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Restoring the Vintage Bathtub with Synthetic Porcelain
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" And so we have our vintage. Plumbing fixtures unit that tubs and toilets et cetera and you're restoring them what's the first step. First step is cleaning the night cleaning finding all the damaged areas in this another damaged is closely linked to cleaning though isn't it correct correct over the years that hard cleaners abrasive people -- her heart is -- attention possibly end. -- OK and what. What you use a separate proprietary product that. Professions professionally -- definitely -- but homeowners generally she used that the softer scrubbing absolutely absolutely -- did the finished the last. Years OK so can he get some business out with with the scrub Richard bliss was discovered on this yes -- the time. It will eventually cleaning and less so in here for a little bit you know life out and it will be clean and this watch. You -- is -- in the center here."
" I felt nice clean area that we just -- German air and just keep working at dinner know what I'm restraint let's here and here we go. No progress smoothly back."
" He Danny let this sit here and so for about five minutes report by its first. All right let's have pretty impressive job of cleaning it out. But what about actually putting in -- finish on. Good -- and refinishing that's masking office area and putting this top coat. And and it's and we actually -- around some pencils and radio nor has to go to that. Now the pedestal I just notice it's covered up the Patriot Act illustrate that no we are not. I want I would like it just be just the top -- OK -- done to prepare this word for the spray -- that's -- and we drama about the drain holes because they're very rusted over. You mean many hits this win re creating that -- meters so you've filled that in with the left. A filler just this thing at least a minute plastic doesn't absorb water -- it. Senate down as radio."
" Bella Costa that you know -- to remodel this thing because the door like this about 175 dollars okay and this one. Do you know that -- eighty bucks for this one and so what you -- Hamachi in charge London's -- prisoner being brought me you know don't know you can't beat that okay. All right in the the actual material. Is that going to pot zero vinyl isn't a proprietary. Isn't that it porcelain OK -- statement -- to radio we are ready go and -- Spread -- out who these several light coat and he's got all these protective stuff beef. It is nontoxic belief news often news. -- for us right now here."
" Now how many coats do you have to fly to me. -- minute and -- of the -- thoughtful things -- different continents. And it you have to wait in between meet code for the last about fifteen planet commentators. I'm one hour before we thought unfinished pop. Immediately full effect. And then after that Holland you have to wait before you can set it up again and start using it -- the -- So anyway you look at it takes one man about a half a day to prep one of these and refinish it. Correct converted monarchy thinks -- up."
" Right now the battle that requires the well moral more spring and so forth from the woman we'll visit cost side has come about 300 dollars -- I'll tell you that's quite a city if you will and -- about Texas ranking of the top everything that's probably a couple of thousand bucks. And this assurance that we retain one more piece of the fabric of the original house is after all what we're trying to do here. Involved restoring and preserving. Well nick that's going to make -- really really find bathroom. Thanks a lot figured I don't game."
