best way to re paint/spray my bath

curlyboy

evening all

I got a classic old white bath ( not the plastic crap )

but the enamel is pealing off..I dont want to get a new bath to much hassell.


Any one recommend how to go about restoring it please, recommend any good paint or techniques

many thanks

nickj_2

one of my customers has just had her bath re-enamelled and it looks great , the bloke who did it took about 3/4 of a day to do it , don't know how much he charged tho , looked very good
he lived in north london if you live near ,

muckybutt

In our first house I repainted our cast iron bath with a tubby diy kit http://www.tubbyuk.com/reviews.htm was still there when we left, looked great

shegirl

You could either hire someone to do it or buy a re-enamelling kit.You can find them online and it'll need prep work- sanding etc,before painting the enamel on.

Personally,I'd go for paying someone to do it but I have no idea how much they charge.If you need to save the pennies on it search online for the kits.Ask for quotes first though so you can compare the costs of having it done for you or doing it yourself

gibson123

I did this with my enamel bath, and it looked great for about 6 months and then it started flaking and looked awful, two years later i needed a new bath, as restorers ask for a lot more to restore a bath that has been previously restored, I would suggest you get it done professionally and get a guaranantee.

keystone

100% get it professionally done. There are specialists who only do this sort of work. Probably cost you around the £ 200 mark plus the dreaded but worth every penny.

Cheers

cyclonebri1

gibson123 wrote: »

I did this with my enamel bath, and it looked great for about 6 months and then it started flaking and looked awful, two years later i needed a new bath, as restorers ask for a lot more to restore a bath that has been previously restored, I would suggest you get it done professionally and get a guaranantee.

Yes that's the feedback I've heard too.
Echo the above, get it done professionally, may cost a few bob, but surely should have some form of warranty, or at least if it doesn't look as promised you don't pay.;)

27col

I find it mildly amusing that the OP calls plastic baths crappy(not my experience at all), and then proceeds to describe their seriously faulty enamelled metal bath.

southcoastrgi

i'm not sure if things have improved but back in the day, we had a sub contract council contract & they used to re-enamel them but because it had to be left un-used for a wk & people wouldn't do that we ended up replacing them within the yr, but as i say the stuff they use may have improved since then

cyclonebri1

27col wrote: »

I find it mildly amusing that the OP calls plastic baths crappy(not my experience at all), and then proceeds to describe their seriously faulty enamelled metal bath.

You have a valid point, but the OP does seem to want to save the "solid" bath. I get that, but along with you don't have an issue with modern poly baths.

Flash back 10 years or even more nall the manfs were going head to head, 3mm baths were the min, some offered 5, some 8 and some even 10mm.
Today I think 5mm with fibreglass reinforcement is the norm. The thicker the bath the less definition that can be achieved.
I stand to be corrected as normal but if correctly fitted to my standard, KS, they will not flex, :D

keystone

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

I stand to be corrected as normal but if correctly fitted to my standard, KS, they will not flex, :D

Going off topic but yes not to appreciable affect anyway. but your standard is waaayy overengineered anyway for precious little actual benefit (in my 'umble of course).

Cheers