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April 20, 2009 8:57 AM   Subscribe

Troubleshooting a weekend bathroom remodel: sealing a freshly painted tub and removing stains from said paint.

Let me start off by saying I did research refinishing our tub and saw in most mefi posts that it was best left to a professional. We are renting this place, and weren't willing to spend the $300+ for a professional to come out and do it (especially considering that they won't guarantee their work to be any more durable than if we did it ourselves). So, this weekend we dove in and refinished it ourselves.

1.) The tub was just painted yesterday, and now needs a nice thick coat (or many many coats) of a waterproof sealer of sorts to prevent chipping and protect our beautiful paint job. After a lot of googling, I found an industrial strength epoxy primer/sealer and high traffic clear coat for submersible applications. We're willing to let this cure for 3-4 months if needed and will apply as many coats as needed. In your opinion, is this a safe and durable solution? If so, how many coats should we apply of each. If not, might you have another recommendation?

2.) We foolishly spray painted the tub (rather than using a brush). The valuable lesson we learned this weekend: when spray painting, fine particles of paint travel long distances and stick to everything! We spent more time cleaning up spray paint "dust" from the walls, ceilings, and counters than anything else. We used lacquer to clean up our faux marble countertops and it worked really well except in a few spots. It's almost as if the lacquer sealed it into the coutertop and now nothing will remove it. Your thoughts on how to remedy this?
posted by siclik to Home & Garden (2 answers total) 2 users marked this as a favorite
 
Can't help you on the epoxy/primer/sealer issue. However on your faux marble.. can you sand the spots out? You can do this on solid surface countertops...
posted by sarajane at 10:26 AM on April 20, 2009


Response by poster: We can give that a shot - can't look much worse! We did try steel wool on it yesterday and it didn't make a difference, but then again we were hesitant to rub too hard before we tried other solutions.
posted by siclik at 10:29 AM on April 20, 2009


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