If you suddenly saw 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. For this, a special bath paint (enamel) is suitable.
Enamel for bathtubs is a special paint that is used to restore a wide variety of coatings of plumbing units by enameling. Such a paint for a bath is a good cost savings, because it allows you to restore the bathrooms, restoring the appearance of plumbing, changing color or even improving it. Mixtures of pigments with fillers and a solution of a synthetic substance after drying form a solid opaque film, which may have a different texture.
As you know, the bath can be operated 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 life is over, you can re-apply the paint. There is also enamel, providing varnish coating (as an addition to the process).
The composition of the paint for the bath or enamel includes ethereal resins. They provide the coating with water resistance, stability and durability. Your bath will become resistant to detergents, preserve color, luster, durability of the coating.
How to make an old thing new?
Paint for a bath or enamel is a significant cost savings. If you buy a new bath, this is already a considerable cost, but you still have to pay for the installation. And if you buy a can of enamel, then it will be much cheaper, and your bathtub will turn from old to new. And to do it yourself is not so difficult. Let's look at the restoration process in stages.
Updating the enameled surface of the bath includes three stages:
- the surface is carefully prepared, cleaned of dirt;
- the 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 an instruction that describes the enameling process in detail. The substance should be applied with a brush made of natural hair or use a roller made of foam rubber or fabric. Choose a tool that will be most convenient for you to work with.
For the new coating, as well as for the factory one, careful care is needed. Do not wash the bath with substances that contain abrasives ("Comets", "Pemolux", etc.). Also, do not allow laundry to soak in the bathtub using bleach that can damage the enamel.
There is also heat-resistant enamel, which can be used in the piping system of water or steam heating. The finish coating of this paint has increased resistance and heat resistance, it is easy to wash and clean. And, for example, alkyd enamel does not turn yellow over time. In addition, she has excellent elasticity and adhesive ability.
As you can see, it’s much easier and cheaper to restore an old bath than to buy a new one. Enameled paint will help you with this. You do not have to contact the master, you can do all the painting work yourself.