DIY Bath resurfacing

Well, has anyone attempted this? The most advertised product is called "Tubby" it comes with everything you need and costs just over £50!!! :yess:
My bath badly needs resurfacing, it is the cast iron type and quite old, ordinarily I would get someone in to do this but I am hoping to sell the house next year and I am pretty sure that any new owners would put in a new bathroom suite so I just need to make it look decent for as small a cost as possible. I am very 'handy' around the house so I'm sure the actual doing of it won't prove to be a problem I would just like to know how good the finished bath will look!! Attached film shows you how!!!

http://youtu.be/GzGiW97iKeo

Val

 

Google is your friend.

summary:

Most sites say unless you spend hours cleaning it, and then clean it some more, its not worth it.
Assuming you do clean it, then clean it some more and use the stuff, strong cleaner lifts it off. (read that too)

New bath £65

 

When I saw "bath resurfacing" I thought of this:

 

When I said I was handy round the house I'm afraid that didn't include plumbing!! What would I do with my present bath?

Val

 

1) Put it in the bin

2) Put it in the garden make it into a "natural pond" (It has been done more than once)

3) Put it outside with a note "free bath" (we do that here a lot, nothing stays for more than 2 days)

 

Thank you so much for all the suggestions but I don't think I would be able to get it down the stairs!!:o

Val

 

Hit it with a hammer.

No, i am not joking as its cast iron it will break if you hit it hard enough. That's one of the problems with cast iron, its brittle.
(That's brittle from an engineering POV)

 

I just wonder if it could be resprayed white using car paint. You would have to prepare the surface using wet or dry sandpaper. One under coat and probably 2 overcoats. The large 500ml cans can be bought cheaper from a motor factor. You would have to mask the tiles etc using newspaper and masking tape. Practice with the u/c and keep your arm moving.

 

no, you can't use car paint.

 

And there is this
.gleempaint.com/tough-as-tile-brush.html

http://www add this at the front

 

Yes, that's the same sort of thing as Tubby!!

Val

 

Why bother reason 1.

Some many years ago, a mate bought a house from a builder, it was immaculate and so was the garden. His reasoning being that nothing would need doing to it for many years, thus saving time and money. Well the day came when he and his new missus moved in........... and I remember him saying to me something along the lines of ... " I'll never understand women, she wants it all changed!!! "


Why bother reason 2.

A few years ago the house next door was sold and as soon as the keys were handed over, the back half of the house was demolished, including the new £10,000 improvements the previous owner had made to the bathroom and kitchen!!

 

Why make life difficult? You can put in the www yourself? it is allowed.

You could then make it into a Click me

But as you like difficult, I wonder are you being difficult, because that link is to an AMERICAN website, or did you just not realise?