A dull or chipped tub in Cabot does not need a demolition crew. It needs one technician, one day and a sprayed finish that shines.
One number reaches the technician who would hold the gun. The figure comes on the call, not after a visit.
(866) 951-0558The voice on the line belongs to the trade, not to a switchboard reading a script. Two minutes of plain description are enough to price a standard tub.
To get a fresh bathroom without burning a huge hole in your wallet, refinishing your old heavy porcelain wash basin is the ultimate cheat code. You can score a sparkling tub that looks brand new for a fraction of full replacement costs right now. Requesting a free quote today helps you save thousands on your home renovation project.
Honestly, tore up tile and rusted out cast iron look super ugly when guests come over to visit your house. Nowadays, throwing out a massive heavy fixture means tearing up your walls, ruining perfectly good floor tiles, and hiring crazy expensive plumbers. Naturally, that whole chaotic mess turns into a massive headache real quick.
Actually, choosing to restore your fixture gives you a smooth shiny finish without all that insane dusty demolition. Plus, it saves you a ton of time. So, you get to keep your original sturdy tub while skipping the nightmare of home destruction.
Furthermore, older fixtures were just built way stronger than the cheap flimsy acrylic stuff they sell at big box stores today. Consequently, saving your original heavy tub keeps that solid thick quality intact for many more years of long warm soaks.
Besides, the actual process happens right inside your home in just a single afternoon! Therefore, you can get back to your normal daily routine without waiting weeks for contractors to finish wrecking your house.
Initially, the whole process starts with a super deep industrial clean to strip away years of gross soap scum and nasty mineral deposits. Then, special etching compounds create tiny microscopic grooves on the old hard surface. As a result, the fresh fresh chemical coatings stick like crazy without peeling off later on.
Afterward, any ugly cracks, deep chips, or rusty spots get filled in with high-grade synthetic resin materials. Subsequently, the entire surface gets sanded down until it feels completely smooth like glass under your fingers. Thus, nobody will ever guess there used to be a massive chip right where you sit down.
Next, a special super strong primer gets sprayed on using professional high-pressure air equipment. Consequently, this liquid bond locks onto the original porcelain substrate at a molecular level.
Finally, multiple thick layers of high-gloss liquid acrylic polymer topcoat get carefully applied over everything. Eventually, this strong liquid hardens into a super shiny non-porous shell that repels water stains effortlessly.
When you compare total home improvement numbers, the actual savings look pretty wild for any savvy house owner. Indeed, getting a local pro to redo your heavy wash basin costs a tiny fraction compared to ripping everything out to the wall studs.
| Service Choice | Average Cost Range | Time To Complete | Demolition Needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface Coating Restructuring | $350 - $650 | 4 to 6 hours | Zero demolition |
| Full Fixture Replacement | $2,500 - $6,000 | 3 to 7 days | Major wall and floor damage |
Clearly, keeping your hard earned money in your pocket makes a lot of sense these days. Additionally, skipping demolition keeps tons of heavy trash out of local landfills... which is pretty cool for the planet too!
Perhaps you are tired of looking at those embarrassing yellowish rust stains around your drain opening? Surprisingly, those stubborn spots happen when old cast iron gets exposed to air moisture over long periods. Fortunately, a fresh resin seal locks out wet moisture so rust cannot ever bite through again.
Likewise, scrubbed out porous surfaces that catch dirty grime become instantly history. Instead, the silky new glossy barrier lets dirt rinse right down the pipe without sticking to the sides.
Similarly, ugly outdated colors like 1970s avocado green or funky Pepto Bismol pink can disappear forever under a crisp bright white shield. On top of that, your entire dark washroom immediately feels twice as big and way brighter.
Moreover, slippery smooth bottoms that make you slide around get fixed up easily with custom non-slip safety textures added right into the coating. So, kids and older folks stay way safer while taking a quick morning shower.
Maybe you saw those cheap rolled-on epoxy bucket kits at the local store and thought about doing it yourself over the weekend? Honestly, those DIY store paint kits almost always end up peeling off in big gross sheets after just a few months of use.
Specifically, retail store coatings lack the industrial chemical strength that local liquid pro mixtures contain. Thus, moisture quickly creeps under that cheap paint layer and ruins all your hard weekend work.
Furthermore, laying down a perfectly smooth glass finish requires super specialized spray rig equipment that costs thousands of dollars. Therefore, using a cheap paint brush or cheap foam roller leaves ugly brush marks, dripping lines, and trapped air bubbles all over.
