# Need hooks that glue to bathroom tile... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 25, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-hooks-that-glue-to-bathroom-tile/461201 "2008-08-25T15:18:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-hooks-that-glue-to-bathroom-tile/461201/1 "2008-08-25T15:18:01Z")
…or glue that will hold the damn hooks. I glued a couple of hooks to my shower tiles to hold my scrub brush and a bath sponge, but the hooks fell off a few weeks later. (I followed the directions of a 24 hour wait before using the shower.) Can you suggest hooks and glue that will hold? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-hooks-that-glue-to-bathroom-tile/461201/2 "2008-08-25T17:05:37Z")
Contact cement? You could just use a masonry bit on low speed and drill through it, then set an anchor and mount your hooks. I’ve done it many times. Unless it’s glass tiles, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-hooks-that-glue-to-bathroom-tile/461201/3 "2008-08-25T17:13:16Z")
Is the entire shower tiled? It might be easier just to put a hook in the drywall above the tile. ---
**Author:** ![jharvey963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-hooks-that-glue-to-bathroom-tile/461201/4 "2008-08-25T17:13:54Z")
I’ve never found glue to hold anything on a wall. On the other hand, suction cups might be your answer. We have several suction cup, er… thingies attached to our tile. They almost never fall off and if they do (unlike glued-on hooks that never work again) you can just re-attach them. Check someplace like Bed, Bath, and Beyond. They should have a wide assortment. J. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-hooks-that-glue-to-bathroom-tile/461201/5 "2008-08-25T17:26:38Z")
Gorilla glue. Your welcome. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-hooks-that-glue-to-bathroom-tile/461201/6 "2008-08-25T17:48:40Z")
My dad uses the sort of glue that you use on fish tanks to glue on the little bar soap holder in his bathroom. Granted, it’s not inside a shower but it’s glued to tile in a wet place. ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-hooks-that-glue-to-bathroom-tile/461201/7 "2008-08-25T18:04:10Z")
I like the suction cups. But since I posted the OP, I now have a plumber coming over to fix a leaky kitchen faucet. Maybe I’ll have him deal with it. Thank you all. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-hooks-that-glue-to-bathroom-tile/461201/8 "2008-08-25T18:37:55Z")
We’ve had the [3M Command adhesive utility hooks](http://www.containerstore.com/browse/index.jhtml?CATID=69020) on our shower tile for a good five years now without a failure.