What's The Best Way To Remove Tile Trim

[macten]

I'm on a job soon where only the wet areas of the bathroom and ensuite walls have been tiled.
It's a new build and owners have just got the keys and they want me the rest of the walls tiling.
Anyone got a good way of removing trim without removing tile (trims only plastic)
Wondering if a sharp stanley will do the trick, anyone tried?

 

[macten]

I have these now @Wishiwasatoptiler
Kevlar gloves.

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It saves mistakes like this haha
So blade went straight thro middle of nail down my thumb and u can see where pointy bit came out!

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The knife body itself came to rest against my thumb all the way down there! Haha ouchy!! I had a nice flap of nail and thumb running under tap!
Funnily enough bleeding wouldn't stop!😱

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HaHa I've done that but the blade stopped in my nail bed so less blood. Been left with a fugly thumbnail that grows all ridged and grooved down the middle.

 

[Old Mod]

HaHa I've done that but the blade stopped in my nail bed so less blood. Been left with a fugly thumbnail that grows all ridged and grooved down the middle.

Oow oow me too for years! Haha coming up 10 now and it's kinda getting better! Hahaha

 

[Sue Cox]

Thanks for this thread. The tiled splash back behind my cooker doesn’t go up high enough and grease has soaked into the wall above the tiles and trim. I’m also mindful to be very careful thanks to these posts. I’ll try the Stanley blade first and my multi tool second, I think.

 

[Sonia Zadebernyj]

🙂Thanks so very much for your wonderful advice that I’ll be giving to my builder for my new build where the tile trim they used needs to be replaced as it looks horrible and isn’t finished off very well

 

[Dan]

No problem. Hopefully they have a multi-tool like a fein multimaster or dewalt version and can just cut right along the tile trim to remove it from the tile, then use a different head to create space to insert another and use some adhesive to secure it, grout under it, whatever. Send us some pictures when you're done. 🙂