometimes simply called “waterproof resistant”) wainscoting is the way to go. You should be able to find some at a local hardware or home design center, and if properly done, you should be able to use any paint you’d like (although the marine paint could still be used I’d imagine).

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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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