adhesive off of walls

klock · Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:58 am Post Subject: adhesive off of walls

how do you get the adhesive off of your walls after removing plastic tiles? Some of the adhesive had come off with the tiles but the rest remains attached to the wall. I am worried about ruining the walls.

jbonding · Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 7:12 pm Post Subject:

a blade scrapper.

harrowbuilder · Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 10:42 pm Post Subject:

Yea blade scraper is best, preferably with a long handle so you can give it plenty of oomph. Although id be resigned to gettin a plasterer in once youve finished

gotnoclue · Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 3:41 pm Post Subject: tile adheisive nightmare!!!!!!

ive just removed all the tilefrom the alls in my bathroom on 1 wall all the adheisive came off but...... it didnt on the rest. ive tried sanding and scrapping but im getting nowhere. is there an adheisive remover availble?

ahgs · Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 9:30 pm Post Subject: preparing walls for tiling

I am about to tile a bathroom wall however it is in a rough state due to the old tiles being removed. This has left the surface full of gouges. I would usually tile over this however it is quite an absorbant surface. Would PVA be the answer.
Regards, Adrian

gcol · Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 10:23 pm Post Subject: Re: preparing walls for tiling

ahgs wrote:

I am about to tile a bathroom wall however it is in a rough state due to the old tiles being removed. This has left the surface full of gouges. I would usually tile over this however it is quite an absorbant surface. Would PVA be the answer.
Regards, Adrian

Yeah PVA first 5:1 mix.
Regular tile adhesive will take up any play in a reasonably sound wall. You should know yourself how bad it is.