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Cynicalgirl
Citizen
Username: Cynicalgirl
Post Number: 414
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 12:57 pm: |     |
Weird question. We need to live with the fixtures and color schemes in our bathrooms. Only prob is that the inside of tub's shiny surface is way dull, and easily gets grubby. Don't want to replace. Can these reglazing people just put some sort of clear shiny stuff on? |
bobk
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Username: Bobk
Post Number: 4686
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 1:18 pm: | |
There are a number of companies that reglaze fixtures. One mentioned here in the past is Mr. Ugly (serious). These finishes should buy you a few extra years of use. |
court07040
Citizen
Username: Court07040
Post Number: 43
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 1:20 pm: | |
They'll reglaze the whole tub and it will look like new again (at least for 5-7 years when the glaze starts to chip off). There are a bunch of companies in the yellow pages that will do this for about 250 - 300 bucks |
Cynicalgirl
Citizen
Username: Cynicalgirl
Post Number: 415
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 1:37 pm: | |
Hey, this sounds good. There are no chips in the pinky tan-ness of the surface -- just dull, dull, dull. This sounds like a good solution until we can afford to redo the whole bathroom...
bobk, were people pretty happy with Mr. Ugly do you know?? |
doublea
Citizen
Username: Doublea
Post Number: 464
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 1:54 pm: | |
cynicalgirl - Slight drift. If you were looking to replace your shower door in another thread because of soap scum, try lemon oil (the kind used for furniture). Works like a charm to remove soap scum and it's also good for polishing any chrome in the bathroom. |
bobk
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Username: Bobk
Post Number: 4688
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 2:01 pm: | |
I haven't used them or had this type of work done. My recollection is that people seemed pleased with their work.
Check the archieves, although I have to admit I never can find anything there myself.  |
Cynicalgirl
Citizen
Username: Cynicalgirl
Post Number: 418
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 - 7:54 pm: | |
Hey, thanks, doublea. A fella privatelined me on the door, and then I got thinkin' about the surface of the tub. No, we don't have a current shower door but that's a good thought on the lemon oil.
Doing some things ourselves, saving our shekels for the rest. I look at jobs in $500 increments! Tub glazing, less than $500. Shower door, more. Floor with tile, $1,000-$1,500.
Other questions I posted got me great answers (stair railing, concrete) which we're obliged to follow up on quickly for insurance reasons. The way I figure it, in about 5 years the house will be in a better place -- in $500 increments. |
redY67
Citizen
Username: Redy67
Post Number: 235
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - 7:03 am: | |
cynicalgirl-- We got our tub reglazed a couple of years ago and it made a huge difference. It looks brand new. I can't remember the name of the people that did it, but we got the name out of the News Record. They charged us about $350.00. It dried in 24hours and we were good to go. |
bak
Citizen
Username: Bak
Post Number: 427
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - 10:30 am: | |
A huge recommendation for Mr. Ugly--$300 for our tub and still looks like new (8/2002).
Here's the site: http://www.mruglytub.com/home/ |
macman
Citizen
Username: Macman
Post Number: 57
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 19, 2004 - 10:48 pm: | |
I also recommend Mr. Ugly. They made my very worn navy blue tub into a beautiful shining white tub. That was 3 years ago and it still looks great. Best $300 I spent. They will also color your ceramic tile walls. |
El Duderino
Citizen
Username: El_duderino
Post Number: 1
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 20, 2004 - 10:14 am: | |
Reglazing can be a dicey proposition. Sounds here like people had a good experience, but I know of others, myself included, who had to get it redone three or four times inside a year. The paint chips and cracks very easily. Plus the process of reglazing is messy and remarkably smelly.
The best solution I found was a Bathfitter. It's an acrylic liner that is molded to fit your tub. It costs a tad more but is a permanent installation. Guaranteed with reglazing that you'll have to revisit the procedure every 3-4 years. |
emmie
Citizen
Username: Emmie
Post Number: 252
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Friday, February 20, 2004 - 12:29 pm: | |
Okay, I am going to have to weigh in here. I had my tub reglazed by Mr. Ugly last Nov. and it is already chipping, peeling and losing it's sheen. It takes almost the whole day to do it and yes, it is a messy, smelly process. It looked great for a few months then the trouble started. I followed the cleaning intructions using only "Scrubby Bubbles" and no abrasives.
El, when you had them come back and reglaze did they charge you again? I have been going to call them but have been putting off the hassle. One time I spoke to Mr. Ugly himself on the phone about my bathroom sink and he was rather abrasive, no pun intened. |
jrbell
Citizen
Username: Jrbell
Post Number: 51
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Friday, February 20, 2004 - 2:20 pm: | |
I'm also interested in reglazing (not in love with harvest gold) so I called Mr. Ugly. They now charge $325 for a tub and $7 per sq. ft for tile walls. They charge $8 per sq ft for shower stalls. If you are going to have the walls done, they need you to remove your toilet in advance so they can get to the wall behind it.
They said they guarantee their work for 5 years, so if you have had a problem, I'd call them and see if they stand behind their work. Would like to hear what their response is. |
El Duderino
Citizen
Username: El_duderino
Post Number: 5
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Friday, February 20, 2004 - 2:34 pm: | |
emmie-- We had it done in our apt. in Brooklyn and they were very good about coming back, although it got tiresome that they had to come back at all.
I was told that the bathroom didn't have proper vents so the paint couldn't dry just right.
I really couldn't be happier with the Bathfitter. It was $800 compared to $300, but a long-term solution and a piece-of-cake installation. We also had our walls done in the same acrylic as the tub. Basically, they installed an acrylic wall that looks like tile over the existing tiled wall. It was done on all three sides of the tub. The three-sides wall came as one piece, so no caulking was necessary in the joints. Plus, no more mildew in the grout (no more grout!) and it completely covered the old, bad tile. |
peteglider
Citizen
Username: Peteglider
Post Number: 476
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Friday, February 20, 2004 - 2:55 pm: | |
A co-worker of mine has had his tub & shower redone by that company that puts an acrylic liner over your existing tub or tile ("Re-Bath" 800 690 1176). Took less than a day, looks great! (I've seen this done at hotels, too) Pete |
macman
Citizen
Username: Macman
Post Number: 59
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 20, 2004 - 7:36 pm: | |
WOW, I guess I was lucky. As posted above, I have no complaints about Mr. Ugly. It was not an all day process, it was actually 3 hours. It was not messy and not smelly. The put a fan in the bathroom window, and there was really no smell that I recall. Tub is still shiny and looks great. Sorry to hear others had a different experience. I would do it again in a minute. I love my castiron tub and was never very fond of the acrylic or vinyl replacements. I will consider myself lucky. |
Morrisa da Silva
Citizen
Username: Mod
Post Number: 25
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, February 22, 2004 - 10:51 am: | |
I Too had a not great experience with Mr. Ugly. Had it done about 4 years ago but had nothing but problems from the start. The original workman allowed some sort of dirt or metal shavings to be imbedded into the glaze around the drain area. I called Mr. Ugly himself and he was not very nice at all. He sent a new fellow to come and fix it but his fix was to sand a small area and then overspray it. It was not perfectly smooth and within 18 months began to chip. Also an area on the outside of the tub began to peel and chip as well. I didn't bother to call back to Mr. Ugly at that point. It just wasn't worth the aggravation. |
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