Can I Repaint My Bathtub
Tips for painting a bathtub.
Can i repaint my bathtub. You can click here to purchase this product on amazon. When prepping for paint use painter s tape to protect the tile at tub level and any fixtures around the bathtub that you could not remove in step 1. For professional results spray paint finish onto bathtub using an air compressor. Before painting your porcelain bathtub you need to clean the tub with alcohol to remove any caked on debris and soap film.
My personal experience in painting a bathtub with epoxy paint when my wife and i bought our latest home it came with hideous avocado green fixtures throughout the house. Don t forget to scrub the exterior of the tub too you re going to be painting the entire thing so it all needs to be cleaned. A limitation to refinishing a second time is that the underlying coat of refinishing material is not the best surface for adhering a new coat of finish. Before you spend time and money tearing out that old tired looking bathtub consider painting it.
You can dump out the bleach water mixture and fill that same bucket with clean water if you want to. Wear a mask and use gloves while painting. Bathtub refinishing is essentially painting the tub although is it painting that is done with a highly specialized coating. If large chips are present on the tub s surface clean the chip with alcohol dry the area then apply an epoxy resin to the chip.
Follow up the alcohol cleaning by washing the tub with soap and water then dry the tub. Refinishing your bathtub is not very difficult but selecting the right kind of paint is crucial. Wait 15 20 minutes before applying another coat. If you purchased two part epoxy mix it now.
The bathtub paint is a lot thinner than most. While i changed out the kitchen sink and toilets i did not want the expense or work of replacing a bathtub and instead decided to try painting it. It s a two part epoxy paint that you mix together in the one quart container no additional container needed just use the part b container. We found that a paint brush gave us the most control and didn t drip like the paint roller did.
Your bathtub can of course be painted again. You can also use a paintbrush to do the job. On average a bathtub liner can cost anywhere between 1 500 4 000. Rinse the tub out with fresh water after you ve cleaned it.
You can use either a paint roller paint brush or paint sprayer for painting a bathtub.