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How Removing Tiles by Hand?

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Wear gloves, safety glasses, and a face mask. Tile shards can be very sharp, so wear thick work gloves and safety glasses when handling them. Wear long sleeves and pants while working to avoid any cuts. Though breaking apart ceramic doesn’t produce a lot of dust, wearing a face mask will prevent you from breathing in any that does get kicked up. If you’re working on a large tile floor, wear knee pads so you stay comfortable.

 Some tiles may break apart and others may come up undamaged. Use a chisel with a wide-backed handle so you can easily hit it with your hammer. Chiseling out your tiles takes the longest amount of time, but ensures that you don’t damage anything underneath the tiles.

Use a chisel and hammer to lift the tiles. Hold the chisel with your non-dominant hand so the sharp edge is against the bottom of the tile. Hit the end of your chisel’s handle with a hammer to loosen the tiles from the floor.

Break the tiles with a hammer or sledgehammer if you don’t need to save them. Start with tiles on the outer edge of the room or wall. Use a hammer on small wall tiles or a 3–5 lb (1.4–2.3 kg) sledgehammer for larger floor tiles. Work across the whole room until all the tiles are destroyed. Wear earplugs if the sound starts to bother you. Don’t use a sledgehammer if you don’t want to damage drywall or flooring underneath your tile.

Scrape off the mortar with a chisel. Put the edge of your chisel against the mortar that was underneath your tiles. Apply a firm amount of pressure to your chisel to lift the mortar off of your floor. Hit the end of your chisel with a hammer if you cannot lift up the mortar by yourself. Make sure to remove all the mortar so the surface is smooth. That way, you can easily lay another type of flooring or wall coating on top of it.

How Removing Stains?

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Use bleach, hydrogen peroxide, or rubbing alcohol on blood stains. Blood stains can be removed by dipping a dishcloth or sponge into a solution with ratio 1:49 bleach to water. For instance, concoct a mixture of 2 teaspoons (9.9 ml) bleach and 1⁄2 US quart (0.47 L) of water. Alternately, dampen a dishcloth or sponge with hydrogen peroxide. Dab the stain lightly until it is gone. Using rubbing alcohol will also disinfect your stains.

Eliminate organic growth using bleach. To rid your ceramic tile of mold or mildew, mix a solution of ratio 1:49 bleach to water. For instance, use 2 teaspoons (9.9 ml) of bleach and 1⁄2 US quart (0.47 L)) of water.

Remove coffee, tea, or juice stains with chemical cleaners. Wash the ceramic tile with dish soap and hot water. Remove the leftover discoloration with either a solution of 2 teaspoons (9.9 ml) of bleach and 1 US quart (0.95 L) of water, or with hydrogen peroxide.

Use ice on gum, tar, or wax stains. Place some ice cubes in a resealable plastic bag. Place the bag over the sticky stain marring your ceramic tile. After five to ten minutes, check the consistency of the stain. It should be frozen. Scrape away as much as possible, and wipe the rest off with paint thinner.

Use club soda on grease stains. If you’re trying to remove a stain of oil or grease, wet a dish rag with club soda. Rub the stain using a gentle circular motion. If you don’t have club soda, you could simply use a nonabrasive floor cleaner.

Use bleach on ink. Ink or dye stains require treatment with bleach. Soak a clean dishcloth with bleach. Lay the cloth over the stain. Check it every 60 seconds or so until the stain disappears. Don’t leave the bleach-soaked cloth on the ceramic tile too long. The alkali in the bleach can cause whitish water-soluble salts to collect on the marble tile.