Re-enamelling a cast iron bath
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It may be a few weeks before we can afford to look into this - it is a relatively low priority in our house move as I am sure you can appreciate, but would you be able to give me a ball-park figure? If you'd rather not do this on the forum please feel free to email me off-list (lordgribeau at the mail that is hot!). All the best
Dependent on the process regarding using. With the process we use we recommend 24 hrs and the finished bath is ready to use as normal. Enjoy.
Who wants to quote to re-surface my victorian boxed in bath? London E3 tYPICAL PROBLEM, ENAMEL PITTED IN BOTTOM OF BATH AND GONE AROUND THE PLUG HOLE....ooops, capitalised, sorry folks. Am tempted by King Tubby product, or yacht paint, but want a buffed up restoration, not brush strokes etc!
I'll be going to London around Easter to resurface my sisters bath and her friends bath (kinda busman's holiday:-)). If you can wait that long I'll be happy to do it - if not I'm sure you'll find an eager pair of overalls somewhere in this forum... Cheers Joe mob 07917 834 006
my coleague Stuart works in London "The Bathroom Surgery". give him a call on 07956 661 787. All the best, Ian
my coleague Stuart works in London "The Bathroom Surgery". give him a call on 07956 661 787. All the best, Ian Adverts Currently On Preloved - Place an ad here for free
You should budget around £200 to get it resurfaced , or about £800 all in if you want it actually re-enamelled in a kiln, in which case you'd need to send it off to one of the vitreous enamelling houses to get teh old enamel blasted off and new frit applied and fired in a kiln.
In answer to your question, you cannot actually have your bath re-enamelled in your home. To re-enamel a bath it has to be taken away and fired in a kiln at a very high temperature. You can have your bath resurfaced in your home. If you google bath resurfacing you will find various companies that can help you. Hope this helps.
Near the begining of the thread I think you mentioned using a combination of abrasive and resurfacing techniques, which sounded quite different to many of the spraying systems used by others. I appreciate you may have trade secrets to protect, but do you have a website describing what you do? As I am based in Bristol, I guess I'm too far away for your services. Is there anyone else nearby using similar methods? Please email me on [Log in to view email] Thanks so much to the pros for sharing their experience and giving their advice. Finally, to all the companies out there who are continuing to use this discussion forum to advertise your services and products, please stop or the moderator will have you! It is so obvious who you are when you read through this!!
I am re-building some vintage machinery, and want to get a better, more durable and professional looking paint finish on the metal parts that I am re-conditioning. I have read about a Valspar paint hardener that can be added to a variety of oil-based paints to harden the paint finish. I have searched on the Internet, and it seems this stuff is only available in the US. I am using QD90 metal paint, but the finish is a bit soft, even after a gentle 80 deg Celsius bake in the oven. I would like to experiment with a hardening additive to see what difference it makes to the finish. You mention a "car hardener" in your posting. What is this? Is it a paint additive, or the stuff that you mix with fibre-glass resin to harden it? Do you know of any "paint hardener" additive that can be added to oil-based paints for forming a hardened paint finish that is available in the UK? Any ideas welcomed. Coming up with blanks on this... Cheers, Rob
As far as I know, The Lab simply supplies materials to others in the resurfacing business. I know of one resurfacing contractor who used the material and had to come back and fix all the peeling problems after a few months - but i can't say whether this was down to the materials themselves or his surface preparation- though he did say when he changed back to his original supplier the problems stopped....
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