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Re-enamelling old bath
Aug 11^th, 2009, 9:00am

Has anyone any experience of firms who offer this re-coating service?

I have a customer who wants to remodel their bathroom but keep their VERY old cast-iron bath that is like no other I've seen before outside of a museum!

A friend did her old roll-top a few years ago and whilst it looked reasonable for a while, it's now looking very sad after about five years. This customer wants a job done that will both look good and last.

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Re: Re-enamelling old bath
Reply #1 - Aug 11^th, 2009, 9:23am

I suspect there is a big difference between companies that come to you and use a cold process to resurface the bath and those where you have to take the bath to them and they shot blast off the old enamel and redo it using a furnace...

Google suggests..

http://www.uniqueenamellingservicesltd.co.uk/vitreous_enamel_baths.html

Possibly expensive but really exotic old baths can be worth a fortune.

PS: There is a note on one of their pages that says re-enamelling sometimes isn't totally flawless.

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Zambezi GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 58 For This Post: 0	Re: Re-enamelling old bath Reply #2 - Aug 11^th, 2009, 9:51am If it is the bath that I think it is then they will have take a section of the roof off and crane the bath out! My understanding of enamelling is that it is done in ovens and the cold methods are not as effective. I guess you may have to accept that you will have to have it redone every few years if you go for the cold method.
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Joiner Trade Member Offline Ask The Trades Posts: 2063 Total Thanks: 7 For This Post: 0 Bridgnorth, Shropshire England Trade: Joiner	Re: Re-enamelling old bath Reply #3 - Aug 11^th, 2009, 6:38pm Yes, Z, it is that one! It weighs about ten tons and will have to be done by the cold process, hence the question if anyone knew of a company that was good at it, otherwise I'd advise the customer to just paint it themselves, because there is no way I'd do it and give it any kind of guarantee.
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Zambezi GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 7 For This Post: 0	Re: Re-enamelling old bath Reply #4 - Aug 12^th, 2009, 8:52am I did see a bath repair kit at the plumbers merchant the other day. It was a 2 part filler to fill the hole and then a little can of spray paint to spray over the filler. Alternatively you could use 2 part car body filler and get a can of white enamel spray paint, it would probably cost the same as the little kit I saw.
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Joiner Trade Member Offline Ask The Trades Posts: 2063 Total Thanks: 7 For This Post: 0 Bridgnorth, Shropshire England Trade: Joiner	Re: Re-enamelling old bath Reply #5 - Aug 12^th, 2009, 9:12am Want the job?
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Zambezi GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 7 For This Post: 0	Re: Re-enamelling old bath Reply #6 - Aug 12^th, 2009, 10:46am Yes with - no returns, no come-backs and no guarantee.
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Joiner Trade Member Offline Ask The Trades Posts: 2063 Total Thanks: 7 For This Post: 0 Bridgnorth, Shropshire England Trade: Joiner	Re: Re-enamelling old bath Reply #7 - Aug 12^th, 2009, 6:32pm Hmm. Difficult one that!
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Cast Iron bath man GDPR opt-out Total Thanks: 7 For This Post: 0	Re: Re-enamelling old bath Reply #8 - Dec 8^th, 2009, 7:34pm Hi , I used a guy called steve baxter from leicester he uses a new type of coating from america he sprays it on I use him for my baths check out www.castironrolltopbath.co.uk to see the results
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supersparky Administrator Trade Member Author Offline Posts: 6097 Total Thanks: 3 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Electrician	Re: Re-enamelling old bath Reply #9 - Dec 8^th, 2009, 10:31pm If you want it out in one piece go to A lift and shift company - no matter what it weighs they will get it out and back in! but it will probrably cost more than the house!
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Re: Re-enamelling old bath
Reply #10 - Mar 31^st, 2011, 6:19pm

Hi!
Yes.We are a London based resurfacing company!

I personally resurfaced hundreds of old baths!in a past 10 years
so I can say I know something about resurfacing!

The method posted below is when you have to rip out the bath and take it to a workshop,(which alone can turn in to a nightmare as a cast iron bath can weight over 350lbs),
where they rebuild the vitreous enamel coat from scratch!
No doubt this is the best way to restore!but
Is cost nearly as a brand new around £2500!

We can offer you another solution which is going to take away your problem at least for a next 5 years!as we give you a 5 year written warranty!
We use a very high quality,durable,hard wearing enamel system!polished to a mirror shine!Leave the bath smooth,and easy to clean,just like new!
cost around £300

You can contact us here!

http://bathresurfacingspecialist.co.uk/

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