A dull or chipped tub in Delta 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.
Looking to fix your ugly bathroom wash tub without losing your mind or spending your entire life savings? You can get a totally free estimate today to make that old worn-out basin shine like brand new again.
Honestly speaking, breaking up concrete and ripping out old plumbing turns into a massive nightmare pretty fast. Every single time you try to yank out an old cast iron tub, you end up breaking wall tiles and ruining the flooring nearby... Trust me on that one because I have seen simple weekend projects turn into full house remodel disasters real quick!
Instead of smashing things with a sledgehammer, coating the existing surface gives you a fresh glossy finish in just a couple hours. Furthermore, this smart process saves you thousands of dollars while keeping your original heavy duty fixture right where it belongs. Actually, old steel and porcelain tubs from back in the day were built way tougher than the cheap plastic shells they sell at big box stores now.
Besides that, saving time matters just as much as saving your hard earned cash. While a complete demolition takes weeks of endless dust and noise, a top quality resurfacing job lets you splash around in a shiny clean tub again by tomorrow evening!
First off, we do not just slap some cheap house paint over your grimy porcelain and call it a day. In fact, our intense deep cleaning process uses industrial acid etch chemistry to strip away decades of soap scum, hard water stains, and nasty body oils. Otherwise, the new finish will just peel right off like a bad sunburn next month!
Next up, we carefully fill in every single crack, rust spot, and deep chip with a high grade resin filler that cures rock hard. After smooth sanding all those rough patches flat, we apply a cross-linking adhesion primer that chemically bonds to the exposed surface. Because of this high-tech bonding agent, the tough outer coating fuses directly onto the old structure at a molecular level.
Finally, we spray multiple thin layers of high gloss acrylic urethane enamel using high volume low pressure equipment. As a direct result, you get a glass-like finish that looks super smooth, feels totally sleek, and stands up to hot water for years.
Check out how this fast surface renewal stacks up against total replacement or cheap plastic covers:
| Option | Average Cost | Downtime | Durability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional Surface Refinishing | Very Low | 24 to 48 Hours | 10 to 15 Years |
| Full Bathroom Tear-Out | Extremely High | 2 to 3 Weeks | 15 Plus Years |
| Plastic Acrylic Shell Overlay | Moderate High | 3 to 5 Days | 5 to 8 Years |
Notice how refinishing gives you the best bang for your hard-earned buck without making your home a chaotic construction site. On top of that, you avoid dealing with dirty plumbing issues or dry wall dust floating all over your kitchen and bedrooms.
Initially, our friendly technician rolls up to your house with all the right gear and masks off your whole room using plastic sheets and low tack tape. To prevent any weird fumes from stinkin up your hallway, we set up powerful exhaust fans that vent all the air right out the nearest window. Really, keeping your indoor air clear and your house clean is our main goal!
Then, the prep work takes up almost eighty percent of our total time on site. Since we refuse to cut corners, we meticulously wipe down every inch with strong solvents until the old surface is totally sterile. Subsequently, three thick coats of high gloss glaze go on with precision technique to eliminate any runs or drips.
Eventually, we peel away our protective tape, caulk around all the tile edges with fresh silicone, and leave your bathroom cleaner than we found it. Therefore, all you have to do is sit back, wait a full day for everything to cure hard, and enjoy your pristine wash basin!
Living right here in our quiet corner of southeastern Iowa means folks appreciate honest work at a fair price. Whether you live near the local city park or out on the rural gravel roads nearby, local homeowners deserve trustworthy tradespeople who show up on time and respect your space. With a cozy local population around 338 people, news travels fast, so keeping our reputation solid is everything to us!
Additionally, we understand the financial realities of our community, where median household income rests around $33,750 per year. Spending big money on custom bathroom contractors just does not make financial sense for most families trying to stretch a dollar. By offering affordable surface restoration services throughout the 52550 ZIP code area, we help you fall in love with your home again without breaking the bank.
Also, local hard water around here is notorious for leaving ugly orange iron stains and white calcium crust all over plumbing fixtures. Fortunately, our synthetic topcoat finish resists heavy mineral buildup much better than ancient, worn out enamel full of microscopic pores!
To begin with, toss out those harsh abrasive scrubbing powders and scratchy wire pads immediately! Using coarse cleaners on your shiny new coating acts just like sandpaper, dulling that gorgeous gloss in no time flat. Instead, stick to gentle liquid dish soap or non-abrasive foam sprays paired with a soft microfiber cloth.
Moreover, watch out for leaky faucets that drip constantly night after night. Because standing water underneath a slow drip puts constant hydraulic pressure on the coating, it can eventually cause premature bubbling around the drain area... So fixing a leaky washer right away protects your investment!
Lastly, keep suction cup bathmats off the bottom of the basin because they trap water and pull violently on the surface film when you yank them up. In place of sticky mats, ask us about laying down a built-in non-skid textured bottom during the application process!
First off, cleaning your wash tub becomes an absolute breeze instead of a backbreaking weekend chore. Since the fresh non-porous finish repels soap scum, dirty bath water glides right down the drain without leaving a nasty ring behind. Suddenly, a fast five-second wipe down keeps the whole surface looking bright and sanitary!
Furthermore, you get total cozy enjoyment and relaxation back during your evening soak. Nobody likes relaxing in a tub that feels like rough sandpaper or shows gross brown rust spots near their feet... The newly smooth glaze feels incredibly soft against your skin and delivers pure physical peace of mind!
On top of that, restoring your worn basin instantly boosts the overall visual appeal of your whole bathroom space. Because the tub is usually the biggest centerpiece in the room, making it look brand new elevates the whole vibe instantly!
Starting the process is completely stress-free and takes less than five minutes of your time. Simply reach out to us, describe what your current basin looks like, and we will walk you through the options. Right after that, we give you a straightforward, no-nonsense estimate with zero hidden fees or aggressive sales pressure!
Why put up with an ugly, stained, chipped old basin for another single day when an easy solution exists right down the road? Our team brings all the professional spray gear, top quality coating materials, and hands-on skill straight to your front door. Take action right now to claim your free quote and bring back the sparkle to your home without spending a fortune!
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 Delta, 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