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Paint Your Bathtub!
by
Karrah @ Mrs Do It Herself
(IC: blogger)
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Paint a tub? Sounds crazy, right?
Well, I did it!
Well, I did it!
I used Rustoleum Tub and Tile to resurface the tub. It's a two part epoxy that you paint on the surface of the tub, but before you get to that part, there is a ton of prep work that you have to do.
Step 1: Fix any chips/cracks
Step 2: Follow the cleaning steps on the box...Exactly!
First, I went around all of the faucets, soap dish, outside walls, etc with a small foam brush. I decided to do the tile as well even though it was white already. I wanted the tub and the tile to be the exact same color. No need to worry about the grout around the tile, you just epoxy that too!
Here's how my tub looked after 1 coat. You can still see the Bondo peeking through. Honestly, I was a bit nervous here because it didn't really look good at all.
The 2nd coat really did wonders and if I didn't have that red Bondo underneath where I had to fix the chips, I would have been good here. I came back the next day and applied a 3rd coat with my 2nd box of the epoxy.
So, do you have a tub or tile that needs a face-lift?
Enjoyed the project?
Want more details about this and other DIY projects? Check out my blog post!
Published December 10th, 2015 8:00 AM
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Lisa hall on Mar 22, 2021
Well, I had a window like that at my old house. I replaced the frame which I put on top of the old one so it would stick out a little bit to get a 3D effect and then bought some mosaic tile that I put over the window. The tile was transparent so it allowed the sun to come through which displayed all the colors in the tiles.
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Kathiejean03 on Apr 28, 2021
I've used a marine apply before on my tub.. its been several years and its chipping around the drain. For a quick fix I spray painted it with Rustoleum gloss spray paint. I will need to breakup the part thats cracking and epoxy it.. now that I have the time. My question is can I ose the rustled spray paint over my shower tile.
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how many times did you paint the tile and tub
Can you use the kit on a fiberglass tub?
How long did this last? I painted our tub with this same paint and followed the directions exactly as stated and in about 2 weeks the paint peeled of in strips.