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nick_baratta

Removing Mortar from old tile

4 years ago

Hey I'm having a hell of a time removing mortar from probably 20 tiles that we are trying to keep for accent tiles that match the remainder of the room.


I've tried dunking in muriatic acid for 5-10 minutes and then hitting it with a wire brush attachment on a cordless drill framed by 2x4's and I'm getting basically nowhere. I repeated soaking it several times and also tried chiseling on it after soaking and it is being quite the stubborn SOB...


Anyone have any ideas? I have an angle grinder, but it's only a 6" tile so kinda tough.

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