How To Reatach A Tile Soap Holder To Wall

Once you have removed the bulk of the soap dish pry off any remaining pieces with a chisel or screwdriver being careful not to damage the surrounding tiles.

How to reatach a tile soap holder to wall.

I ve decided to use either a construction adhesive or epoxy to re mount the soap dish back to the wall as you can see from the pictures the thin set is still in the wall and there isn t much room for much product. Hold the soap dish against the tile and lightly draw an outline in pencil. A polyurethane adhesive combined with a quick set epoxy gel work well for bonding the soap dish in place. After the dish is fully secured you will remove this perimeter tape along with the tape holding the dish in place.

This is how to remove and install a tile soap dish holder step by step. Apply a thin line of caulk around the soap holder to keep water from seeping behind the. You should apply the polyurethane adhesive around the outer edge of the soap dish. I ve done this once before using a modified latex thin set mortar but it fell off again yesterday about 2yrs later.

The shower wall where the soap dish has fallen out of should also be cleaned up and all of the loose adhesives should be removed. Broken soap dish holder tiles are very common and to replace it is very easy cheap a. To keep the tile around the dish clean of epoxy create a perimeter just outside of your pencil outline with painter s tape.