A dull or chipped tub in Cato 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.
You look at that ugly, stained tub every single morning. That dingy surface makes your whole bathroom feel dirty even after you scrub it for hours. Fortunately, we can make that worn-out fixture look brand new again without the massive mess of a full demolition.
Our local team specializes in restoring the beautiful luster of your existing cast iron or steel tub. By choosing to resurface instead of replace, you save thousands of dollars and avoid days of loud construction. This smart update instantly boosts your daily mood while adding serious value to your home.
If you want to transform your bathroom quickly, we are ready to help you. We travel directly to your property to inspect the damage and provide a detailed plan. Ring the number at the top of this page to request your free estimate.
Many homeowners confuse our specialized process with cheap DIY paint kits. Actually, those retail store brush-on paints peel off within a few months because they cannot handle hot water. Our professional system uses high-tech bonding agents and industrial spray equipment to fuse a durable new skin over your old fixture.
First, we meticulously clean the surface using specialized acid cleaners to strip away decades of soap scum and body oils. After that, we repair any deep chips, rust spots, or cracks with a waterproof polyester filler. This preparation work is the secret to a finish that lasts for years to one day help your home value.
| Step in the Process | What We Do | Benefit to You |
|---|---|---|
| Etching and Repair | Acid wash and chip filling | Creates a smooth, flawless foundation |
| Priming | Apply molecular bonding agent | Prevents the new coating from peeling |
| Topcoat Spraying | Multiple coats of aliphatic acrylic polyurethane | Provides a high-gloss, durable finish |
Once the prep work is complete, we apply a proprietary bonding agent that chemically welds the new coating to the old porcelain. Next, we spray several layers of a premium acrylic polyurethane topcoat that cures into a rock-hard shell. Finally, you get a gorgeous, glossy basin that looks like it just came from the factory showroom.
When you hire us, you support a business deeply rooted in Cayuga County. We understand the specific water conditions and housing styles in the local area, which helps us customize our bonding process. This regional expertise ensures your new finish resists the mineral buildup common in our local water supply.
Our small community of 665 people deserves top-tier service without big-city price tags. Since the median household income here sits around $55,288, we know that every dollar you invest in your property must deliver real, lasting value. We keep our prices fair so everyone in the 13033 ZIP code can afford a beautiful home update.
Working with a nearby contractor also means we show up on time and finish the job in just one day. You do not have to wait for out-of-town technicians who might delay your project due to long travel times. We treat your home with the utmost respect because you are our neighbor.
You might think buying a cheap new tub at the big-box store is a better financial move. However, the purchase price of the fixture is only a tiny fraction of the total cost you will face. You also have to pay for a plumber, a tile setter, and waste disposal fees to haul away the old heavy cast iron.
During a traditional remodel, workers often have to tear out the surrounding drywall and tiles just to wiggle the old basin out of the room. This process creates clouds of plaster dust that coat your entire house and ruin your indoor air quality. That headache can drag on for weeks, leaving you without a functional bathroom.
Our restoration method completely bypasses this chaotic nightmare by keeping your existing structure right where it is. We mask off the entire room and use powerful exhaust fans to pull all fumes out through the nearest window. This clean approach saves your sanity while keeping tons of construction waste out of our local landfills.
To keep your glossy new finish looking spectacular, you must throw away those harsh abrasive cleansers. Bleach, steel wool, and powdery scrubs will dull the acrylic surface over time and ruin the shine. Instead, you only need to use mild dish soap or a gentle spray cleaner and a soft microfiber cloth.
Regular wiping prevents soap scum from building up and keeps the surface naturally slip-resistant. This simple maintenance routine saves you time on your weekend chores and keeps the bathroom smelling fresh. You will love how easily dirt slides off the non-porous coating.
We also advise fixing leaky faucets quickly to prevent constant dripping from wearing down the finish prematurely. If you take care of the surface, your restored fixture will look pristine for up to fifteen years. This longevity makes our service one of the most cost-effective home improvements available.
Many historic properties in the beautiful village of Cato, New York, feature gorgeous, deep clawfoot tubs that are impossible to find today. Replacing these antique treasures with cheap plastic modern inserts ruins the historic character of your home. Our restoration service allows you to preserve these classic features while upgrading them to modern standards of cleanliness.
We carefully patch the rusted spots around the drain area where water tends to pool and cause damage. Our technicians match the original white color perfectly or can even apply a custom shade to match your design dreams. This custom touch gives your historic bathroom a massive boost in style.
Even if your tub is made of modern fiberglass or gelcoat, we can fix the unsightly cracks and structural soft spots. We reinforce the bottom of flexible plastic basins before applying our coating to prevent future cracking. This comprehensive repair process restores the structural integrity of your fixture.
When we arrive at your home, we immediately set up protective drop cloths to shield your floors and vanity from any overspray. We take safety very seriously, which is why we use professional-grade ventilation systems to keep your indoor air safe. You can relax in the next room while we do all the hard work.
Our technician will point out any hidden issues, like loose tiles or failing caulk, before we begin the spraying process. We include a fresh bead of mildew-resistant silicone caulk around the perimeter of your tub as part of our standard service. This extra detail ensures a watertight seal that protects your walls from water damage.
The entire application process takes about four to six hours from start to finish. After we pack up our gear, you only need to wait twenty-four hours for the high-tech coating to cure completely. Once that short waiting period is over, you can step into a sparkling, clean bath that feels incredibly smooth against your skin.
You do not have to live with a stained, embarrassing bathroom for another single day. Our team is ready to deliver a flawless, high-gloss finish that will make you proud of your home again. We offer some of the most competitive rates in the county without ever cutting corners on materials or craftsmanship.
Contact us now to schedule a convenient time for us to look at your project. We will answer all your questions and provide a transparent, upfront price with absolutely no hidden fees. Take the first step toward your dream bathroom by requesting your free quote today!
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 Cato, 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