How do I refinish my bathtub?

Question

Our bathtub is starting to crack (the paint/seal) and I was wondering if it was possible to repaint the bathtub and keep the water from leaking underneath the paint.

Answer 1

I've redone more then several tubs in time. Go to Home Depot. They have a kit for $35.00 it contains everything you need for one tub.
If your tub has holes in it, you'll need to get a fiberglass repair kit also, about ten to fifteen dollars, and sandpaper. If you have a palm sander, good for you. It helps to have some power tools and know how to use them, saves a lot of work and time but, not really necessary.

Follow directions and be careful, take your time, don't rush it. Good luck.

Answer 2

You can refinish the tub as many have told you. You can either have it done by someone or you can buy kits at a hardware store. Rustoleum Tub and Tile Refinishing kits works really well and looks beautiful when it's done but is a pain to work with and really stinks (as most of them do because they are typically epoxy). Read the directions carefully and follow them closely, make sure the kit is for a bathtub, kits just for fiberglass generally don't work well on bathtubs. Also know that typically with these kits once you're done you can't use the tub for at least 3 days while it dries. So, make sure you can afford to not use the tub for that long.

Answer 3

Yeah,you can. There is this a special kind of glaze that you can repaint the tub with. I'm not sure what it is called. just go to Home Depot or Lowes and they will tell you what you need. You can also have it don,but I'm sure that will cost allot.

Answer 4

You can redo it yourself but you do need a specific epoxy paint (and I'm assuming your tub is a ceramic finish not fibreglass).
The product we have in our store is Klenk's and the rep for the company that I have talked with about this says it turns out really nice if you follow the instructions and don't rush doing the job.
One of the main things he has passed on to me was to tell customers that when they are doing the recoating to do it with a brush and in small strokes, do not go back over where you have applied it to smooth it out (as it is self leveling).
Here are a couple of links for you because the packaging seems to be different depending on if you are in Canada or the US (I'm not sure of availability elsewhere) - but at lease you can see what it looks like.

http://www.klenks.com/klenkspages/tubtile.html

http://www.homedepot.ca/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CatalogSearchResultView?D=1&langId=-15&Dx=mode+matchall&Ntk=level1&catNav=3&storeId=10051&Ntx=mode+matchall&N=118564&Nty=1

Answer 5

Hi,
I had the same problem in a few apartments that I lived in. The only way to solve it correctly is to have a professional reglazer come in and resurface and refinish the tub. For more information please see the link below.

http://www.bathtubdoctor.com/

Answer 6

repaint it.