Does your bathtub look like the parts cleaner in a local repair shop with chips and stains that are already lodged deep in its past gorgeous finish? A mismatched bathtub or maybe an old tarnished tub can appear as an eye sore in an otherwise nice looking bathroom. While there are homeowners who are willing to spend lots of cash on new bathtubs, frugal DIYers opt to refinish their tubs with the right kind of surface coating.

Refinishing your own bathtub can be time consuming, expensive and for the most part, frustrating. Aside from the costly materials that you need, you also have to pay for the professional labor and other fees. However, if you feel handy around the home and are brave and skillful enough to embark on such projects, then you can always buy your very own refinishing kit at your local hardware shop and do the tasks with your own hands.

Tips for the Handy DIYers

– Purchase cleaning materials, more specifically chemical cleaners that are especially made for refinishing or reglazing bathtub purposes. You may need palm sander with several sand paper sheets (depending on tub size), primer, chemical bonding agents, and an acrylic polymer overcoat that will help give your tub that glossy finish.

– Begin cleaning your tub with the chemical cleaning agents. These substances are not only designed to clean the bathtub effectively, but they will also prepare your top for the application of the bonding agent after.

– As soon as you are done with cleaning the tub, sand its whole surface. This will enable the chemical coatings to bond better with your bathtub’s surface. Make sure you sand your bathtub in a consistent manner to achieve an even surface.

– Apply three to five ounces of bonding agent and evenly spread it all over your tub with the help of a paper towel. Let the solution dry for a few minutes.

– Carefully follow the instructions that are written on the acrylic primer overcoat and primer solutions that you have purchased. Coat your bathtub with the primer (two coats) and then the acylic primer (three coats). Every coating should dry for at least thirty minutes before the application of a new coat.

– After doing the necessary coatings, let your bathtub sit for around 24 hours for your polymer coat to dry up and bond perfectly into your tub.

Tub resurfacing: How to Hire A Pro

There are homeowners who would still choose to hire a professional for their tub resurfacing or reglazing job. The use of strong and powerful chemicals and the entire process of stripping a tub may create a large mess and also toxic fumes. Professional tub refinishing companies are equipped to efficiently handle the ventilation system of bathtub refinishing and have the necessary tools that will help in the fast drying up of chemicals, enamel and other epoxy paints. If you would want a pro to handle this job for you, it would be wise to choose a licensed and bonded professional. Make sure you also learn about their guarantee policies. The best form of advertising still continues to be those that are sent through word of mouth. Ask friends, relatives and colleagues for bathtub refinishing professionals so that you will have greater luck of finding a company that will truly please you.

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