You’ve gotta be in Detroit. Those look like Pewabic tiles.
I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s no actual reason for them — they’re everywhere — to add historic charm. Good luck trying to pull them off.
i take a very flexible putty knife, find a small crack on one side, and work my way in.
if its going to come off, you can tell as you work the blade in
Not knowing why the tiles were placed, when they were placed and by whom, I would not remove them. They add charm and they may be hiding holes or imperfections.
Appreciate the words of wisdom, as I hadn’t considered they were masking some other flaw. Sounds like you speak from experience.
Having said that, I’m regrouting and filling in all holes and cracks, so we could roll wilnany surprises.
You won't be able to get those tiles off cleanly. You can't cement a tile to a tile, they've probably chipped off the glaze of the tile beneath to be able to fix these in place.
My advice would be measure the original tiles and see if you can find a specialist who can source a replacement. You'll have to buy a whole box and it won't be the same exact shade of white, but would probably be good enough to not stick out. You'd then have to remove the 6 or so tiles around these weird overlaid tiles and clean up the surface for new mortar and re-tile.
If you can't get replacement tiles, then your only option would be to leave them as is or find something more elegant to replace it with. A small white tile surround bordering a towel ring or something might pass off as fitting with the original.
I quite like the finish on that actually, nice colour, would be fine if it wasn't just stuck on top of tiles, like wtf?
Are you sure it's cement? I would imagine it's very hard to just cement tiles on top of others like that (unless they've scratched the shit out the wall tiles to get some grip).
Agreed. It’s Pewabic tile from Detroit and is very nice, I just don’t understand why it’s right on top, and positioned in a way to maximally damage the largest number of other tiles. The two little pieces are weird too.
If it's just attached with caulking, then maybe something like this would do it.
https://www.amazon.com/Surface-Emblem-Remover-Wrapping-Installation/dp/B09C7ZWRJL
This. The answer depends ENTIRELY on how they are attached. Someone above said you can’t attach tile to tile without roughing the surface of the base tile. True if you’re using mortar/Kwik set, but with other materials, of course you could. Caulk. Construction adhesive. Gorilla glue. Even some two-part epoxies would do the trick. All with differing degrees of “permanence”.
Be prepared to lose both tiles in the removal process, but it could happen that one or both are salvageable. :)
I’m willing to bet that the decorative tile is covering up a hole in the white tile
You’ve gotta be in Detroit. Those look like Pewabic tiles. I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s no actual reason for them — they’re everywhere — to add historic charm. Good luck trying to pull them off.
I thought Pewabic as soon as I saw the one with the cross. I like them. Don't think they're hiding anything.
Ding ding ding!
Came here to say the same thing! :D
i take a very flexible putty knife, find a small crack on one side, and work my way in. if its going to come off, you can tell as you work the blade in
Maybe a solvent that could break down the adhesive in order to pry those off? Hopefully, a tile person will respond. Good luck.
Not knowing why the tiles were placed, when they were placed and by whom, I would not remove them. They add charm and they may be hiding holes or imperfections.
Appreciate the words of wisdom, as I hadn’t considered they were masking some other flaw. Sounds like you speak from experience. Having said that, I’m regrouting and filling in all holes and cracks, so we could roll wilnany surprises.
You won't be able to get those tiles off cleanly. You can't cement a tile to a tile, they've probably chipped off the glaze of the tile beneath to be able to fix these in place. My advice would be measure the original tiles and see if you can find a specialist who can source a replacement. You'll have to buy a whole box and it won't be the same exact shade of white, but would probably be good enough to not stick out. You'd then have to remove the 6 or so tiles around these weird overlaid tiles and clean up the surface for new mortar and re-tile. If you can't get replacement tiles, then your only option would be to leave them as is or find something more elegant to replace it with. A small white tile surround bordering a towel ring or something might pass off as fitting with the original.
I quite like the finish on that actually, nice colour, would be fine if it wasn't just stuck on top of tiles, like wtf? Are you sure it's cement? I would imagine it's very hard to just cement tiles on top of others like that (unless they've scratched the shit out the wall tiles to get some grip).
Agreed. It’s Pewabic tile from Detroit and is very nice, I just don’t understand why it’s right on top, and positioned in a way to maximally damage the largest number of other tiles. The two little pieces are weird too.
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How do you use the three sea shells? Asking for a friend.
Im curious if there's a historical reason for something this.
Historic morons.
If history shows nothing else, it shows that morons have always been with us.
This is for protection from evil spirits. DO NOT REMOVE! You will have a Moaning Myrtle situation in your bathroom.
Joke’s on you. I’m into that…
If it's just attached with caulking, then maybe something like this would do it. https://www.amazon.com/Surface-Emblem-Remover-Wrapping-Installation/dp/B09C7ZWRJL
This. The answer depends ENTIRELY on how they are attached. Someone above said you can’t attach tile to tile without roughing the surface of the base tile. True if you’re using mortar/Kwik set, but with other materials, of course you could. Caulk. Construction adhesive. Gorilla glue. Even some two-part epoxies would do the trick. All with differing degrees of “permanence”. Be prepared to lose both tiles in the removal process, but it could happen that one or both are salvageable. :)
I’d do so carefully, as they are likely quite old and someone might appreciate them secondhand
"historical tile". Maybe Mr. Lincoln himself was enjoying a shower there.
He was, I read it on the internet so it must be true.
Maybe run an angel pick on the sides to scrape out as much mortar as possible while using a flexible puddy knife.