Hold the soap dish against the tile and lightly draw an outline in pencil.
Remove soap dish tile wall.
Grout removal tool or an oscillating tool with a grout removal blade.
Wearing gloves and goggles hold the remains of the soap dish in one hand.
Apply several drops of penetrating oil to the heads if the screws are difficult to remove.
3 inch chisel scraper.
You will need a few tools.
To keep the tile around the dish clean of epoxy create a perimeter just outside of your pencil outline with painter s tape.
The screws are near the side edges on most dishes.
Once you have the grout removed take a masons chisel and place it against the tile you want to remove.
The dish should slide upward and come away from the tile wall.
Carefully tap the chisel with a mallet until it pops off the wall do the same with the second tile.
Remove as much of the caulk around the soap dish as possible with a grout removal tool.
Heavy canvas dust tarp s.
Vinegar and dish detergent.
Select the spot where you want the soap dish and carefully remove the grout with a grout saw.
Wipe the surfaces down with a non scratch sponge rinse thoroughly with water and then dry.
Removing tooth brush holders soap dishes etc hi question for my own home is there any way to remove a ceramic soap dish and toothbrush holder from a tile wall without damaging the tiles underneath and if so is there anyway to remove the grout around it and clean the tiles underneath.
After the dish is fully secured you will remove this perimeter tape along with the tape holding the dish in place.
Remove the anchoring screws on the metal soap holder.
Five in one type painting tool.
Then use a razor blade scraper to cut the caulk behind the perimeter of the soap dish to more easily separate the soap dish from the wall.
Cut any caulk around the edges of the soap dish with a utility knife.