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Stripping Refinished Bathtub September 16, 2014 By Paul Burns

Stripping Refinished Tub: How To Tutorial On Removing Old Reglazing Coating On Your Bathtub.

Recently I got an email asking how to strip the coating off a tub that was peeling from beingness done incorrectly. Afterward responding, I thought there might be others who could use this data, and so here you lot go. Stripping refinished bathtub.

Stripping refinished bathtub coating.

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Whether you lot are trying to relieve some money, instead on paying a bathtub refinishing contractor to strip your refinished tub. Or your doing a DIY kit and need to remove the quondam tub coating get-go. I'll go over this step past step.

Be brash this is not something to be taken lightly. The chemicals used can burn down you lot and every year some knuckle head refinisher kills themselves by not using the proper safety gear, passes out, face up first into the tub and paint stripper.

Yes it will be a airtight casket with your melted confront not looking so pretty.

* Annotation Do not try and strip a fiberglass tub or environment, the commercial grade paint stripper will melt the gel coat or acrylic surfaces. If I need to strip one of these I utilise an orbital sander and using 80 grit to remove the bulk and then 180 to finish.

In that location are fiberglass acrylic safe strippers, but they can have 12 to 24 hours to work.

With that said, Here is a laundry list of supplies and instructions.

You'll demand a 3M disposable respirator they come in pocket-sized med and large $18 or and so.
Heart protection.
Roll of Duct tape.
xiii gallon trash bags.
half-dozen mill plastic.
Orange cleaner.
Zud or Ajax.
180 and 80 grit sandpaper.
Couple of scuff or scrub pads.
A long handled 4″ razor scraper for tough jobs.
A i″ razor scraper.
A 3″ brush or polypropylene toilet mop to spread the stripper.
half dozen″ taping knife to flake and collect the coating.
Heavy duty chemical gloves 8 mills thick or improve.
Heavy duty half dozen mill plastic to protect the floor.
At the minimun Box fan for ventilation.

Stripping refinished bathtub: First lets protect the surrounding area. This is especially important if yous have an acrylic wall surround or forest, vinyl flooring.

Remove any caulking effectually the perimeter of the tub and clean and dry out thoroughly so your tape will stick. Apply your Duct record to the perimeter and tape down some heavy plastic to the floor.

If you have wood, vinyl or acrylic products to protect, apply a second layer of tape and 2 rows high around the tub.

If you're stripping the stop off a clawfoot tub y'all'll want to get plastic all around and under the clawfoot.

Remove your overflow plate and stuff your bleed and overflow hole with some balled upwards paper towels to keep the mess out of your plumbing.

* NOTE: Before stripping a bathtub set up your box fan to blow fresh air into the room. Exercise Not effort to utilise paint stripper without using a respirator under whatsoever status.

Protecting the floors and wall.

Floors and walls protected with record and plastic.

Applying the paint stripper.

Cascade the paint stripper around the sides of the tub.

Stripping refinished bathtub: Using the brush or toilet cleaning mop, spread the paint stripper around the tub. It may take several hours for the stripping amanuensis to set on the coating to scrap off and in some cases only softens the coating plenty then it can be scrapped off with a razor blade. Never hurts to test a pocket-sized area to run across what you are up against.

When adding the stripping agent to the tub skirt exist mindful non to let the stripper go past your tape line or your shoes will get into the mess and non but track it through out your home, merely volition also damage wood flooring.

Spread the stripper agent.

Spread the stripping agent effectually the blanket to be removed.

Coating is now lifting from the surface.

Assuasive fifteen to thirty minutes for the chemicals to set on the coating.

Stripping refinished bathtub: Once the coating has bubbled and lifted apply the 6″ taping knife to remove the coating.

Fifty-fifty m you lot have gloves on stay out of the stripping agent and don't let the tools get the handles coated. Y'all'll just spread the stripper all over the place. Deed as if you lot don't take any gloves on.

