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Never plunge your tiles into a sink full of hot soapy water! First it will damage the paint, if they are layered tiles you can expect them to come apart.  

Clean tiles "one at a time". If you have some tiles you want to remove old stickers from, the first thing to do is to determine what you are removing. I have seen many different things over the years and almost every one requires a different approach.

NEW!!  I now sell "Plastic Blades" which will not scratch your tiles. They are great for removing old stickers.

Adhesive Tape: is one of the worst, it's very sticky and no matter how careful you are the paint on the tile will be removed (either from the tape or the cure). First try to pull off the tape so you can get to the adhesive, if you need to use a sharp blade like a box cutter be careful not to scratch the tile. Removing anything that is sticky requires a cleaner like Goo Gone (that has different names in different parts of the country), It will take off the sticky without damaging paint on the tiles depending on what you are removing and how long that sticky substance has been on the tile. You may need to use some sort of pick to get into the carvings, again be careful.

Scotch Tape: This tape should NEVER be used on tiles, it will stain them and the stains cannot be removed. Older Scotch Tape must have had some acid in it which will attack the tile itself. This tape will remove paint from the tiles. Now, how to remove it, try Goo Gone, if that doesn't budge it then try some "non acetone" nail polish remover, use this carefully please. Take a paper towel, put a bit on that and rub. Once again, after this is clean use a damp paper towel to clean the polish remover from the tile and dry thoroughly. Nail polish remover is going to remove the original paint from the tile.

Old Stickers: If you are removing very stubborn NJML (red) stickers -- someone has used something else to attach them. Their glue was never very good and they usually just pop off if you use your finger nail. Some suggestions about what was used ??? anything you can imagine, glue, nail polish, paint or tape. Please refer to the above methods. My stickers, you have to try and peel them off before you can get to the adhesive, then use Goo Gone and clean afterward.

Paint: The best thing I have found is non acetone nail polish remover. Please keep in mind that a lot of old paint has lead in it (that's why it stays so well), be careful of our environment and dispose of the paint carefully.