Help! Tile Adhesive / Grout on tiles!!! (merged)

prettypennies

I let my hubby loose on the kitchen tiling and he has managed to get more tile adhesive on the front of the tiles than the wall. The tiles are cream and black unglazed and I'm worried they will stratch if I use anything too abrasive. The adhesive has set rock hard and is several mm thick in places.

How can I safely remove it???

cheekymole

I think that if you wet it quite considerably to soften it, it should come off with one of those sponge scourers or you could try chipping it off with a PLASTIC scraper

iwanttosave_2

that is so weird i just bought a steam cleaner today and did all my tiles and just that and a scrubbing brush got all the excess grout off that i have been tryng to get off for ages.

cargo

Yep very hot water is your best bet left to soak in.

innovate

Haven't tried a steam cleaner on tiles yet, but had near disasters with my steam wallpaper stripper on walls because it can loosen and crack the plaster.

Could a steam cleaner crack tiles as well, if used to liberally?

iwanttosave_2

well my tiles didn't crack and trust me i used it a lot on them last night, all the mould that was on them from the previous owner took a fair bit of steaming to get rid of tem

Poppycat

Try one of these scrapers the plastic type that you fit a razor blade too, they preety good is used carefully. About a £1 from DIY shops.

john0612

use your wallpaper steamer on the adhesive and it'll come off no probs

john (prof decorator)

xxxpinkladyxxx

I recently tiled my bathroom. My boyfriend helped but when it came to washing the grout off, he didn't do a very good job. There are now bits of grout stuck in the tiles (they are the mozaic type tiles so the grout is getting grained in). Does anyone have any tips for getting rid of this? I've been using a scouring pad but it's hard work.

Edinburghlass_2

steam cleaner?

flyer

it shouldn't need anything more than warm soapy water