Replace Soap Dish Tile Wall

Step 1 choose the right location photo by smith baer.

Replace soap dish tile wall.

Find wall mounted soap dishes at lowe s today. Leave a border around the outside of the tile untouched by the adhesive since it will spread when you push the tile or the dish into the wall. Now that you have what you need let s get the project started. After the dish is fully secured you will remove this perimeter tape along with the tape holding the dish in place.

For tiled walls you ll need a porcelain soap dish and for the install you ll need to remove some tile. Use thin set and hold your new soap dish in place using long strips of duct tape crossing the new dish tile. 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. A polyurethane adhesive combined with a quick set epoxy gel work well for bonding the soap dish in place.

Removing the soap dish and keeping it intact or removing it in pieces. You should apply the polyurethane adhesive around the outer edge of the soap dish. Loosen the old grout. Add a layer of adhesive to the back of the replacement tile or dish.

If it remains in place though you ll have to remove it. If you would like to re use the soap dish do your best to remove the soap dish intact. A putty knife works well for this. If the soap dish has fallen entirely off the wall you can skip ahead to the third step.

Install a replacement soap dish of either the retrofit style or in plain tile. Otherwise a hammer and a heavy flat head screwdriver will get the job done. Hold the soap dish against the tile and lightly draw an outline in pencil. Regrout after 24 hours.

Use a little bit of extra adhesive with the soap dish since it is heavier. Choose a spot on the wall for the new dish that s four or five tiles below the showerhead about 16 to 20 inches and two or three tiles to the right or left. To keep the tile around the dish clean of epoxy create a perimeter just outside of your pencil outline with painter s tape.