How to change a fibre glass shower floor
by
Julie
+2
The original fibre glass shower floor looked dirty - no matter what cleaner I tried. I finally gave up and tried spray painting the floor using spray paint supposedly good for plastic and fibre glass, but as you can imagine, that didn't last. What other options beside replacing the whole thing do I have? There are shower doors attached to the top of the pan and tile on 3 sides. Any suggestions would be helpful!
Related Discussions
Suggested Project Book
BIU ☺
I have the same issue . Except my whole stall is dingy fiber glass. Any ideas?
I would get rid of the doors as when fiberglass ages it begins to yellow. Hang an expandable rod, and put a shower liner and curtain up.
How to remove.... http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/how-to-replace-shower-doors-with-a-shower-curtain-apartment-therapy-tutorials-184663
how to remove paint from fiberglass.... https://cleaning.tips.net/T007461_Removing_Paint_from_Fiberglass.html
Cleaning grime off tub... http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/2287457/found-what-works-on-fiberglass-showers-and-tubs
Keeping clean, use hard wax like car carnuba wax, just make sure you have a slip mat on the bottom.
I use bleach and soak it cause she hey do stain. There is paint you can get at hardware store to cover it. I used some on old cast iron tub. I tried spray first but looked bad so then got brush on. Looked pretty good
Sometimes you can't get it "clean looking" no matter what you use because it's not really dirty it's discolored. My tub and surround was terrible. I had it professionally re-surfaced about 10 years ago. It's held up really well and still looks like new. It cost me about $400. But now there are do-it-yourself kits that you can buy at Walmart, Lowe's, and Home Depot. I'm not sure I would use one of those on an entire tub and surround but I think it would be very doable on the shower floor. It's not a paint. It's an epoxy so it will be more durable than paint.