If you’ve refinished a bathtub or tile

[carmenere]

Specifically with Rust-Oleum Tub and Tile refinishing kit, can you tell me about it?

Our house has the original 1960’s bathtubs, which are looking pretty rough, and also some ugly 80’s wall tile in the guest bath. I’ve been seeing this Rust-Oleum kit all over Pinterest and the bloggers are obviously getting some type of compensation, so I’d love to hear other people’s experiences.

[isabel]

I'm intrigued by this. We have an ivory tub in our master and won't have the funds to replace it for several years. We are going to update the bathroom by replacing the floor, toilet, and vanity, but it would help a lot if we could change the color of the tub in the meantime.

[lucy]

We did it earlier this year and are very happy with the results.
We too had the original tub from the 50s and it showed a lot of wear. The plan was to change it out but decided last minute to give this a shot since it would save us quite a bit and if it didn't work then we were only out $25.
It can be a LOT of work, but it's not too hard, just time consuming. The tub doesn't look brand new, but it looks much better, especially when you change out the hardware.
My suggestion would be for you to read all the blogs and reviews and learn from their mistakes. That helped us a ton with the application and I felt like the results were pretty honest based on how ours turned out.

[lucy]

Jul 9, 2019 18:50:36 GMT -5 isabel said:

I'm intrigued by this. We have an ivory tub in our master and won't have the funds to replace it for several years. We are going to update the bathroom by replacing the floor, toilet, and vanity, but it would help a lot if we could change the color of the tub in the meantime.

Our tub was white and we painted over with white again, but Ive seen reviews that cover pink and black tiles and it still looks great so im sure beige to white would work just fine.

[jennysmitten]

I want to refinish our tub, but will pay a professional. I am alllll about DIY, but when a refinished tub goes wrong, it will go very wrong.

[gummybear]

I’m not sure if he used rustoleum but our contractor refinished a tub in one of our rentals using a off the rack product. He said the fumes were the worst he ever experienced and he was “not right” for days. We’ve also had tubs refinished professionally and it’s really not that much money and definitely less fuss.

[af1212]

I don’t know anything about that product bit we had our bathroom tub and wall tile reglazed and it looked amazing and was super affordable. I forget the exact price but a few hundred I think.

Our town is full of old bathrooms and most people reglaze the old bathrooms at some point. The style is beautiful and classic, but the tile just looks worn after a while. Reglazing it makes it look like new again.

[circa1978]

We had our circa 1981 bathroom (pink!) reglazed when we first moved in. The floor held up for 3+ years, even though you aren't even supposed to do the floor. The bathtub started to peel right at three years but it's DS's primary bathroom, and he had bathtoys and other stuff knocking into it. So, for a short term fix or for a bathroom where the shower is rarely used, it's great.

[mmmomof2]

We paid someone to reglaze and it turned out well. I would not DIY, but I'm not handy. DH is handy, but he still paid someone.

[lightbulbsun]

I did it on my tub and tile surround, and it turned out ok. It's chipping a little around the drain, but I think that was user error on my part. Also, I was trying to cover a pretty dark blue tub and tile, so if you look closely you can see parts showing through. I did three coats. For me, it's meant as a semi-temporary fix until we can gut our bathroom, probably in five years or so, so it doesn't really bother me that it's not 100% perfect.

Tips:
- clean really, really well before you start
- get a good respirator, that stuff really stinks
- use the brushes and rollers they recommend. I skimped on the first layer and the roller I used started dissolving.

[lessel]

We just reglazed a tub and it was $295. We had to add another $120 to strip some kind of terrible DIY job by the previous owner. It was a super-stinky process (even though they ventilated well), but the bathtub looks brand new and has a flawless finish.

[exploding people]

Jul 10, 2019 10:13:32 GMT -5 lessel said:

We just reglazed a tub and it was $295. We had to add another $120 to strip some kind of terrible DIY job by the previous owner. It was a super-stinky process (even though they ventilated well), but the bathtub looks brand new and has a flawless finish.

Did you use someone local to you, or a nationwide company? Asking because our tub also has a terrible DIY refinish that's peeling, and the quote I got (from a nationwide franchise) to re-do it was way higher than that and I'm very interested in finding someone affordable!

[lessel]

Jul 10, 2019 12:15:31 GMT -5 exploding people said:

Jul 10, 2019 10:13:32 GMT -5 lessel said:

We just reglazed a tub and it was $295. We had to add another $120 to strip some kind of terrible DIY job by the previous owner. It was a super-stinky process (even though they ventilated well), but the bathtub looks brand new and has a flawless finish.

Did you use someone local to you, or a nationwide company? Asking because our tub also has a terrible DIY refinish that's peeling, and the quote I got (from a nationwide franchise) to re-do it was way higher than that and I'm very interested in finding someone affordable!

We used Unique Refinishers on a friend's rec. Looks like they're at least in Atlanta and Detroit areas. Not sure about beyond that.