All over Saint Bernard Parish, worn bathtubs are resurfaced in place: repairs first, gloss second, fresh caulk on the way out.
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.
Do you hate looking at that stained basin in your bathroom every single morning? Well, replacing it costs a fortune and tears your whole house apart. This smart service lets you save thousands of dollars while getting a brand new look fast.
Most folks living down here in this coastal Louisiana parish know how humidity wreaks havoc on household surfaces. Therefore, tackling rust spots early stops them from eating through your porcelain completely. This handy restoration method gives you a shiny finish without the messy demolition crew.
Getting your tired old porcelain to sparkle again does not have to drain your bank account. Instead of ripping out heavy cast iron tubs, local pros spray a tough polymer coating right over the top. Consequently, your bathroom gets an instant makeover that fools everybody into thinking you bought a brand new unit.
Many homeowners wonder how liquid coatings stick to slippery porcelain without peeling off a week later. Specifically, technicians scrub the old surface with industrial acid etchants to open up microscopic pores. This meticulous prep work ensures the new acrylic polyurethane bond holds tight for many years.
After deep cleaning, workers mask off your bathroom walls and floors to catch any stray overspray. Meanwhile, they mix specialized primers that bridge the gap between old enamel and modern topcoats. This protective layer lets you scrub your tub hard without worrying about future scratches.
Picking a fresh color updates your entire washroom instantly instead of just fixing damage. Fortunately, you can move away from dated avocado greens or baby blues toward crisp modern whites. This visual upgrade makes your small bathroom feel much larger and brighter than before.
Glossy finishes reflect overhead vanity lighting to create a clean atmosphere every time you step inside. However, you must avoid harsh abrasive powders during weekly cleanings to keep that shine intact. This simple maintenance routine saves you from needing another service call down the road.
Swapping out plumbing fixtures usually requires destroying tile work and paying hefty contractor fees. By contrast, resurfacing your existing basin takes only one afternoon from start to finish. This speedy turnaround means your household avoids weeks of plumbing chaos and contractor headaches.
Older southern homes often feature heavy cast iron fixtures that are nearly impossible to haul down narrow hallways. Yet, refinishing happens right inside your bathroom without moving the heavy tub an inch. This incredible convenience lets you keep your original architecture intact while enjoying modern performance.
Buying a replacement unit is only the first expense on a very long and expensive bill. Demolition, new tiles, and plumbing rerouting easily drive total costs through the roof. On the other hand, professional spraying costs a fraction of a full remodel.
| Method | Average Cost | Time Required |
| Replacement | High | One to Two Weeks |
| Resurfacing | Low | One Day |
Naturally, saving money on home repairs leaves extra cash in your pocket for other important family projects. Furthermore, you reduce landfill waste by keeping old durable materials right where they belong. This eco-friendly choice helps protect our precious local environment.
Salty air and high moisture levels can turn a minor chip into a major rust monster very quickly. Therefore, patching those small dings right away stops water from leaking underneath the enamel. This proactive mindset protects your subfloor from rotting away secretly.
Stubborn hard water rings and mineral deposits often etch themselves permanently into cheap builder-grade finishes. Fortunately, professional acid washing removes years of grime before the bonding agents go down. This deep sanitation leaves you with a totally blank slate for the new coating.
Using rubber bath mats with suction cups can actually trap moisture and soften fresh polyurethane over long periods. Instead, you should hang your mats up to dry after every single use. This tiny habit extends the lifespan of your fresh coating by many extra years.
Harsh bleach-based cleaners strip away gloss and leave your shiny surface looking dull and chalky. Happily, switching to mild dish soap preserves that factory-fresh luster without any harsh chemical reactions. This gentle care keeps your bathroom looking amazing between deep cleanings.
Transforming your dull washing space does not need to be a stressful or complicated ordeal. By hiring skilled local technicians who know the area well, you get honest work and fair pricing. This local expertise guarantees that humidity issues get factored into the application process.
Ready to see how affordable your bathroom makeover can truly be for your property? Request a free quote today to get an exact estimate without any hidden fees attached. This zero-pressure consultation helps you plan your home improvement budget with absolute confidence.
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, 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.
Somewhere under that worn surface is the tub you chose. One day brings it back.
Call (866) 951-0558