Remove Soap Dish Tile Wall

This video of how to install or reattach a ceramic soap dish in shower or tub shows the process of installing a ceramic soap dish in tile tub or shower that.

Remove soap dish tile wall.

Heavy canvas dust tarp s. Five in one type painting tool. Carefully tap the chisel with a mallet until it pops off the wall do the same with the second tile. Wearing gloves and goggles hold the remains of the soap dish in one hand.

You will need a few tools. Wipe the surfaces down with a non scratch sponge rinse thoroughly with water and then dry. Combine equal amounts of vinegar and water into a spray bottle then add one. Once you have the grout removed take a masons chisel and place it against the tile you want to remove.

Vinegar and dish detergent. 3 inch chisel scraper. Cut any caulk around the edges of the soap dish with a utility knife. The screws are near the side edges on most dishes.

Apply several drops of penetrating oil to the heads if the screws are difficult to remove. The dish should slide upward and come away from the tile wall. To keep the tile around the dish clean of epoxy create a perimeter just outside of your pencil outline with painter s tape. Remove the anchoring screws on the metal soap holder.

Hold the soap dish against the tile and lightly draw an outline in pencil. Remove as much of the caulk around the soap dish as possible with a grout removal tool. Using a rubber mallet tap upward on the bottom of the soap dish. After the dish is fully secured you will remove this perimeter tape along with the tape holding the dish in place.

Grout removal tool or an oscillating tool with a grout removal blade.