In addition, professional prep work involves using strong commercial acid compounds that require full respirator safety gear to handle right. So, hiring an experienced local field pro keeps your lungs safe and guarantees a job that actually lasts for a decade.
Now, living in a growing community of 26,176 people inside Lonoke County means homes here have all kinds of vintage fixtures needing love. Whether your property sits in famous local ZIP codes like 72023 or nearby streets, mineral-heavy hard water constantly wears down original porcelain finishes.
Additionally, with a local median household income sitting around $57,341, spending smart money on practical home repairs just makes total sense for realistic families. Indeed, upgrading your home interior helps maintain strong property values without wasting hard-earned savings.
Furthermore, local humidity during hot Southern summers can make poor DIY jobs crack and bubble extra fast. Because of that factor, professional liquid application with proper heat curing ensures your brand new shine withstands extreme seasonal weather changes without flaking.
Instantly, keeping your shiny new surface looking fantastic requires super simple everyday care habits. Specifically, you should ditch those harsh abrasive bleaching powders and scratchy scrub sponges completely.
Instead, using simple gentle dish soap or mild spray cleaners preserves that polished liquid luster effortlessly. As a result, you save tons of physical arm muscle energy while cleaning up on weekends.
On top of that, fixing a tiny leaky shower faucet prevents steady drops from wearing down the fresh shiny gloss near your drain. Consequently, a quick inexpensive washer fix keeps your refreshed soak tub looking pure and pristine.
Also, avoiding super harsh chemical drain openers keeps the tight resin seal strong and stable around metal plumbing parts. Naturally, using a simple plastic drain snake clears hair clogs safer without harsh acids hurting your polished surface.
Clearly, taking action right away saves you from dealing with an ugly, hard-to-clean washroom any longer. Additionally, getting an honest local quote costs absolutely nothing and carries zero annoying obligation on your part.
Simply pick up the phone to request your free detailed project estimate today! Soon, a friendly local pro will check out your fixture and help you plan the absolute best surface refresh for your budget.
Three quiet stages carry the whole result. They are also the ones nobody sees in the after photo.
Stage 1 of 3
A reglaze fails or lasts on what happens before the gun comes out. The old surface gets scrubbed of soap film and silicone, etched or primed so the new material has something to grip, then wet sanded until it feels like fine paper. Skip any of that and the prettiest coat in the world lets go within a year, which is exactly the story most peeling tubs tell us.
Stage 2 of 3
Chips, rust blooms and worn drain rings are ground back to sound material and rebuilt with polyester filler, then sanded flush until a fingertip cannot find the spot. Coating over damage only photographs well on day one; a repair you cannot feel is what keeps the finish honest for years.
Stage 3 of 3
The topcoat goes on in fine sprayed passes with an extractor pulling air out the window the whole time. Sprayed layers flow together into one even skin, which is why the result reads as gloss rather than as paint. Brushes and rollers leave the texture that gives cheap refinishing its reputation.
Three real ways out of a worn tub. We only do the first one, so the other two columns are simply what we would tell a friend.
| The question | Reglazing in place | Acrylic liner | Full replacement |
|---|---|---|---|
| What a standard tub costs | $350 to $800 | $1,600 to $4,000 | $3,000 to $10,000 once walls and plumbing join in |
| Bathroom out of action | One day, then the cure | Weeks of lead time, then a fitting day | One to two weeks of trades |
| Demolition involved | None at all | None, but the old tub is sealed inside | Walls opened, floor patched, debris hauled |
| Honest life expectancy | Five years and up when cared for | Long, unless water creeps between the shells | Decades |
| Watch out for | Prep shortcuts by cut-rate crews | A spongy feel and hidden moisture | The budget doubling mid-project |
If your tub is cracked through, actively leaking underneath, or you simply want a different fixture, reglazing is the wrong tool, a verdict you will hear on the very first call.
Pass 1
Soap scum, silicone and old wax stripped, then the surface etched or bonded so the coating can bite.
Pass 2
Every ding ground out, filled and sanded flush. The repairs disappear under the coating instead of through it.
Pass 3
Tile, faucet, floor and glass papered off. Overspray lands on masking paper, never on grout or chrome.
Pass 4
Primer, then gloss coats laid on in thin passes until the surface reads as one poured skin.
Pass 5
The finish hardens on its own clock, 24 to 48 hours. We tape the door and leave the tub in peace.
