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03-25-02, 04:18 PM

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Cleaning used tile.

Is there any way to clean the mortar off used Italian tile? If so, what is the best/easiest way? The tile is in excellent condition, and is ours at no cost, if we are willing to clean it for future use in our basement.

Thanks for your help.

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03-26-02, 04:12 PM

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Grinding it off is about the only way. You might try soaking a tile over night in a bucket of water, to see if that will loosen the mortars bond. There are different qualities of mortar, the better the mortar, the harder this project is going to be.

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