How To Refinish A Clawfoot Tub

If the outside of the tub has been painted use a paintbrush to apply a thick coat of paint stripper to the surface.

How to refinish a clawfoot tub. The after picture looks a million times better and looks almost modern in the all white bathroom. While wearing a dual cartridge respirator brush a. You are also going to need the following materials that will help you refinish your clawfoot tub. Loosen and disconnect water supply lines and.

The first thing you are going to have to do is remove the old tub. Pliers that have a channel lock. For reglazing a tub a respirator mask is required. But it was a pretty sad existence as evidenced by the bathroom literally falling apart around it.

Our tub came with the old faucet drain and overflow still attached. My tub doesn. Home depot has a dlead paint. How to reglaze a clawfoot tub step 1.

Sand the exterior of the tub. We ve gotten a lot of questions about how we ve rescued the clawfoot tub at our beach house so let s just dive right into what worked and what didn t and how we nursed this baby back to life. The tub existed in the house when we bought it last october saturday will be our 1 year house iversary. The next step of.

For custom clawfoot tub refinishing for inside outside and smoothing the casting texture at our shop contact us for a quote. Our most popular elite plan 647 00 clawfoot bathtub refinishing w transferable guarantee. I assume refinishing a tub involves strong chemicals so i d prefer not to do it myself. That flaking paint based on the date of your tub can be well guaranteed as lead based paint.

Thank you for the pictures of a before and after refinishing of a clawfoot bathtub. Get 2 full years of peace of mind on workmanship and adhesion completed in 4 to 5. Do your research safety first. Remove any old plumbing fixtures.

Yes this is what that bathroom looked like when. Once the stripper has softened the paint scrape off the paint and stripper using a 3 inch wide putty knife. However in your post i am concerned with the date of your tub and the method you guys chose to remove the flaking paint. Begin by shutting off both hot and cold water supplies image 1.

Place drop cloths around the tub making sure to completely cover anything needing extra. For anyone considering a refinishing project especially on those built before 1978. With the tub moved to a suitable work space the stripping. Putty made for plumbers.

How to refinish an old clawfoot tub. Hey there traci i m enjoying your claw foot tub refinishing.