A dull or chipped tub in Prosit 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.
Maybe you look at your stained, yellowed washbasin setup every single morning and feel a tiny piece of your soul wither away.
Fortunately, you do not have to spend thousands of dollars on a messy demolition project just to get that sparkling clean feeling back again.
Instead of ripping out the entire plumbing fixture, our local crew can spray a beautiful, durable new surface right over your existing setup.
This budget-friendly magic trick saves you a mountain of cash while giving you a glossy finish that looks brand new.
Actually, we love helping folks restore their old cast iron or fiberglass tubs to their former glory without the massive headache of traditional remodeling.
If you want to transform your washroom today, simply request a free estimate from our friendly local team.
To put it simply, we are talking about applying a specialized, high-gloss liquid coating over your worn-out ceramic or acrylic washing basin.
This process involves careful preparation, etching the old glaze, fixing deep chips, and spraying a highly durable topcoat.
Which means you get a completely refreshed look without the noise, dust, and long waiting times of a full replacement.
Many homeowners do not realize that their old fixtures have great bones, especially those heavy vintage cast iron models.
By choosing to restore rather than replace, you keep heavy debris out of our local landfills while keeping your hard-earned money in your pocket.
On top of that, the entire process takes only a single day to complete, meaning your daily routine suffers almost zero disruption.
To help you understand how this compares to other options, we put together a handy comparison table below.
| Factor | Full Replacement | Our Surface Coating Process |
|---|---|---|
| Average Cost | Very High (often thousands) | Highly Affordable |
| Time Required | 3 to 7 days of messy construction | Just 4 to 8 hours total |
| Durability | Long-lasting | Excellent with basic care |
Because we operate right here in Saint Louis County, we understand the unique homes and plumbing styles of our local neighborhood.
For instance, did you know that our tiny but proud community of Prosit, Minnesota, has a population of just about 10 people according to local records?
Living in such a peaceful, close-knit area means that every single home project we do around the 55779 ZIP code area gets our absolute best attention.
Whenever you hire a giant national company, you often get treated like a mere number on a spreadsheet.
Conversely, our team treats you like a neighbor, offering honest advice about whether your fixture is a good candidate for our specialized coating.
This lets you make an educated decision without any high-pressure sales tactics or hidden fees showing up on your final bill.
Our local households enjoy a comfortable lifestyle, and keeping home maintenance costs reasonable helps maintain that financial freedom.
Since we do not have the massive overhead of big retail showrooms, we pass those incredible savings directly to you.
Consequently, you get a premium, shiny finish that looks like a million bucks while spending only a fraction of that amount.
First, we meticulously clean the entire area to remove decades of soap scum, body oils, and stubborn hard water deposits. After that, we apply a specialized acid paste that microscopically roughens the old porcelain so our new materials can bond permanently. This step is absolutely crucial because skipping it would cause the new finish to peel off like sunburned skin within a few months.
Next, we patch up any ugly chips, rust spots, or deep scratches with a durable waterproof filler.
Once those repairs cure, we sand everything down until the entire surface feels as smooth as polished glass.
Suddenly, those old eyesores vanish completely, leaving a perfectly flat canvas ready for the magic to happen.
Before we turn on our spray guns, we carefully mask off your floors, walls, and surrounding fixtures with protective paper and tape. Additionally, we set up a high-powered exhaust fan to pull any strong chemical fumes safely out of your home through the nearest window. This setup ensures that your indoor air remains clean and that overspray never lands on your beautiful vanity or bathroom tiles.
We take safety seriously, which is why we use professional-grade respirators and ventilation equipment on every single job site.
You can simply relax in the other room while we handle the heavy lifting, knowing your home is in safe, respectful hands.
Once the prep work is complete, we apply our proprietary bonding agent, which acts like superglue between the old surface and the new topcoat.
Now comes the most satisfying part of the entire day, where we spray multiple layers of our premium acrylic urethane coating. We use professional HVLP spray equipment to ensure a completely even, factory-like finish without any unsightly brush marks or runs. This high-tech material cures into a wonderfully hard, non-porous shell that resists stains and looks incredibly beautiful.
After the final coat is applied, we carefully remove all our masking tape and clean up our workspace.
We leave your bathroom looking cleaner than we found it, except now you have a stunning, gleaming fixture as the centerpiece.
Typically, you only need to wait about twenty-four hours before you can turn on the tap and enjoy your first relaxing soak.
Naturally, we want to be completely honest with you about what this process can and cannot do for your home.
On the plus side, the affordability is simply unbeatable, and the speed of our service means your life does not get turned upside down.
Moreover, the final result looks incredibly glossy, making your entire washroom feel much brighter and cleaner than before.
However, you must remember that this is a premium coating, not a brand new piece of molded plastic or cast iron.
Which means you cannot drop heavy iron tools into it or scrub it with harsh abrasive cleansers like bleach or steel wool.
If you treat the new surface with a bit of love and use gentle liquid soaps, it will easily stay beautiful for many years to come.
Another thing to consider is that extremely rusted, rusted-through, or structurally cracked basins might be past the point of saving.
In those rare cases, we will honestly tell you if replacement is your only safe option because we refuse to do a job that won't last.
But for ninety percent of the worn, outdated, or stained fixtures we see, our process works like an absolute dream.
Taking care of your newly coated wash basin is actually much easier than scrubbing an old, porous one.
Because the new surface is completely non-porous, dirt and soap residue have a very hard time sticking to it.
This lets you clean the entire surface with a simple wipe of a soft sponge and some mild dish soap.
We always advise our customers to avoid those popular stick-on rubber bathmats with suction cups underneath.
These cups can pull on the coating with immense force, which might eventually damage the bond over time.
Instead, we can apply a permanent, slip-resistant texture right into the bottom of the basin during our process for your safety.
If you ever experience a accidental drip from your faucet, make sure to get it fixed quickly.
Constant dripping over many months can eventually wear down even the toughest factory finishes, including our professional coatings.
A little bit of preventative maintenance ensures your washroom remains a beautiful place to unwind after a long day.
Now that you know how simple, affordable, and mess-free this process is, there is no reason to live with an ugly washroom anymore.
Our friendly local team is ready to drive out to your home, assess your fixture, and give you a detailed explanation of our process.
Remember, we offer a completely free estimate, so you have absolutely nothing to lose by exploring your options with us.
Why spend your weekend worrying about a costly remodeling project when we can handle everything in a single afternoon?
Let us help you fall in love with your home all over again by restoring that old, dull surface to its original luster.
Contact us today to request your free quote, and let our skilled local hands bring the shine back to your home!
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 Prosit, 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