In Arbor Heights, the Seattle technician we send repairs, sprays and caulks your tub where it stands.
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 look at your worn bathtub and sigh with sheer frustration every morning? Luckily, local surface wizards in Arbor Heights, Washington are ready to give your bathroom a stunning makeover today.
Meanwhile, buying a brand new bathing vessel costs thousands of dollars you might rather save. This clever service lets you completely skip demolition mess while slashing your project costs.
Tear outs destroy surrounding tile and often create hidden plumbing disasters behind your drywall. Alternatively, our spraying technique saves your walls and keeps your daily routine uninterrupted.
Plus, heavy cast iron units weigh hundreds of pounds and require dangerous crew lifting. Instead of straining your back, skilled pros restore your existing fixture right where it sits.
Chemists formulated industrial grade coatings specifically designed to bond permanently with porcelain and fiberglass surfaces. This strong adhesion means your newly glazed basin will resist chipping through years of heavy scrubbing.
Furthermore, technicians apply specialized primers before spraying multiple layers of high gloss acrylic polyurethane. Such meticulous preparation guarantees a factory fresh finish that looks remarkably smooth.
Porous enamel absorbs rust and hard water deposits that never seem to scrub away fully. Therefore, our protective barrier seals every microscopic pore so grime slides right down the drain.
Additionally, modern bonding agents prevent moisture from creeping underneath the topcoat and causing premature peeling. That way you enjoy a brilliant shine without constantly fighting stubborn mold patches.
| Project type | Average cost | Time needed |
|---|---|---|
| Full replacement | Three to six thousand dollars | One full week |
| Surface spraying | Four to eight hundred dollars | One single day |
Looking at these numbers makes the smart choice pretty obvious for most budget conscious homeowners. You keep your cash in your pocket and still get that luxurious look you crave.
Beyond financial savings, keeping your original basin out of local landfills helps protect our shared environment. Sustainability matters just as much as aesthetics when updating your aging house.
High gloss finishes bounce morning light around and make small washrooms feel much bigger. Meanwhile, satin options provide a subtle texture that hides minor water spots between weekly cleanings.
Whichever look you prefer, our team tailors the spray pattern to match your exact interior vision. Your guests will honestly believe you bought a brand new soaking tub.
Clearing out all personal shampoos and bath toys ensures the technicians can work safely and quickly. Naturally, keeping pets locked in another room protects them from chemical fumes and equipment noise.
Behind the scenes, our crew sets up heavy duty ventilation systems to exhaust overspray directly out the window. This ventilation step keeps your indoor air clean while the specialized coatings cure.
First, technicians strip away old failing caulk and scour the basin with industrial etching compounds. Next, they spray specialized bonding agents that grab onto the freshly prepped enamel.
Finally, they lay down multiple coats of high performance acrylic resin using professional HVLP equipment. This proven method eliminates runs and delivers an astonishingly flat finish.
Harsh abrasive powders will dull that gorgeous shine faster than anything else on the market. Instead, grab mild dish soap and a soft microfiber cloth for your routine weekly wipe downs.
Furthermore, fixing leaky faucets immediately prevents mineral deposits from etching your fresh surface prematurely. Simple maintenance habits like this ensure your investment looks pristine for decades.
Accidents happen when you drop heavy glass shampoo bottles onto hard porcelain surfaces. Fortunately, professional spot repairs can easily fix minor chips without requiring a total redo.
Ultimately, treating your refreshed fixture with reasonable care pays off with endless relaxation sessions. You deserve a beautiful space to unwind after a long stressful workday.
Are you finally ready to ditch that dated pink or yellow basin for good? Request your free quote today and let our local craftsmen bring your bathroom back to life.
Getting started requires zero obligation and gives you accurate pricing tailored to your specific project needs. Reach out right now to schedule your quick consultation with our friendly team.
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 Arbor Heights, 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