Mix thinset mortar with latex additive 9.
Removing old wall tile and installing new.
Put on safety goggles and work gloves and cover up the floor and any fixtures below the wall where the tile is.
Break the tile if necessary.
Use trowel to scrape the wall clean of loose debris 5.
Try to locate a loose tile.
Chip away at the tile step 3.
Chisel tiles away from the wall.
Your very best bet is to remove the old tile and.
Remove loose tiles 4.
If you plan to remove a whole wall of tiles try tapping the edge of each one with a.
Loosen cracked tile using cold chisel and hammer.
Chip the grout along the grout lines step 2.
Your new tile also has to be laid on a flat surface so there would be a lot of preparation necessary to make the old tile surface perfectly flat.
Respirators masks step 1.
Hold the chisel at a.
Once this first tile is removed place the chisel against the bottom edge of adjacent tiles apply pressure with your hammer and the tiles should pop up easily image 2.
Dry fit the new tile to the wall 6.
Break up the first tile with the blunt edge of a hammer image 1 and then use a chisel to pry up the remainder of the first tile.
Break up a wall tiled in.
How to remove old wall tiles 1.
This approach should let you save more of your tiles for reuse unless the tiles are.