If you suddenly see chips or cracks on your enamel bath, this is not a reason to get upset and throw away an expensive thing. If the amount of damage is small, then you can easily restore the product yourself. A special bath paint (enamel) is suitable for this.
Bathtub Enamel is a special paint that is used to restore a wide variety of sanitary ware coatings by enamelling. This bath paint is a good money saver because it allows you to restore bathrooms by restoring the appearance of sanitary ware, changing color or even improving it. Mixtures of pigments with fillers and a solution of a synthetic substance, after drying, form a hard opaque film, which can have a different texture.
As you know, a bathtub can be used for 5-10 years, and if you treat it carefully, then much more. Enamel for the restoration of bathtubs gives the product factory characteristics. And when the service life is over, you can reapply the paint. There are also enamels that provide a varnish coating (asworkflow addition).
Ether resins are part of bath paint or enamel. They provide the coating with water resistance, stability and durability. Your bath will become resistant to detergents, retain color, shine, durability of the coating.
How to make an old thing new?
Bath paint or enamel is a significant cost savings. If you're buying a new bathtub, that's a big expense, but you still have to pay for the installation. And if you buy a jar of enamel, it will be much cheaper, and your bathtub will turn from an old one into a new one. And it's not that hard to do it yourself. Let's go through the restoration process step by step.
Updating the enamel surface of the bath includes three steps:
- the surface is carefully prepared, cleaned of dirt;
- a primer layer is applied to the old surface of the product;
– you need to wait until the primer dries, and then apply a new layer of enamel.
Each bath paint contains instructions that describe in detail the enameling process. The substance should be applied with a natural hair brush or use a foam or fabric roller. Choose the tool that will be most convenient for you to work.
A new coating, just like a factory one, needs careful maintenance. Do not wash the bath with substances that contain abrasives (Komet, Pemolux, etc.). Also avoid soaking laundry in the bath with bleach, which candamage the enamel.
There is also heat-resistant enamel, which can be used in the piping system of water or steam heating. The top coat of this paint has increased durability and heat resistance, it is easy to wash and clean. And, for example, alkyd enamel does not turn yellow over time. In addition, it has excellent elasticity and adhesion.
As you can see, it is much easier and cheaper to restore an old bath than to buy a new one. Enamel paint will help you with this. You don’t have to contact the master, you can do all the painting work yourself.
