Bath Resurfacing is the main service we deliver. We also repair chipped or damaged sanitary ware as well as resurface full bathroom suites.
Bath Resurfacing is a procedure of re-coating the existing enamel of your bath. A new surface is put over the existing surface in order to handle worn enamel, staining, rough enamel, chipped enamel or an unwanted existing colour.
We can resurface baths and basins in our workshop. Mostly we come to your home. We do not remove the bath or disturb the existing plumbing or tiling in the bathroom. We resurface the bath in situ. The job is done in a day.
When we resurface a bath we mask the whole bathroom. We take care to protect all of the fixtures and fitting. If you are planning to repaint or wall paper your bathroom we would suggest you do this after we have resurfaced the bath. Big jobs such as re-plastering or tiling should be done before we come to resurface your bath or bathroom suite.
Bath resurfacing ideally would be done in a dust free booth to prevent tiny particles of dust from landing on the bath while it is still curing. But that is impractical when done in your home. One of the things we have done to overcome this is develop The famous Rolls Royce system. When we do the Rolls Royce treatment we apply the materials slightly thicker than normal. Once we have resurfaced the bath we then heat dry the bath so it is fully cured on the day! Then we sand and polish the new surface on the bath. This helps us provide an extremely smooth and shiny finish. Your bath is ready to use again within a few hours.
The idea behind Bath Resurfacing is that it is a service which restores your bath with the minimum of fuss and disruption. Older baths are often a more desirable quality or size. The quality of the finish on your bath after we resurface it is second to none. Compared to ripping out your existing bath, putting in a new one and then making good the plumbing and tiling, it is a very cost effective solution.
The main problems people voice when they contact us about having their bath resurfaced is that:
Their bath always looks dirty and is very hard to clean.
The bath looks kind of grey and dull
The bath feels rough in areas or the enamel has gotten rough on the base of the bath
The bath has been chipped right back to the cast iron and is looking bad
There are bad stains and lime-scale
They can get the bath clean with a lot of elbow grease, but it very quickly looks dirty again
All of the above problems, apart from the chipping, are actually caused by the same thing: the existing enamel on the bath is getting worn and becoming rough, allowing dirt to settle into it.
Usually this only really happens to the area of enamel that gets covered in water whenever someone has a bath. Over time the areas that get covered by water becomes rough and worn. Some baths have an area that has constant puddling where it doesn’t drain properly. This area can get very worn and sometimes damaged by limescale.
Over time you can get a “tide-line” around the bath. Above that line the enamel is smooth, glossy and easy-to-clean. Below it the enamel is a bit rougher, stains can form and be hard to shift, dirt settles into the enamel which means the bath can look dirty all the time and the bath has lost its shine.
Bath Resurfacing handles these problems by coating over the existing, worn enamel. The new coating can be any colour you want. But the main feature in relation to the problems mentioned above is that the new surface will be smooth, so dirt can’t stick to it. It is going to be very easy-to-clean, and once cleaned it will look clean, glossy and shiny.
Original Victorian cast-iron baths tend to be more desirable and more luxurious than a modern day plastic bath. With use they do tend to get quite worn. We sometimes even get baths that have been left outside for 20 years or so. Once restored however they do look fantastic and provide the finishing touch to any elegant bathroom.
The original surface an old bath or of an original old Victorian cast iron bath is not completely smooth and flat. It undulates & can have markedly raised areas & valleys. Also the bath can have hundreds of pin holes. These are areas where during the enamelling process many tiny bubbles or holes have formed. These were formed in the manufacturing of the bath & are really all part of the character and of what makes an old bath special and unique.
Modern baths tend to be very smooth and flat.
When an older bath is resurfaced a lot of these defects become noticeable for the first time in years.
All that has happened is that the original surface was probably very matt & did not reflect any light whatsoever. So the defects could not be seen as although it was not smooth and flat the bath surface looked like it was due to the matt finish.
When the bath is resurfaced the bath ends up with a deep, high gloss finish which is very reflective. So any undulations can now be seen and the pin holes will also be visible.
Although these undulations are now visible, there is no reason to be concerned. This is just part of what makes an old bath unique. It does not affect the longevity of the resurfaced bath in any way.
If the bath has a lot of pin holes the technician will do his utmost to fill them before we resurface the bath. Too much filling can lead to problems with adhesion so sometimes it is not possible to get rid of all the pin holes. Also occasionally there are pin holes on the side of the bath. The technician will normally leave these as they are a natural feature of the bath and if visible generally they are only visible once you sit in the bath.
The system we use to resurface baths has been tried and tested over 30 years. We do not cut corners on the materials we use or on our preparation work. The products are tough and durable and the best that can be used for the job. Most companies will do 2 or 3 baths a day. We do your bath that day. We take the time to prepare the job and as far as we know we are also the only health and safety compliant company.
We believe we have one of the fastest curing times currently available. You can use your bath again within a few hours of us finishing resurfacing it. As we heat dry the bath it is dry to the touch when we leave but we suggest leaving the bath until the next evening before use.
If you are interested in having your bath re-surfaced or just have a question about it, please call us on 07967 333 030 or use one of the “Quick Quote” boxes to send us a question.
Renubath can resurface your bath or bathroom suite to ANY colour. We have offices in London, Bath, Hemel Hemstead, Brighton, East Grinstead and are able to help get your bath resurfaced from almost anywhere in the UK.
