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This topic may be old hat for apartment owners, but I’m considering re-glazing two cast iron bathtubs for a remodeling project. I
wonder if the state of the art of re-glazing has improved to the point that you can expect it to last and look good over time? Would
appreciate anyone with experience with re-glazing to make the case, for or against, even though it’s a cost issue and hassle to
break-out the old ones.
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I just had it done on a cast iron tub and sink the homeowner wanted to keep. It looks pretty good and cost about 350.00 Ohio dollars. Lots easier than busting up those cast iron monsters. And a whole lot cheaper.
*Jim, is it really re-glazing? a friend had his tub done a couple of years ago and I thought it was more like a modified acrylic/epoxy coating or something. They could not use the tub for three or four days while it cured. He also said that it was only good for a limited number of years.The cost was about the same, and you are right, it looks pretty good.
*They sprayed the coating on the tub and let it set up, probably not as good as the original, of course, but it seems to be a good fix.
* Rich Regan "Bath tub refinishing" 1/11/01 1:18am splintergroupie "How do refinished cast iron tubs hold up?" 1/1/01 3:06pmHmm, well those aren't exactly the parts of the discussions to which i meant to refer you, but close enough. Do a search on "Tub refinishing" here and find even more info.
*We had a tub reglazed about 5 years ago to avoid pulling out the tub and replacing it. It lasted real well until a small rust spot near the drain the refinisher had not ground out started a delamination. It was also real easy to chip especially with the kids dropping stuff in the tub. We've got several spots delaminating now and will probably look into having it done again. We're selling the house this spring, so replacement is not in the picture. Figure you're buying five years on the initial refinishing. Any house I was going to stay in for a while, I'd definitely replace the tub. Never liked the look of those plastic enclosures either.Eric
*Check into having an insert installed. The inserts come in a couple of materials, with acrylic being the best seller. These inserts are very thick, very durable, and cost about the same as reglazing. The installer comes to your home, measures the tub, gets all the pertinent info about the tub. The installer takes this info to the manufacturer. The manufacturer takes a sheet of 1/8" to 1/4" material, lays it out, and die stamps it for the exact tub shape. The installer comes back to your site with the insert, trims to fit, and reinstalls the faucet handles and drain. No curing time, no hassles, and very reasonable. I have seen several, and they have held up very nicely. You'd never know by looking at them that it was an insert instead of a new tub.Just a thought...James DuHamel
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This topic may be old hat for apartment owners, but I'm considering re-glazing two cast iron bathtubs for a remodeling project. I
wonder if the state of the art of re-glazing has improved to the point that you can expect it to last and look good over time? Would
appreciate anyone with experience with re-glazing to make the case, for or against, even though it's a cost issue and hassle to
break-out the old ones.