I've knocked the wall tiles off easily enough - a strip of them above
where the old kitchen units were. The adhesive left on the walls is
your usual white stuff. Is there anything I an apply to it that will
cause it to lose its adhesion, or dissolve it, so I don't have to
scrape it all off? I don't mind the work in scraping it off, but I'll
probably leave marks in the plaster, and I want to paint the wall
afterwards.

Regards
Richard

geraldthehamster wrote:
I've knocked the wall tiles off easily enough - a strip of them above
where the old kitchen units were. The adhesive left on the walls is
your usual white stuff. Is there anything I an apply to it that will
cause it to lose its adhesion, or dissolve it, so I don't have to
scrape it all off? I don't mind the work in scraping it off, but I'll
probably leave marks in the plaster, and I want to paint the wall
afterwards.

You can wet it and it will soften it, but it may take more than one wetting
to soak right through.

add a bit of fairly liquid to the water - it keeps it in place
longer....this trick can also be used for wallpaper stripping

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Phil L wrote:
I've knocked the wall tiles off easily enough - a strip of them above
where the old kitchen units were. The adhesive left on the walls is
your usual white stuff. Is there anything I an apply to it that will
cause it to lose its adhesion, or dissolve it, so I don't have to
scrape it all off? I don't mind the work in scraping it off, but I'll
probably leave marks in the plaster, and I want to paint the wall
afterwards.

You can wet it and it will soften it, but it may take more than one
wetting to soak right through.

If it's the white waterproof stuff - designed for showers etc - I don't
think water will do any good. I wanted to re-use some tiles fixed with
that stuff and after removing them left them in a bucket of water for
several days and it didn't touch it. Had to chip it off.

add a bit of fairly liquid to the water - it keeps it in place
longer....this trick can also be used for wallpaper stripping

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"geraldthehamster" wrote in message
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I've knocked the wall tiles off easily enough - a strip of them above
where the old kitchen units were. The adhesive left on the walls is
your usual white stuff. Is there anything I an apply to it that will
cause it to lose its adhesion, or dissolve it, so I don't have to
scrape it all off? I don't mind the work in scraping it off, but I'll
probably leave marks in the plaster, and I want to paint the wall
afterwards.

Regards
Richard

Wallpaper steam stripper will do it.

HTH

John

geraldthehamster wrote:
I've knocked the wall tiles off easily enough - a strip of them above
where the old kitchen units were. The adhesive left on the walls is
your usual white stuff. Is there anything I an apply to it that will
cause it to lose its adhesion, or dissolve it, so I don't have to
scrape it all off? I don't mind the work in scraping it off, but I'll
probably leave marks in the plaster, and I want to paint the wall
afterwards.

Use one of these, but the 6" one (B&Q, Wickes sell them) & a pack of spare
bledes. With a little care it won't mark the wall.


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Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

On Feb 27, 6:44*pm, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

Use one of these, but the 6" one (B&Q, Wickes sell them) & a pack of spare
bledes. *With a little care it won't mark the wall.

One of what? Was there a link?

Thanks
Richard

geraldthehamster wrote:
On Feb 27, 6:44 pm, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

Use one of these, but the 6" one (B&Q, Wickes sell them) & a pack of
spare bledes. With a little care it won't mark the wall.

One of what? Was there a link?

I'll get me coat.............

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/16530/...CRAPER-_-16530


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Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
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geraldthehamster wrote:
On Feb 27, 6:44 pm, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

Use one of these, but the 6" one (B&Q, Wickes sell them) & a pack of
spare bledes. With a little care it won't mark the wall.

One of what? Was there a link?

I'll get me coat.............

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/16530/...CRAPER-_-16530

No honestly! A wallpaper steam stripper is the ONLY way to go!!

HTH

John

In message , John
writes

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
om...
geraldthehamster wrote:
On Feb 27, 6:44 pm, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

Use one of these, but the 6" one (B&Q, Wickes sell them) & a pack of
spare bledes. With a little care it won't mark the wall.

One of what? Was there a link?

I'll get me coat.............


http://www.screwfix.com/prods/16530/...ecorators-Kniv
es/Heavy-Duty-Scraper?cm_re=SEARCHPROMO-_-SCRAPER-_-16530

No honestly! A wallpaper steam stripper is the ONLY way to go!!

Have you ever tried one of these scraper?


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geoff

geoff wrote:
In message , John
writes

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in
message m...
geraldthehamster wrote:
On Feb 27, 6:44 pm, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

Use one of these, but the 6" one (B&Q, Wickes sell them) & a pack
of spare bledes. With a little care it won't mark the wall.

One of what? Was there a link?

I'll get me coat.............


http://www.screwfix.com/prods/16530/...ecorators-Kniv
es/Heavy-Duty-Scraper?cm_re=SEARCHPROMO-_-SCRAPER-_-16530

No honestly! A wallpaper steam stripper is the ONLY way to go!!

Have you ever tried one of these scrapers?

They are the mutts nuts IMO, nothing better for removing old tile adhesive,
silicone, whatever.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

In message , The Medway
Handyman writes
geoff wrote:
In message , John
writes

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in
message m...
geraldthehamster wrote:
On Feb 27, 6:44 pm, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

Use one of these, but the 6" one (B&Q, Wickes sell them) & a pack
of spare bledes. With a little care it won't mark the wall.

One of what? Was there a link?

I'll get me coat.............


http://www.screwfix.com/prods/16530/...ecorators-Kniv
es/Heavy-Duty-Scraper?cm_re=SEARCHPROMO-_-SCRAPER-_-16530

No honestly! A wallpaper steam stripper is the ONLY way to go!!

Have you ever tried one of these scrapers?

They are the mutts nuts IMO, nothing better for removing old tile adhesive,
silicone, whatever.

Yup

--
geoff

geoff wrote:
In message , The Medway
Handyman writes
geoff wrote:
In message , John
writes

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in
message m...
geraldthehamster wrote:
On Feb 27, 6:44 pm, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

Use one of these, but the 6" one (B&Q, Wickes sell them) & a pack
of spare bledes. With a little care it won't mark the wall.

One of what? Was there a link?

I'll get me coat.............


http://www.screwfix.com/prods/16530/...ecorators-Kniv

es/Heavy-Duty-Scraper?cm_re=SEARCHPROMO-_-SCRAPER-_-16530

No honestly! A wallpaper steam stripper is the ONLY way to go!!

Have you ever tried one of these scrapers?

They are the mutts nuts IMO, nothing better for removing old tile
adhesive,
silicone, whatever.

Yup


And, on plaster, self sharpening too.

On 28 Feb, 18:42, "John" wrote:

I'll get me coat.............

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/16530/.../Decorators-Kn...

No honestly! A wallpaper steam stripper is the ONLY way to go!!

Aha. Thanks ;-)

Anyroad, I've wettened it with hot soapy water, and it's coming off
all right, with a bog standard scraper. Nothing heavy-duty about this
adhesive. I'll need to sand the plaster aftewards, before I paint the
wall.


Regards
Richard