A dull or chipped tub in Eldridge 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.
That faded, scratched basin in your bathroom probably makes you cringe every single time you step in for a quick shower. Fortunately, you do not have to spend thousands of dollars on a messy demolition project to get a sparkling clean surface again. Our local team specializes in restoring the original shine of your old tub right in your home, which means you save a mountain of cash and avoid weeks of construction dust.
By choosing this smart alternative, you get a gorgeous, glossy finish that looks brand new in just a single day. This lets you skip the headache of hiring plumbers and drywall contractors who will tear your house apart. Let us give you a free estimate today so you can finally enjoy your bathroom again without breaking the bank.
Many homeowners think they must replace an old fixture when it gets stained or rough. However, this process usually turns into a giant money pit because those old cast iron or steel models are incredibly heavy and locked behind walls. Once you start ripping things out, you quickly realize the new unit does not fit the old plumbing footprint.
Which means you now have to pay a professional plumber hundreds of dollars just to move your pipes around. On top of that, you will likely damage the surrounding tile work during the removal process. This extra chore adds massive expense to what you thought was a simple weekend upgrade.
To make matters worse, cheap plastic liners often trap water underneath them and create a breeding ground for nasty black mold. This hidden moisture eventually rots your subfloor and creates a terrible smell that you cannot get rid of. Our specialized spray-on application avoids these nasty traps completely by sealing your existing fixture watertight.
Instead of throwing away a perfectly solid piece of history, we renew the exterior layer using high-performance coatings. First, we meticulousy clean the area with industrial prep solutions to strip away decades of soap scum, body oils, and hard water deposits. This crucial step ensures the new bonding agents stick permanently to the old porcelain or fiberglass.
After repairing any deep chips or rusty spots, we apply a specialized primer that fuses with the original material at a molecular level. Then, we use professional spray equipment to lay down multiple coats of a highly durable acrylic urethane topcoat. This advanced technique creates a smooth, non-porous barrier that resists stains and looks incredibly bright.
| Project Type | Average Cost | Time to Complete | Mess Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full Replacement | Very High | 3 to 7 Days | Extremely Dusty |
| Plastic Tub Liner | High | 1 to 2 Days | Moderate |
| Porcelain Refinishing | Very Budget-Friendly | 4 to 6 Hours | Very Minimal |
Naturally, you want a solution that lasts for years without peeling or yellowing over time. Our premium materials are specifically designed to handle daily hot water cycles and heavy scrubbing without losing their luster. This means you get the cozy satisfaction of a beautiful bathroom without the premium price tag.
Older properties often feature beautiful, deep clawfoot tubs or heavy cast iron alcoves that boast incredible character. Sadly, these classic fixtures lose their protective glaze over the decades and become rough like sandpaper. This abrasive texture grabs onto dirt and makes cleaning an absolute nightmare for your hands.
By applying our modern liquid glaze, we preserve the vintage charm of these durable relics while giving them a clean, contemporary look. You get to keep the superior heat retention of heavy cast iron while enjoying a surface that is incredibly easy to wipe down. It is truly the best of both worlds for anyone who loves classic home design.
Even if you have a newer home with a dull fiberglass surround, our process works wonders on modern synthetic materials. We can easily repair cracks, reinforce weak bottoms, and change the color from an outdated beige to a crisp, clean white. This fast transformation instantly boosts the aesthetic appeal of your entire guest bath or master suite.
We are proud to serve the hardworking folks living in Scott County, where beautiful homes deserve top-tier care. With a local population of 6,399, our small-town charm shines through in how we treat every single customer who invites us into their space. We understand that your home is your biggest investment, especially with a median household income of $69,710 in this lovely area.
Whether you live near the local schools or closer to the scenic parks in the 52748 ZIP code, we are just a quick drive away. Our team arrives on time, respects your property, and leaves the work area cleaner than we found it. Supporting a local business means you get personalized service and a guarantee that we stand behind our craftsmanship.
Because we know the local water conditions in Iowa, we use specific bonding agents that resist the minerals found in our regional water supply. This extra attention to detail prevents premature dulling and ensures your investment stays beautiful for a very long time. You can trust us to deliver honest results without any sneaky hidden fees or high-pressure sales tactics.
Once we pack up our tools and leave your home, your beautiful new surface needs just a tiny bit of love to stay perfect. You must avoid abrasive bleach powders or harsh scrubbing pads that can scratch the glossy topcoat. Instead, simple dish soap or mild spray cleaners will keep the surface looking mirror-smooth with almost zero effort.
Additionally, we highly recommend removing any suction-cup bath mats because they can pull at the new finish over time. If you need extra traction, we can easily apply a permanent non-slip texture directly into the glaze during our application process. This built-in safety feature protects your family while keeping the bottom of your basin looking neat and uniform.
With just basic care, your restored wash basin will look magnificent for up to a decade or even longer. This incredible longevity makes our service one of the smartest home improvement investments you can possibly make this year. You save money on utility bills, avoid landfill waste, and get to enjoy a gorgeous bathroom every single day.
Are you ready to stop hiding your ugly bathroom behind a thick shower curtain? Our friendly team is standing by to help you plan this simple, high-impact home upgrade without any stress. We will answer all your questions, look at your current setup, and provide a detailed price quote completely free of charge.
Simply reach out to us today to schedule a convenient time for our local technician to visit your property. We promise to give you an honest assessment and explain every step of our clean, fast process. Let us transform your bathroom into a bright oasis of comfort and style that you will love showing off to your guests!
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 Eldridge, 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