Where does everyone stand on this !

[Peter]

Hate when they come off with your sponge and float about in the water bucket.

 

[bugs183]

I unpack several boxes at a time and de wax them before i use them, it's way easier than doing it when they are on the wall and they get everywhere when you try and remove them.

 

[charlie1]

Any stubborn ones i leave on till the end, by that time they have been saturated and will usually fall off naturally

 

[beanz]

I know I could never charge for this extra work , coz as some of you's said its petty ! just having a moan as the past 4 bathrooms have been similar tiles, I usually use an ice scraper to remove them but these ones had to be removed with the floor scraper!

I know exactly where you're coming from.. I've had this a couple of times. One kitchen splashback took longer to get those bits off, than it took to tile the thing!?! If i remember correctly, they came off easier (marginally) after grouting.

 

[widler]

Ive tiled a few kitchens with black beveled brick tiles and they have two 1" wide chalk marks on each end, a right pain in the rear

 

[Andy Allen]

same as bugs, just open a few boxs and scrape them off, keeps the mess in one place, i use a scraper that you fit stanley blades in, they seem to do the trick..

 

[Dougs Third Go]

same as bugs, just open a few boxs and scrape them off, keeps the mess in one place, i use a scraper that you fit stanley blades in, they seem to do the trick..

that's what I use too andy if I've got it to hand

 

[Bubblecraft]

I don't charge for this. They can be stubborn at times but part & parcel of the job. The thing that can be a nightmare though is the glue from when they seal the cardboard over the boxes & it goes onto the face of the tile. I use the same as Andy. Comes of pretty quick with the wee Stanley scrapers.