Over time, our beautiful enameled bath loses its color and attractiveness. It cracks, turns yellow, and the enamel becomes loose. You are naturally displeased by this kind. But note that if the bath is still whole and durable, then it can be completely restored at home. Well, now in more detail about how to restore your bath with your own hands.
To date, there are two methods of such restorations of baths. In this case, it is not required to dismantle it from the bathroom. The first method is to cover the bathtub bowl with new enamel. Acrylic liner installation is the second method. Let’s look at them.
Now specialized shops and markets are stuffed with all sorts of utensils for the restoration of baths at home. They offer us wear -resistant compositions, and even whole sets of both domestic and foreign manufacturers.
And now about how to restore and paint the cast -iron old bath with your own hands correctly. The work consists of just several stages.
First of all, it is necessary to remove the old coating. Take your time, I need to do the work more accurate, otherwise the new applied enamel will not last long. How to remove old coating? And use the usual cleaning powder for this. We fall asleep into the bath and with the help of sandpaper or abrasive stone, clean the bottom and walls of the old bath. Of course, things will go faster if you use a grinding machine with an abrasive nozzle.
After this operation, my bath is to wash off the powder and the remnants of the enamel. If pieces of old enamel still remained on the inner surface of the bathtub, we repeat the process. If some areas are not amenable to friction at all – treat with acid. Only in extreme cases!
We complete our preparatory stage by thoroughly washing the old bath. Then we degrease it and fill it for a quarter of an hour with hot water. After this time we drain the water and wipe the bathtub dry. The result should be a smooth matte surface.
We need a two -component enamel for the restoration of our old cast -iron bath. Follow the exact instructions for mixing it with a hardener. Follow the proportions. Special compounds in aerosol packaging are also sold, which are already ready for use. It is much more convenient to use it, and most importantly it is easier. But experts use can paint. It is believed that she is more durable.
It is necessary to disconnect our old cast -iron bath before proceeding with the application of a new enamel coating. The primer is usually sold with a set for restoration of baths. Apply soil with a roller, fabric tampon or brush. Wait for it to dry. After that, apply the first enamel layer. Make sure that there are no outsiders of small objects on the walls of the bath: hair, subtexts, traces from a brush and bubbles. Layers can be either two or all four. Before each next layer, wait until your paint in the bathroom dries. The whole process of painting your old bath will take about four hours. Apply a solvent to the last layer of enamel to achieve a flat and glossy surface of your restored bath. All coating dries for about a day. Use your renewed new enamel of the bathroom no earlier than five to seven days after.
You will have to spend about a thousand rubles to transform your old cast -iron bath. Hiring specialists, you will spend another – two thousand rubles.
A less problematic way to restore the cast -iron enameled bath is the following. We install a new acrylic liner in the old bathtub bowl. The principle is simple: like two trays in a pile. And it will not be necessary to do the same time -consuming operations that we did in the first case: removal of the old enamel, primer, painting. It is just that all sizes of the bathroom must measure: the length, height and width, as well as choose an acrylic liner for yourself. Liners are usually made to standard dimensions of bathtubs. But you can order its specific shape and color.
To install an acrylic liner, you will need to repel all the corner elements of the decor and the tile to free the bathtubs. Then it is necessary to change the drain and overflow to the inside of the liner. After such fitting, a sealant is applied to the liner and the bath and pressed denser. Then fill the bath with warm water and left for a couple of hours. Drain. After a day you can use the bathroom.
Bottom line: new bath, just in the old frame. The thickness of the acrylic liner is no more than six millimeters, the size of the bath will not decrease too much. Acrylic liners have been serving for more than fifteen years, with care. The cost of an acrylic liner is 2 – 3 thousand rubles. For this work, experts will require plus the same amount of money.
The method of restoration of the old bath does not matter, it will cost you much cheaper than buying and replacing a new. Especially if the owners themselves do all the work.