"Todd H." wrote in message ...
G Henslee writes:
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"Todd H." wrote in message
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Todd H. wrote:


I have some lovely 70's light green tile in a shower that a
Realtor
indicator could be changed to a more neutral color with a new
process
that's inexpensive, fast to do and you can use the same day
after

"Reglazing" is misleading, even though the guys that do their finish's
glaze. I would hope that most people understand they are not getting
their tile actully 'reglazed'. Refinishing would be a better term.

Depends upon what the definition of is, is I spose.

The 'refinishing' process as stated by one contractor goes:

(snip)
This is indeed what the process I had done by a franchiee of Kott
Koatings http://kottkoatings.com/ did for my bathroom described above,
and it was a fantastic success. A 2 person team came with one
focusing on the labor intensive prep work and the other doing the
coating itself and donning the big honkin respirator. The friggin
tile looks brand new, a brilliant white, and all the icky green of the
old tile and the stained grout are now a lovely uniform shade of
white. For a whopping $375.

This process took 72 hours to be ready for showering. This is by no
means a low odor process--it stinks to high heaven, but is habitable
within an hour after they're done. I'd give a solid 2 days before
showing the place to anyone though. For showering, I gave it 72
hours, caulked the area with 100% silicone caulk, and gave it another
24 hours for the caulk to cure and it has been a joy to look at versus
the old green aquamarine eyesore tile. It literally looks brand
new--and surely looks a better than I could've done retiling, that's
for damned sure.

Thumbs up--the process works, and is pretty amazing. Interesting how
so few people know about it.

But what will it look like in five years? That is the big question for most
refinishing processes for hard surfaces- tile, tub, siding, your car,
whatever. A fresh paint job on anything usually looks better- the trick is
putting on a finish that holds up. Hope your refinish job holds up, but I
still have my doubts about durability. Seen too many failed tub 'reglaze'
jobs.

aem sends...