John Willis wrote:
On 10 Oct 2005 16:02:52 -0700, "hackwriter"
scribbled this interesting note:

This sounds to good to be true, so I assume it is, until I hear
otherwise.

Lowe's carries a product called "Tough as Tile" -- an epoxy for use on
sinks, tubs, etc. It comes in a spray and a brush-on version, and
retails for under 30 bucks.

Given that a professional tub refinish is messy, smelly, toxic, and
runs about $600 - $800 bucks, is this a viable alternative? I have two
horrifically ugly tubs of 1950's - 1960's vintage. One is a seafoam
green but has a nasty ding in it that I can't find touchup paint for,
the other is olive green and has really hard lime deposits that NOTHING
will remove. If it's as simple as painting it over with this stuff,
and it'll work, it might be worth doing it. But I don't want to make
it worse.

Anyone have any thoughts on this product?

Nothing is that simple. There is a reason having someone come in and
paint your tub is so expensive. It is fairly labor intensive. The cost
of the paint is minimal. Even two part epoxy is cheap compared to
paying someone who actually knows what he is doing. Ask me. I know. I
am now faced with refinishing a tub I paid to have painted about three
years ago. The "professional" used a polyurethane paint. Now it has
decided to start coming off. In vast sheets. Soon after I paid to have
that done, I did a small sink at our house with a two part epoxy
paint. The old paint, which was on that sink when we moved in, had
continued to chip off so it was time to fix it. What I did was remove
the faucet and then remove all the old paint (something the fellow who
painted that previously mentioned tub didn't do), fill the minor chips
with bondo, and sand. Then I did some more sanding. Then it was time
to sand the sink again. After sanding once more, it got cleaned. Then
it got wiped out. Then it got a couple of different surface
preparations. Then it got cleaned again and again. Then, after masking
off everything in that bathroom, it got cleaned one more time and then
sprayed. Two or three times. It still looks great.

Now I have to decide, do I want to remove and replace the tub that was
previously painted (it has other problems besides that), or patch it
up again, remove all the old paint to get back down to original
surface, and properly prep and paint it? I'm not yet sure which option
would take more time and money.

--
John Willis

(Remove the Primes before e-mailing me)


Ok Guys, Is it correct to top-post or bottom-post ;-)
I need a lot more info..... steel? porcelain on cast iron?
makes a huge difference.....
IMHO.... this is MY opinion... nothing beats a high-grade cast iron,
with a fired-glass finish (remember, MY OPINION)
a keeper, or moving.... quality or trash?
(haven't been here in a while... coming back for fun!)