Professional Bath Resurfacing

 

Is your bath worn, scratched, stained, and difficult to clean or simply outdated because of its colour?

Or are you a homeowner planning to renovate your bathroom and choose to leave the existing bath in situ because of its solid structure or simply just to save costs?

Professional bath resurfacing by Advanced Resurfacing will restore the bath to a quality showroom finish, and in so doing, uplift the appearance of the rest of the bathroom.

All types of bathtubs can be resurfaced without removal.

These can either be porcelain coated cast iron, vitreous enamel coated steel baths, acrylic fibreglass baths and spa baths.

Bath resurfacing usually takes around 4 hours to complete.

A new drain of either chrome or gold can also be installed in most cases, with no disruption to your existing plumbing, giving your bath the total look of being brand new.

The method used to prepare the bath differs for acrylic baths, but the basic steps are similar. The following shows the steps taken by Advanced Resurfacing to resurface traditional built-in porcelain coated cast iron bathtubs or vitreous enamel steel baths.

 

  • Grind out any chips, rust or cracks.
  • Thoroughly clean the bathtub surface to remove silicone, soap scum and any other contaminates from the surface.
  • A specialised acid based etch is applied which will leave the surface looking dull. This is one of the most important  factors to gain superior adhesion for the following steps and for long term use.
  • Apply heat to fully dry the surface.
  • Suitable filler for the surface is applied to all of the previously ground out chips etc. and sanded to the contours of the surface.
  • Masking of areas around bath, along with protecting all other areas of the bathroom from any overspray.
  • The primer (undercoat) system is then sprayed on. This provides maximum adhesion of both a chemical and mechanical bond between the original surface and the following top coats.
  • The top coats are then sprayed on. The coating system does not need to be dry in between each coat but sufficient time is given between to allow solvents to evaporate. This procedure allows for a greater thickness of the new surface to be applied leading to a longer lasting surface.
  • Clear away all masking and rubbish.

Before

After