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Peel and stick tiles for heads

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Hi everyone. I’m wondering if anyone has redone a shower using peel and stick vinyl tile? I’d prefer to save the weight and go with these light tiles but am wondering if anyone has used them and do they hold up well ? Thanks!
 
After many years (14?), ours were just starting to just come up around the shower. We kept spares but the adhesive on the spares backs had failed also. I'm guessing the adhesive has a life, in use or not.
lucky, Lowe's still has the same pattern if needed. I just used some Life Caulk and glued the new ones down. There was just some color fade in the old ones, the new / old spares look great.

What we learned years ago; Supper clean surface to stick to. Supper flat. If your going over plain wood deck, seal it and lightly sand supper flat and smooth. I removed a lift ring on a hatch and the tile caved in on the hole within a week. Some filler and a new (then) tile and all was great. Supper sharp razor knife with plenty of fresh blades. Use a steel rule to cut against on top of scrap ply wood. You can not hand cut straight lines. Not a wimpy cutter, a big handled one, you need to make the cut in one pass. Don't install anything until the puzzle is complete. Any rounds or curves make a template from cardboard. Rough cut out the tile wide. Use a 1 or 2 inch dowel with sand paper on it and shape the curve lil at a time till it fits.
Have fun.
 
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Hi everyone. I’m wondering if anyone has redone a shower using peel and stick vinyl tile? I’d prefer to save the weight and go with these light tiles but am wondering if anyone has used them and do they hold up well ? Thanks!

Jon, not sure if I’m clear on this. Are you trying to install vinyl tiles on the walls and floor of a shower?
 
Rusty, yes. They are peel and stick vinyl for lots of different applications. Many say don’t use in the shower but lots of people do and I was wondering if anyone had and what kind of performance they have given. Some I’m looking at are from tictac tiles, and others are from Wayfair.
 
Adhesives are far better today than they used to be. If waterproof I’d say give it a go. Send some photos of before and after.
 
Yep, I will post some pics soon. We ordered the tile even though they say not recommended for showers. I didn’t want the added weight of real stone or tile, so we are going to try it. Just finished putting up some steel blue gray grass cloth in the master and what a difference! Looks like the high end Panacera! We got the tiles on amazon, but they are the tictac tile brand. I’ll take a few pics of the grass cloth wall covering and post. Took a while to do because lots of cuts in a small space. Still, TOTALLY WORTH IT.
 
Don’t use 5200. Please. You will thank me 20 years from now. 4200 max
 
Don’t use 5200. Please. You will thank me 20 years from now. 4200 max

Nothing will remove 5200 except heat. And heat is actually pretty effective.
 
Peel n stick tiles look great in our heads. Really changed the look for the better IMO. Our heads look more contemporary now. Cheap and easy project.
 
Mario, did you use them in the shower? They warn not to but I’m thinking if I seal the edges it may work well. Also, where did you get them or which brand did you use? Thanks.
 
There IS a stuff to separate 5200, called DeBond, but you'd need gallons of it for all those tiles.. and it still might not work.

5200 is great for through-hulls, stuff below the waterline. For anything you might ever need to change out, maybe not so great.
 
Mario, did you use them in the shower? They warn not to but I’m thinking if I seal the edges it may work well. Also, where did you get them or which brand did you use? Thanks.

We did not install it inside the shower stall. Just in the head sink area. We got the packs of peel n stick at home depot
 

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