There has been a lot of ask lately in the tub refinishing industry in respect to cost, there is a lot of competition which forces the refinishing industry to lower their costs in order to compete. You will see many advertisements stating a very low cost, sometimes as low as 0.00 and stating it will only take a integrate of hours. What is happening is they are sacrificing potential assistance with lower prices!
Let me start with this, it takes at least 1-2 hours for a potential primer to set before applying the top coat! any less than that and there is a possibility of delayed cure and possible failure of finish. potential primer is critical to the success of the quit and many companies are sacrificing the epoxy or poyurthane primer for a lower potential shellac based fast drying primer to move things along. This will unquestionably work on the longevity of the quit as these products are not designed for wet conditions. Some companies will skip this step altogether for the sake of enchanting along to other job! exact quit failure! So, there is minimum 1-2 hours for priming.
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Lets talk about preparation, this is probably the most time enchanting and crucial part of the reglazing process and there are a amount of things to do before any material is sprayed on.
Caulking needs to be scraped off and sanded at intersections to ensure unblemished removal. Caulking is a contaminant and will cause the quit to fail - 20 minutes to possibly 1 hour The tub needs to be cleaned with Ajax to remove soap scum - 20 minutes The tub needs to be acid etched - 30 minutes Surrounding areas need to be covered to safe from over spray - 30 minutes to possibly 1 hour The tub needs to be solvent wiped to remove oils from hands while the foregoing processes The tub needs to be dusted with a tack cloth - 5 minutes
These six processes alone characterize a possible time frame of 3 hours. What are we up to now? possibly 5 hours! Cleaning the tool in in the middle of spraying and when concluded - 30 minutes, paper pulling - 10 minutes, caulking - 10 minutes (but only after the quit has dried to the touch - 30 minutes up to 1 hour and sometimes even the next day!) What are we up to now? lets round off this example to 2 hours, that's a total of 7 hours so far.
Now, some jobs may not be as labor oppressive and this time estimation is just an example of the possibility. You can give or take an hour or so depending on the contact of the finisher but the bottom line is this, it takes more than a integrate of hours to do the deed and whatever telling you so is lying. You can rely on the good part of a day to reglaze a tub.
Lets get to cost. potential products cost money and any refinisher should get paid what he is worth (at least - an hour). A typical tub reglaze will cost almost in materials (primer, urethane, plastic, paper, tape, respirator elements and so on...) If a tub takes 7 hours @ /hour = 0, materials = 0. We are not factoring in traveling costs cause we assume the refinisher is eating that cost. We are not factoring in the possibility of stripping an existing finish! So, a typical tub reglaze should cost in the middle of 0 and 0. As the old saying goes "You get what you pay for" especially in this business!
Bathtub Reglazing Cost
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