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[Patricia W]

We're doing our bathroom up and I wondered if anyone on here had ever used a renewing service for an enamel bath, instead of buying a new bath?

 

I don't mean the full re-enamelling ( which is VERY expensive ad you have to send it away) but getting a company to re-do the enamel with the bath in situ?

 

The bath is probably about 50 years old, but it has lost the shine of new enamel. However, is basically fine. It's a special size to fit this house and apparently this size is not easy to source.

 

So, trying to be green as well, I have found a company that will do it. But, they don't do it until the rest of the bathroom is finished. Now if it doesn't work, it'll be an enormous task to take it out after all. So, has anyone got any advice?

 

( Mods, move this if it's in the wrong section)

 

Tricia

[Mercedes55]

When we moved into our current home about 12yrs ago one of the first things we got rid of was the hideous Avocado loo and basin. The bath however was cast iron so we wanted to keep it as we know how expensive cast iron baths are. We had some guy come to the house to do the bath and we had it redone in white enamel. I can't recall what we paid for it, but the guy was here quite some time and he used some kind of infra red things all over the bath. I do recall the smell being horrendous too.

 

I'm glad we had it done, although I don't think it will ever look the same as a brand new white bath and everytime someone bashes the chrome plug it chips the white enamel off and you can see the darker colour underneath. It's also been kind of 'pimply' instead of smooth, but that could just be the way this guy worked. I can take a picture of it if you like

[Patricia W]

Mercedes - that is really helpful if you could take a picture? So was it Avocado when you started? Ours is white so maybe it would work. And do you remember the name of the company? I've come across one called Renubath.. that seems to be the main one.

 

I knew someone would know - is there anything this forum DOESN'T know about????

 

Tricia

[Mercedes55]

Hi Tricia, I have PM'd you some pics. Yes the bath was Avocado to start with, so quite a colour change. It was so long ago we can't remember who did the job, but we are sure it was just someone we found in the Yellow Pages who worked on his own locally.

 

I would imagine a company who did this all the time would probably be more expensive but they might also do a better job too

[Patricia W]

Thanks!

[chickweed]

We had our old white cast iron bath re-enamelled in situ about 6 years ago. It was done by a local firm and cost about £200.

There was some rusting around the plug hole which was ground out and filled with something prior to the re-enamelling. We were warned that this rust would probably reappear in time and it did after about three years. However it is only a small amount which I hardly notice.

We were also advised to have a plastic or rubber plug, not metal, to avoid chipping. There are a couple of chips caused by dropping things in the bath but they don't look too bad. Any bath surface would probably show damage.

 

Overall, I have been really pleased with the job, the bath is still brilliant white and shiny and I love it.

[Patricia W]

Thanks so much. I think our bath i s steel so rust is not a problem. One last quesion- when was it done? We're being told it's the last thing that should be done when you refurb the bathroom - after the tiling etc. Is that how it worked for you?

 

Tricia

[Mercedes55]

I guess it would make sense to make it one of the last jobs just in case you do another job and drop something into the bath and chip it. I think with ours we had already replaced the loo and basin before we had the bath done. However we did the tiling afterwards and didn't do any damage

[Janty]

We had our bah re-enamelled about three years ago. The man enamelled it before the work was finished as we were told that the enamelling process could be quite messy. We have had a few chips since but that has been due to our carelessness.

[chickweed]

I would advise leaving the bath till last. We didn't do a major revamp of our bathroom. I regrouted the tiles after the bath was done and dropped a screw driver in the bath! It managed to fall through a small gap in the blankets I had spread out in the bath. The company repaired the damage at no exra charge. This tiny area of damage is the only blemish in an otherwise fantastic finish

[Aunty e]

http://www.diamondgleam.co.uk/about_us.html

 

 

We booked these people - pricey but absolutely worth it. Bath looks amazing and we've not managed to damage it yet.

[Patricia W]

I saw their website - amazing! Good to know it's all true. I knew Omleteers would have the answer.

 

Tricia

[PurpleTree]

My parents had theirs done a while ago, it was sky blue, and they went to white. It looks fab. I think it was a local guy who did it. He did advise my mum to clean it only with washing up liquid rather than any harsh cleaners, so it didn't get scratched.