I recently tiled my bathroom walls and I made a mess with the mastic. I've tried scraping the left overs and I am damaging the drywall.
2007-03-04 12:42:53 · 10 answers · asked by anthony j 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
Drywall repair is one of the easiest things to do, so I would just cut out where you slopped the mastic and then patch up the hole. Using the solvent will make paper or paint not adhere well and is more work than it's worth not to mention you'd still have to repair the drywall.
2007-03-04 12:51:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
If the previous installer used mastic it should be easy as sliding a trowel behind it and it should pop off.If they were more experienced and used mortar your going to have some damage.Try to use the widest and flattest chisel or trowel to get behind them and pry gently so that you don't penetrate the drywall.I would just rip it off and replace the drywall then if your walls are crooked or have dips float them for the best job.Backer board on top of the drywall will make for an ugly edge where the tile ends.Unfortunatly products like green board and backerboard are being abused.The best and most proffessional way to install tile on a counter wall or in a shower is over mud. Most people aren't skilled enough to do it so job quality is sinking to a new low and everybody thinks there a tilesetter.If your hell bent on using backerboard over the drywall use half inch then you can use a radiused bullnose to clean up the edges.
2016-03-28 23:42:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take a utility knife and cut a V to cut out the adhesive. If it's all over the place, take a really coarse grit sandpaper and go for it. It will look awful but run your hand on it to make it "smooth" Once you get the actual glue off and it's fairly smooth, use drywall mud and give it a skim coat. Sand the Skim gently, prime and paint. No problem, should work well for you. Replacing drywall is just nuts... sand the existing one and fill to smooth for paint.
2007-03-05 10:34:37 · answer #3 · answered by 6kidsANDalwaysFIXINGsomething 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Accept that you will damage the drywall and scrape the mastic off. Then before you skim coat you need to prime the wall with Gardz primer. This is a Zinzer product designed to re glue the paper to the substrate. After the primer dries then skim coat the bad areas, sand and prime again to seal. Now your ready to try tiling again. Good Luck.
2007-03-04 12:51:33 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
acetone will NOT work. itll damage your sheetrock further. there is no way to pull the stuff off without damage. and spreading mud is an option but if you intend to paint, itll show all the imperfections. sorry to say but the only right way to do it is to replace the sheetrock
.but if you only have the tile at certian levels you can score the sheetrock surface along the tile line so as to keep the peeling from going to the untiled area
2007-03-05 03:30:55 · answer #5 · answered by joe citizen 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cut the sheet rock out and install a new piece. A lot less work in the long run.
2007-03-05 16:41:48 · answer #6 · answered by tartu2222 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Forget about it it's easier, cheaper, and alot less time consuming to just cut and remove the damaged sections of dry wall and replace them.
2007-03-04 12:51:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
gut it and start fresh, don't due it half way.
Astetone is your only option. (it will not work with wall paper)
your cheaping out stand tall, Ton's of help out there .Just ask.
2007-03-04 16:07:45 · answer #8 · answered by jacksparrow 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you Cant but you can buy some joint compound and spread it over the adhesive then lightly sand it
2007-03-04 16:29:36 · answer #9 · answered by my666thelost 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sewergas is right-- do it right the first time and save yourself the aggravation
2007-03-05 02:11:13 · answer #10 · answered by shermisme 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