Re-enamelling a cast iron bath
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This old chestnut keeps cropping up in discussions about baths . Many Companies deliberately mislead potential customers that they will Re-enamel their bath . 99 % will not . 99 % will RESURFACE their bath . Resurfaced with a coating . Frequently an excellent coating ....but it is NOT Re-enammeling in the traditional sense . Some even use phrasology like "baking the surface " to suggest that it is being put in a furness whereas it is in fact just being placed under infra red lamps for a few hours to accelerate the cure time . Simply put . Dont be confused by advertising terms like Re-Enamelling , its actually applying a coating to the old enamel . My advice to you is dont accept ANYTHING less than 5 years warranty . Why should you . Andy
Im probably just a ranting maniac . Why ?
Give the bath a deep clean to remove all bodily oils, soap scum, limescale etc. Repair any chips. Mask the surrounding area. Unlike Andy who, I think, uses an acid etch to provide a key to the old surface we use a chemical bonding agent. (Technology is great isnt it). We then use 2 or 3 coats of primer followed by 2 or 3 top coats. This next step is what a lot of others dont do. We then leave the bath to cure overnight and return the next morning. Being a wet surface dust will settle overnight and we give it a light sand and then apply a cutting agent which is polished in with a buffer. We then finish off with a finishing agent which again is buffed in and provides a seal to the refinished surface and provides a good deep shine. The area is then cleaned up and we go get some Coffee. At the end of the day, no matter how much advice and information others give you it is you who has to feel comfortable with the company you get in. If you dont get the right feeling about them then dont use them. I would love to come and give you a quote but I think 250 miles is a bit out of my area :-) .Good Hunting.
Perhaps you could clarify the length of the warranty that your product carries. ? My apologies for also missing out one of the vital components in the contents of your kit in an earlier response to someone . I missed out A paintbrush . If there were any other ommisions please let us all know . Andy
As to longevity, 10 years for less than £50 quid is not bad going. 5 years a doddle by the tens of thousands.Cheers
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you would best be advised to look under bath resurfacing in your local yellow pages. You could of course contact anyone participating in this forum. I am sure that your private business would not be discussed in any way. Cheers
If however it has been resurfaced before then it will need stripping back to the original surface. This will take longer and may cost more. As TubbyUK said just look in the Yellow pages or on Yell.co.uk and look for Bath Resurfacing in your area. Looking back through the posts will give you an idea of things to look out for when deciding which company to choose if you dont want to Do It Yourself...
Because we are not in control of the preparation and application, we cannot issue the same Guarantee for the DIY. All customers have statutary rights in the event that the material itself proves to be faulty. This is perfectly normal procedure with regard to the sale of this type of product. Apart from calling yourself a Maniac and bringing up a disturbing comparison between our network and the organisation you mentioned, it is you, my friend, who has not answered the question. You are obviously not linked by Franchise agreement to a larger more established organisation, with research and development programs and who train their Technicians to a high standard. I would assume that this is what Gary had to go through to get where he is and that he is by agreement, obliged to uphold the standard that his Franchisor, not to mention his customers, expect. I assume also that the other firm that you have been discussing have, over many years established a standard that they have kept up. This has all been to give the customer some sense of security that each Franchisee is maintaining a standard and that there is someone to whom they can turn if this does not prove to be the case. So Gary, go for it my son!! There are always going to be people who want to "do it themselves". Likewise there are those who will want your service. You just keep up the standard that your Franchisor set for you and you will be OK. Being a Franchisee is big time reassuring. Cheers
Thats right, you are not in control of the preparation or the application so you cannot give any warranty other than if the product itself is faulty . Although how any customer would determine wether it was faulty or down to their own inexperience is a bit of a grey area isnt it.? How would one go about finding out ? Just for your information , i was also trained in the states and was the technical manager for a franchise , the largest resurfacing franchise in the world . But thats not really the point is it . I think its great that people want to do it for themselves . Except that you might want to supply them with exactly the same preparation materiels that your proffesional technicians use , to give the coating a reasonable chance of staying put . Cheap and cheerful is fine as long as the customer knows this from the start. I hope you didnt think i was comparing you to a terrorist organisation , just that being active in 50 countries is no guarantee of quality , which is what this discussion is about . This will be my final comment on this forum . What has been said is enough for anyone to make up their own mind . Andy
Could anybody advise a way of finding a value for this. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
Unless your bath is of a free standing rolltop Victorian style, there is not a market I am afraid. Your best bet is to approach a reclamation yard. Sadly, too many people are pursuaded to replace these baths with the light construction enamelled steel or acrylic ones. These are great for the builder to tuck under his arm to run up stairs. There endeth the one and only good feature, the rest ends in tears. Have a great day
I'll give it a try. I wouldn't even know what a roll top is to be honest.
The choice of how you get your bath resurfaced is up to you. You could opt to do it yourself using a good diy kit, or look in your local yellow pages under bath resurfacing. This will give you a choice of several firms offering the service. You will just have to ring them all up and ask all the questions you like. How they carry out the work, length of guarantee, will they be prepared to read their guarantee out to you over the phone and confirm that you will be presented with that one on paper if and when you have the bath done.How long have they been in business,hopefully substantially longer than their guarantee. Dont be embarrassed to ask anything you like. If it concerns you, ask away. Dont deal with anyone who wont or cant answer your questions. Cheers
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