How to clean up tiles?

[robmorris]

Hey

We had a leak and had to remove some tiles.
I need to clean them up to put them back

Is there an easy / quicker / safer way to remove the adhesive on the back?

I have tried a hammer and chisel but already broke the first tile...

please help

 

[tpt]

depending on the adhesive they used soaking them in soapy water for 24 hours can work. if its an older style adhesive it will just scrape off after that.

 

[RogerBoyle]

Soak it off but It will take longer than 24 hours to get most of it off
Use a sanding disk on a grinder rather than a chisel for any bits left after scraping

 

[Happyplumber]

A bosch Multi tool for any fragile work with a diamond blade will be ideal

Soaking the tiles will help