My master bath is of the 1970’s vintage. Needless to say it is small and the sink, toilet, bidette and tub/shower are a vintage blue. I want to keep the remake to a minimum. I will move and replace the toilet, paint the raised panel vanity and place a single unit corian sink on top. My problem is the tub/shower. The unit is an oversized one and I like that, but I hate the color blue. Has anyone ever heard of painting the fiberglass unit and how will it stand up?? The floor of the tub is very rigid and does not have any sagging or movement. I weigh approx. 185 lbs. Suggestions, please!!!
Edited 1/8/2005 3:06 pm ET by Jack
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Someone posted a similar question over at Breaktime. Answers included asking a car body shop to paint it (since it would be like painting bondo on a car, or a fiberglas car body). You may want to check out the answers yourself over there. Others mentioned using whatever they use to paint fiberglas boats, or using epoxy.
Honestly save yourself the money and just bite the bullet and replace it. ANY paint that is applyed to the surface that is going to look cosmetically ok just isn't going to hold up in a tub/ shower location."The purpose of life is rapture. Here and now"
While that may be the best solution, it isn't always feasible. Frequently tubs are put into the room before partition walls go up, so the only way to replace the tub with one of equal size is to rip out the wall.
or cut the fiberglass tub.
Cut it, get it into the room and reassemble it how? The problem isn't taking the old tub out, it's getting the new one in.
Oh sorry, I misunderstood, then thats what a 2 piece is for, they actually are very convenient, and they dont leak.
or cut the fiberglass tub.
AND getting the new one in there!
Sorry I had to!
Don't bother-----refinishing will look like bad and won't last....At least every one i've seen did. Get the sawzaw out!
Jack,
There is such thing as fiberglass tub refinishing, which is like a painter, but with epoxy. A technician would come and do it in a day. They patch rough spots, then spray it out.
There was an article in the Journal of Light Construction maybe a year ago.
So its not an exact, but a lead, check your area yellow pages.
-zen
Also it might give some needed extra room if you think about ditching the bidet.
There are also companies that can cover the existing tub with new ABS plastic units.I had a company put it on my bath walls and it looks great.They said they could have covered the tub but we liked the color of our tub. The only problem is a new unit probablly costs the same.
Edited 2/1/2005 5:37 pm ET by homedad