Stupidly I managed to damage my brand new bath, very slightly but very
noticeable. It's acrylic and I have chipped the finish coat with a small
gooch of about 4mmx2mm right in the middle of the bath floor. Can anyone
suggest the best way of repairing it?

Thanks

Jb

On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:18:18 +0100, "Jb" wrote:

Stupidly I managed to damage my brand new bath, very slightly but very
noticeable. It's acrylic and I have chipped the finish coat with a small
gooch of about 4mmx2mm right in the middle of the bath floor. Can anyone
suggest the best way of repairing it?

Thanks

Jb

What's a 'gooch'?

--
Frank Erskine

"Jb" wrote in message
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Stupidly I managed to damage my brand new bath, very slightly but very
noticeable. It's acrylic and I have chipped the finish coat with a small
gooch of about 4mmx2mm right in the middle of the bath floor. Can anyone
suggest the best way of repairing it?

Thanks

Home contents insurance?

Adam

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"Jb" wrote in message
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Stupidly I managed to damage my brand new bath, very slightly but very
noticeable. It's acrylic and I have chipped the finish coat with a small
gooch of about 4mmx2mm right in the middle of the bath floor. Can anyone
suggest the best way of repairing it?

Thanks

Home contents insurance?

Adam

Gooch. A local colloquialism for a small accident, ignore it.

I thought of insurance but they will probably want to fit a new bath and 1.
I don't want the hassle and 2 It's so small bath replacement seems
overkill.

I just wondered if anyone had any experience of the bath repair kits that
are available and if they are worth the £20 or so.

On Aug 11, 6:18 pm, "Jb" wrote:
Stupidly I managed to damage my brand new bath, very slightly but very
noticeable. It's acrylic and I have chipped the finish coat with a small
gooch of about 4mmx2mm right in the middle of the bath floor. Can anyone
suggest the best way of repairing it?

In the 1920's or early '30's one of the first large reflectors to be
built for a mountain observatory was also the largest in the world and
about the most difficult to produce -ever. It took years just to cool
the quartz it was cast from.

When it was being mounted, several years later, some clumsy oaf
dropped a lump hammer on it. It is still in use apparently.

(So is the telescope, taddaaah!)

On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 21:14:24 +0100, "Jb" wrote:


I just wondered if anyone had any experience of the bath repair kits that
are available and if they are worth the £20 or so.


I dropped, well slid, a tile onto an area of my new bath that had a
manufacturing fault. leaving a void and an egg-shell thin surface.

Rather than replace the bath, it was repaired by a company specialising
in such work and although if you know the exact spot, you can see a
very slight difference in shade, it would never be noticed by a visitor.

It wasn't cheap though, about £100 IIRC but well worth every penny in
the circumstances.

Andy

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On Aug 11, 6:18 pm, "Jb" wrote:
Stupidly I managed to damage my brand new bath, very slightly but very
noticeable. It's acrylic and I have chipped the finish coat with a small
gooch of about 4mmx2mm right in the middle of the bath floor. Can anyone
suggest the best way of repairing it?

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Thanks Andy, I'd be interested in the company name if you can remember it. I
have Googled for companies like that but all seem to specialise in enamel
and not acrylic.

Jb

On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:47:42 +0100, "Jb" wrote:


"Weatherlawyer" wrote in message
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On Aug 11, 6:18 pm, "Jb" wrote:
Stupidly I managed to damage my brand new bath, very slightly but very
noticeable. It's acrylic and I have chipped the finish coat with a small
gooch of about 4mmx2mm right in the middle of the bath floor. Can anyone
suggest the best way of repairing it?

Snipped

Thanks Andy, I'd be interested in the company name if you can remember it. I
have Googled for companies like that but all seem to specialise in enamel
and not acrylic.

Jb


Well the company *was* called Refurb UK but I have just tried their website
and it looks as if they are no longer trading. It was in 2000 ! :-{

I've just Googled for 'acrylic bath repair' and there seem to be several kits
on offer from Plumber's merchants but I have no experience of them.

Hope you find something suitable,
Andy