Re-enamelling a cast iron bath
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Where are you? I seem to be getting more bad comments than good on the product.
I am in Brentwood and distribute around the UK but as a resufacing business cover London Essex and Herts. With regard to the product I personally do not like anything that uses these bonding clothes or adhesion promoters. When I used The Lab product I did an acid etch as well as the bonding cloth just to be safe. If you are having no problems at the moment why change?
I've been looking for an e-mail you sent me but can't find it. Thought I'd try and get in touch this way. It was back last autumn. Things got a bit delayed so now I'm ready for you to look at the bath to see if you think it's suitable to be resurfaced. Be great if you could get in contact. Bathlover of Torquay.
Thanks
Can you recommend a resurfacing firm in S.Wales, Gwent area which uses Thermoglaze. Thanks
If you read back through the thread you will find several glowing references for Thermoglaze and no negative feedback (please note: I have no vested interest here since they are in an entirely different part of the country). Hope this helps...
I've been reading the bath resurfacting forum as am about to book for my own cast iron bath to be resurfaced. One company in my local area (Gloucestershire) has the name Yorkshire in the name and just wanted to check if the one you had problems with had a similar title. Thanks, Jenny
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Previously we had the same bath professionally resurfaced in-situ, which was significantly cheaper and gave us probably 2 years of good wear. This was a really useful stop gap when we were saving up to have the whole bathroom done, but the depth of sheen was never the same as the new enamel and obviously it was a temporary fix only.
If your bath only lasted two years and did not have good lustre or sheen i would suggest that your refinisher was of a poor standard. If a true professional was to have undertaken your bath such as myself you would have got a 5 year guarantee and you would have had a shine that would have made you wear a pair of sunglasses every time you entered the bathroom. Plus it would have been a fraction of the cost of enamelling and would not have still been at the bottom of your stairs.
Anyone know of a well trusted re-surfacing outfit in the West Mids/Birmingham? I have just bought a Victorian roll-top from a reclamation yard. It has no chips and very little rust but the enamel is a tad discoloured. I have cleaned it with Cif, left it stand in Bio detergent and have tried cleaning it with a power hose. Using the later I was able to blast away the more yellowed patches and thought this was the way forward. I could almost write my name using the hose with a very narrow jet. However, after it had dried, the new much whiter patches are clearly rougher than the previous yellowed patches. Have I taken off the top layer of enamel? Is this akin to basically sanding it prior to re-surfacing? Any thoughts and shared wisdom gratefully received Domski
sounds like you have indeed roughened up the surface to an ideal state for resurfacing (as in prepping for spraying on a two-pack surface). If the bath is as good as you say with no chips, and no porosity(like pinholes) on the bottom, nor excessive thinning of enamel (in usual areas such as bottom or under taps) it may well be possible to polish or reglaze it, which is preferable to resurfacing it. If the enamel has excessively thinned you will see a black hue showing through the enamel. If the enamel is all white but just rough then it will propably be polishable, otherwise you need to get it sprayed.
When you say polishing, this would presaumbly entail borrowing/hiring a hand held industrial polisher but what chemical would you recommend?
When you say polishing, this would presaumbly entail borrowing/hiring a hand held industrial polisher but what chemical would you recommend?
Cheers Plug
If the bath is as you described it is called an apron bath (when the front pannel part is all rolled into the bath) . regards scott
Its never been coated before, what methodology do you employ to recoat? I am located near Didcot. Regards Plug
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