Old Tile Cement

davred · Post by **davred** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 5:36 pm

We have a quarry tile floor. In the dim and distant past, marley tiles have been laid on some sort of tile cement. We would like to restore the quarry tiles but while the marley tiles lift off easily, the cement is virtually impossible to shift - I have tried everything I can think of and the only method which has ANY effect is a bolster chisel.

This is very, very slow and I cannot risk damaging the underlying quarry tiles...any ideas?

Thanks

David

lamntile · Post by **lamntile** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:23 pm

Have you tried steaming the adhesive off may take some steaming or may not work at all but worth a try

davred · Post by **davred** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:27 am

Hi Paul - thanks for this...yes, I've tried the heat gun but no effect. It's actually like mortar rather than an adhesive...very grainy and hard.

David

lamntile · Post by **lamntile** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:52 am

All i can suggest is a google search for cement remover there seem to be be a few around

smallclone · Post by **smallclone** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 1:16 pm

Davred, did you manage it in the end? I have a similar problem.

Post by **ultimatehandyman** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:15 pm

You can get some good chemical removers from here- dead link removed

I suggest you check with them before buying to make sure you get the right stuff.