Pass 6
Old caulk goes out with the old finish. A new mildew-resistant bead seals tub to tile on the way out.
A reglazed tub is your old tub wearing a professional coating. That is a fine thing to be, as long as everyone knows it going in.
A sprayed acrylic urethane skin, bonded to prepared porcelain, steel or fiberglass. It is smooth, glossy, warm to the touch and fully waterproof. Done properly it gives five years and more of daily service, and plenty of our tubs sail well past that with nothing but gentle cleaning.
It is not factory enamel fired onto iron at kiln temperatures, and no honest refinisher will tell you otherwise. It can be scratched by grit, dulled by harsh powders and lifted by standing water in a spot where caulk has failed. It is a durable coating, not a new tub, and it is priced like one.
Two minutes
ZIP, what the tub is made of, what bothers you about it. Said out loud it goes faster than typing, and a photo can follow later if the case is odd.
The same call
The technician who would do the work asks his questions and names a firm figure for a standard job, then confirms it in writing before any van is booked.
You set the date
One van, one technician, drop cloths from the front door to the bathroom. Water off for nothing; only the tub is out of service.
Most of that day
Damage filled and sanded, the room masked, extractor running, then the primer and gloss coats go on in thin, even passes.
24 to 48 hours
The finish hardens untouched, the new caulk bead goes in, and you run the first bath knowing exactly what was done and what to expect of it.
| What we quote | Typical range | Reading the number |
|---|---|---|
| Standard bathtub, reglazed complete | $350 - $800 | Clean, etch, repairs, sprayed gloss and fresh caulk. |
| Chip or rust repair alone | $150 - $300 | When the finish is sound and only one wound needs closing. |
| Clawfoot tub, inside and out | $700 - $1,300 | Two surfaces, more masking, and paint-grade feet if you wish. |
| Shower pan or base | $300 - $550 | Same process on the floor you stand on every morning. |
| Caulk renewal with the job | $90 - $180 | Old bead cut out, mildew-resistant line laid in. |
| Small job minimum | around $250 | The van, the materials and the cure time exist even for tiny work. |
Heavy previous coatings that must be stripped, unusual colors and badly pitted iron push a job toward the top of its bracket. The written price reaches you before the van is even loaded, and it holds.
Ventilation is not a courtesy, it is part of the job. The extractor runs from the first solvent wipe to the last sprayed pass, pulling air out the window instead of through your hallway, and the technician wears supplied air even when the household has gone out for the day. By the evening the bathroom smells like a bathroom again.
The materials are the professional two-part systems made for this trade, mixed fresh on site, never the single-can kits sold next to the paint rollers. It is the difference between a finish that cures into a hard skin and one that stays soft enough to peel at the drain within a season, and it is most of the reason our work carries a written workmanship promise against peeling and loss of adhesion.
And the schedule respects the cure. We tell you in writing when the tub goes back into service, 24 hours for most jobs and 48 for the cautious ones, because handing a family a beautiful surface and letting them ruin it that same night helps nobody. If anything in our workmanship lets go early, the technician comes back and makes it right without a discussion about whose fault the water was.
Strong while spraying, gone surprisingly fast. The extractor vents the room to the outside for the whole job around Cabot, so the rest of the home stays livable, and by the next morning the odor has left with the fumes. Pregnant households and bird owners get the frank version of this talk before booking.
Between 24 and 48 hours after the final coat, and the exact time is written on the paperwork you keep. The first bath is not a gamble; it is a date.
Any color. The most common request is retiring an avocado, pink or almond tub to white, and the coating is tinted before it is sprayed, so the new color is in the material rather than painted over it.
Yes. The prep changes, the primer changes, the result reads the same. Fiberglass with soft, flexing spots gets extra reinforcement talk first, because coating a moving floor is how warranties die.
Now the old coating comes fully off, which is honest work we price plainly, and then the job proceeds as if the tub had never been touched. Peeling almost always means the first crew skipped the etch or sprayed over silicone, not that your tub rejects coatings.
Five years is the floor we are comfortable promising out loud, not the ceiling. With soft cleaners, no standing mats and caulk kept sound, these finishes routinely serve a decade. What we refuse to do is whisper twenty and hope you lose our number.
Zoom for the lay of the land; the link lists further down name every community the van reaches from here.
The technician who picks up when you call works these streets, so the ledger below is home turf rather than trivia.
Somewhere under that worn surface is the tub you chose. One day brings it back.
Call (866) 951-0558