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   George_Duhbayou_Bush | Mar 22, 2000 04:03am | #1

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   Absolutely.

   I agree.

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   Guest_ | Mar 22, 2000 04:24am | #2

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   George, me too.

   My feeling is that the folks that come into your house to refinish your tub, sink, etc. with a spray-on product in place will give you a band-aid epoxy finish. On the other hand, if you can TAKE your tub, sink, etc. to a qualified porcelain refinisher (where it gets baked), you have a chance for recovery.

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   Guest_ | Mar 22, 2000 06:26pm | #4

   *Yeah, I'll 'take' my cast iron bath tub in to the shop!Oh, and can you hand me that piano, I'll take that in for tuning on the way! ;-)The reason why I opted for the, admittedly temporary, refinishing in my house was the inconvenience of the other option (removing a wall to get it out of the house, hiring a crane, etc.).The painted on finish only cost about 300 bucks, looks and feels fabulous, and should last several years if I am gentle (I pretend that I am dealing with my car's finish when I bring tools, cleaners around because it is pretty much the same thing).I opted for paint over epoxy due to two things:the paint can always be redone later (some epoxy finishes, I'm told, if they crack or chip can't be re-treated while paint can always be sanded down and re-done). The second was that I had heard that sometimes epoxy may yellow over time (it is not real stable in UV light, that is a characteristic of epoxy, and white is the hardest color to avoid this with).

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   Guest_ | Mar 22, 2000 06:26pm | #3

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