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Professional Recoating

A tub-refinishing firm will refurbish your tub with little hassle. A company called BathMaster (www.bathmaster.com) for this

project. I wanted to preserve the integrity of my cast-iron tub.

The refinisher preps the tub with an initial cleaning, followed by an acid etch. The tub is then sanded, and any depressions or scratches are filled with a body-filling compound. After spraying a coat of primer, a good refinisher will blend a custom colour match for the other bathroom fixtures before spraying several coats of the final finish.

Before the work began, the refinisher set up a ventilating unit outside so that the fumes were exhausted very efficiently. The whole job took about five hours, and the tub was ready to use the next morning.

Different firms offer different finishes-epoxies, acrylics, urethanes or polyesters. If it’s desirable, fixtures or tile can also be recoated to match.

A refinishing should cost between $300 and $500 and you should expect a warranty of three to seven years. An additional benefit from our tub refinishing is that the smooth, shiny finish is less slippery than the original tub, which means we have been able to do away with bath mats, thereby avoiding one of the prime causes of bathtub staining and degradation.