Replace Soap Dish Tile Wall

Install a replacement soap dish of either the retrofit style or in plain tile.

Replace soap dish tile wall.

Now that you have what you need let s get the project started. A polyurethane adhesive combined with a quick set epoxy gel work well for bonding the soap dish in place. 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. For tiled walls you ll need a porcelain soap dish and for the install you ll need to remove some tile.

If the soap dish has fallen entirely off the wall you can skip ahead to the third step. Use a little bit of extra adhesive with the soap dish since it is heavier. A putty knife works well for this. This video of how to install or reattach a ceramic soap dish in shower or tub shows the process of installing a ceramic soap dish in tile tub or shower that.

Loosen the old grout. Removing the soap dish and keeping it intact or removing it in pieces. Find wall mounted soap dishes at lowe s today. Otherwise a hammer and a heavy flat head screwdriver will get the job done.

After the dish is fully secured you will remove this perimeter tape along with the tape holding the dish in place. Replacement soap dish silicone caulk or grout mix ceramic tile mortar. You should apply the polyurethane adhesive around the outer edge of the soap dish. Add a layer of adhesive to the back of the replacement tile or dish.

To keep the tile around the dish clean of epoxy create a perimeter just outside of your pencil outline with painter s tape. Regrout after 24 hours. Hold the soap dish against the tile and lightly draw an outline in pencil. If you would like to re use the soap dish do your best to remove the soap dish intact.

If it remains in place though you ll have to remove it. 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. Step 1 choose the right location photo by smith baer.