Should you lot have a quality coating on your tub, information technology may not elevator, simply will soften enough to use the (Optional) iv″ long handled razor scrapper. And the 1″ razor scrapper in the turns and corners. You may demand to stop with the sandpaper in one case the stripping agent has been removed to completely remove the coating.

If the tub has been washed with multiple coatings, you may need to remove each coating separately and employ more paint stripper as needed.

When removing the blanket on the tubs outside brim, collect it quickly and driblet into the tubs lesser for drove later on you've finished. The vapors tin penetrate the plastic and damage stuff. Exist mindful not to get the toe of your shoes in this every bit well. I recommend you lot clean up the lifted blanket from the tub skirt and rail first, so as non to get your arm burnt while reaching over the tub to collect the material from the tubs bottom.

Removing the lifted coating.

Scraping the blanket to the tubs bottom,

Collect the stripper agent to one side of the tub.

Collect the removed coating to i side of the tub.

Stripping refinished bathtub: In one case you're happy you got the majority of the onetime tub coating removed and nerveless to one side.

Place a 2'x2′ slice of plastic on the tubs lesser on the other side and using the vi″ taping knife collect the mess and drop into the middle of the plastic. Pick upwardly the plastic at all iv corners and drop into a trash bag and double bag it.

This needs to exist removed from the home ASAP and dispose in the garbage. Information technology will dry out over several days and not be a problem.

Exercise Not set this down equally the vapors Volition penetrate and impairment what e'er you set it on. Just unpainted cement or ceramic tile volition be unaffected.

Collecting the stripper from the tub.

Collect and drop onto the plastic to remove from the tub.

Finnishing up with stripping the tub.

Using Orangish cleaner to remove any stripper slime left over. So utilize the Zud/Ajax to remove any tool marks from scrapping.

Stripping refinished bathtub: Rinse,make clean and dry the tub, should yous still have some remaining coating left on the surface, use the 80 grit sandpaper to complete the job.

Chemical stripping agents will burn you lot, should it come in contact with your peel. Should this happen rinse with water immediately.

Utilize nifty care in keeping the stripping amanuensis confined to the taped off area.

Competed strip refinished bathtub.

Remove the record & plastic. Rinse and finish the clean upwards.

Some addition Tips and Advise For Stripping Refinished Bathtub.

You lot may want to strip the outside tub skirt and tub rail kickoff. Clean up and then do the inside so you don't accidentally get your belly or arm touching the stripping agent when leaning over the tub.

Once again, If being done over or around acrylic surround, vinyl or wood floor you lot should double up on tape and plastic and don't allow the stripper to lay on the plastic for very long as the vapors can penetrate and melt the floor.

Pigment strippers come up in different grades. You'll want a polyurethane or epoxy paint stripper. The products at the dwelling house centers tend to be homeowner class. And may work just fine on a poorly done refinishing. These won't work on a quality job such equally trying to remove our coatings.

If you need a professional person form stripper, try going to a Sherwin Williams or whatever place that services painting contractors and tell them y'all're trying to strip off a 2 component epoxy or polyurethane coating. It volition probably be labeled as an Aircraft or Marine stripper you'll need at least 1/ii gallon to ane gallon. 1 gallon of professional grade will cost $32 to $36 or and then. Stripper is sold in quart or gallon sizes

Do be careful, this tin can be unsafe.
Provide skilful ventilation, large box fan to assist clear the air.
Don't get any stripper on you as it will give you lot a nasty chemical burn.
Do wear your respirator and eye protection, equally the Methyl Ethyl Chloride in the stripper Will knock you out and can be lethal.

Now you lot know why we charge $120 to $150 depending on the size of the tub, to provide this service. The materials, safe gear and 1 to 1 one/two hours of labor.

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Steve Drake November 19, 2014 at 02:03 pm. I wish I had know this before getting my tub done a few months ago. The contractor didn't strip and tub started peeling with in weeks. Now I know why. Paul what is the typical charge to accept the junk on my tub removed by stripping? I need to find a legit contractor in Kansas.