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boogers19 t1_izsmrgm wrote

Reply to comment by MediumRarePorkChop in Used drywall compound instead of tile adhesive. How screwed am I ? by xdr567

Hey, that's a good call.

They should come up pretty easy too. If OP can get under them, probably wont need to smash em all out.

Then a bucket and a scrub brush should clean em right up.

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MediumRarePorkChop t1_izsnuvt wrote

Oh yeah, those things will pop off easy. Might chip the first couple but after that a flexible scraper will pop the rest off no damage.

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Iron_Star_Runner t1_izsuzfb wrote

I love how supportive this subreddit is :)

You guys are the best.

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MediumRarePorkChop t1_izsw4xz wrote

Heh, the amount of tile I've torn out in the past year tryna teach rookies should make me an expert by this point.

You're fine, just correct the error before it becomes a mistake

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KnowledgeGod t1_izsxyd8 wrote

had to redo and pull up a whole kitchen of tile cause my buddy fucked something up(was out of town and can’t remember what he did) and we used a multitool(oscillating saw) to get any stubborn bits underneath to remove them..

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MovingDayBliss t1_izt3i6r wrote

They don't even chip off if you wet the area first. I lived in a place that this was how the entryway was tiled, lol. Every time we mopped or came in from the rain we would have loose tiles soon after, so we couldn't use that entry again until it dried. Great landlord for most things, but he just laughed and told us to put up with it an he would fix it when we moved. sigh.

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The_cogwheel t1_izthq78 wrote

Speaking as an electrician that constantly has to un mud all his boxes... yeah the stuff just cracks right off. Give those tiles a month and half would probably fall off on thier own. Any flat-ish tool should be able to pop the tiles loose.

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adelie42 t1_izwybah wrote

It will be easy for the same reason it needs to be fixed.

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