4″ mini roller and roller refills (at least 2 rollers per coat).painter’s tape – get a wide size (1.5″ – 2″).400 grit sandpaper (I used 8 sheets for 3 coats).Rust-oleum Tub & Tile Bathtub Refinishing 2-Part Kit (I needed 3).So, I went to my local Ace Hardware, got a cheap 4″ roller and asked for roller covers that would work with an epoxy paint. Unfortunately, the roller and roller covers I ordered did not work together. I was lazy and ordered most of the bathtub refinishing supplies from Amazon (links are included below if you’d like to be lazy too). The Rust-oleum bathtub refinishing kit covered the yellow fiberglass, and it’s actually very white, as you can see in the picture at the bottom of the post. That’s just the reflection from the yellow floor. Please note: in these pictures, the front of the tub looks like it has a yellow tinge. Here’s the view from the hall (ignore the floor & yellow toilet): (I’ve seen articles where people got great results with just one coat, so I guess it depends on the base color you are covering and the tub material.)īut it was worth it. It was pretty obvious that I needed to sand those bits off and add a third coat.
I should have swapped the roller cover earlier. There were a few places that looked like they needed an additional coat, and after the paint dried, I realized I had little bits of the roller cover embedded in the finish. It almost became an “I Love Lucy” skit, but with lots of swearing. I had more trouble with the second coat of the bathtub refinishing kit, but it was 100% user error. The wall will be painted and the floor replaced, so I wasn’t too concerned about making a mess, but definitely needed a wider size of painter’s tape. I couldn’t get all the faucet parts off they are relatively new and I didn’t want to scratch them, so I just taped them up really well. I followed the prep directions to a ‘T’ (scroll down to the bottom of the post for some tips) and applied the first coat. The kit consists of two cans of paint – the base and the activator, and you mix them together inside the larger can, then just paint it on. I found one kit was just enough to paint one coat on the entire tub and surround. The instructions on the box are fairly straightforward: you basically clean, then sand, and then paint. Homax, Aquafinish, and Bathworks are just a few, but I chose the Rust-oleum Tub & Tile Refinishing Kit. There are several DIY bathtub refinishing kit choices. The one piece tub and shower unit is actually in remarkable shape with no scratches, cracks, or chips, and it’s in good structural condition. (Check out My 1970’s Bathroom Remodel – Before for the whole experience.) But, before we get into the nitty gritty, here’s what we were dealing with: a Harvest Gold fiberglass tub and surround straight out of 1977. Today, I wanted to share what I learned from completing this DIY bathtub refinishing project. What? You can’t paint a tub! Oh, yes you can, and I just completed this DIY bathtub refinishing project. Instead of a complete demo, we decided to try to paint the bathtub. After changing directions with the bathroom remodel, it was finally time to do something about the tub. Excellent order processing and shipping systems where speed and the processing and shipping of your order is performed 95 % of the time on the same day you order.We’ve been remodeling our 1970’s era Harvest Gold bathroom for the last few weeks.
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