How To Remove Ceramic Wall Tile Without Damaging Drywall

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How to remove ceramic wall tile without damaging drywall.

How to remove ceramic wall tile without damaging drywall. To remove thinset use a stiff putty knife and some elbow grease to scrape it from the wall. Finish sanding the entire wall with 120 grit sand paper on drywall sanding pad. Fill drywall gouges with drywall joint compound and sand it smooth.

This means that it takes more care to remove a wall tile without damaging the surrounding tiles. You can try methods to minimize the damage but in the end you re probably going to have to do some drywall repair. Allow to fully dry. The adhesive bonding the tile will at a minimum pull the paper off the drywall and it may pull out some of the gypsum core in places.

For semi soft adhesive mastic use 120 grit sandpaper to remove it from the wall.