New Tub?

When we bought our house, the kitchen sink, the toilet, the bathroom sink and bathtub were all yellow. Not dirty yellow, just made that way. I guess yellow porcelain was popular some time ago. We don't particularly like the yellow and we have decided to change it.

We wanted a white tub, but we did not want the work of tearing out the old one. We decided to use a Rust-oleum tub and tile refinishing kit.

We cleaned the tub really well and then taped off the edges. The kit was enough for two and a half coats and it covered extremely well. The kit was a two part mixture of paint and epoxy. When I started brushing it on, it nearly glued the brush to the tub. There is no way that paint is coming off. I figure your could paint your car with this stuff.

This paint made so many fumes. We opened the bathroom window, turned on a fan, shut the door, and but a towel outside at the bottom of the door to block the fumes. We waited one hour between coats.

We needed to wait 72 hours before getting the tub wet. We applied the refinishing kit the night before we left for the weekend. Now when we get back home, the tub will be already to go.