All over Marshall County, 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 look at your scarred bathtub and sigh with regret every single morning? Well, fixing that tired basin changes your whole morning routine into a breeze.
Truthfully, buying a totally brand-new porcelain fixture costs a small fortune and wrecks your walls. Fortunately, our local team brings back that gorgeous glossy shine right on site without any messy demolition.
Tearing out a heavy iron or acrylic shell creates a massive disaster in your house. Specifically, you have to pay plumbers and carpenters to rebuild the surrounding drywall and tile. This leaves you with weeks of construction dust floating everywhere in your living space.
Meanwhile, buying a replacement unit drains your bank account much faster than expected. Instead of wasting cash, you can just refinish the existing basin for a tiny fraction of that price.
Our skilled crew arrives at your home with professional spray equipment and industrial primers. Within just one single day, we transform your scratched fixture into a pristine masterpiece. This lets you use your newly restored washing vessel almost immediately.
Besides saving precious dollars, you avoid the endless nightmare of residential remodeling permits. Consequently, your bathroom gets a stunning visual upgrade with zero heavy stress.
First off, we thoroughly scrub away decades of stubborn soap scum and hard water stains. Then, our technicians etch the old surface so the new bonding agents stick tightly. This meticulous preparation prevents any future peeling or bubbling down the road.
Without this crucial step, ordinary paint would simply wash down the drain within months. Therefore, our deep cleaning and etching routine guarantees a bond that lasts for many years.
Next, we spray several thick layers of specialized high-grade acrylic urethane coatings. This creates a brilliant, glass-like layer that resists everyday scratches and ugly mold growth. You get an easy-to-clean environment that makes your daily chores much simpler.
On top of that, you can even pick a custom color to match your decor. This grants you total freedom to modernize your entire washroom without breaking a sweat.
| Restoration Method | Full Replacement |
|---|---|
| Completed in one day | Takes up to three weeks |
| Costs very little cash | Drains your savings account |
| Zero plumbing demolition | Requires tearing out walls |
| No permitting needed | Heavy building permits required |
Naturally, looking at this breakdown makes the smarter choice pretty obvious for most homeowners. Why suffer through weeks of construction noise when you can skip the hassle entirely?
Furthermore, our team handles all the dirty work while you relax in your living room. This lets you enjoy a brand-new looking washing basin by dinner time.
After we finish spraying your fixture, keeping it stunning takes very little effort. Specifically, you should always avoid harsh abrasive pads and bleach-heavy scrubbing powders. Using mild dish soap and a soft sponge keeps the shiny coating completely safe.
By following these easy guidelines, your newly restored tub stays bright and smooth indefinitely. This gives you long-lasting satisfaction and protects your smart investment from premature wear.
Although our industrial polymers resist normal wear, dropping heavy tools can still cause chips. Therefore, you should always handle heavy glass bottles or metal items with reasonable care. Taking these tiny precautions ensures your bathroom stays gorgeous for a very long time.
Whenever minor issues pop up, our local technicians are always ready to help you out. This guarantees your peace of mind throughout the entire lifespan of the coating.
Getting started with your bathroom makeover requires nothing more than a quick message to us. We gladly offer zero-cost consultations to inspect your worn tub and discuss color options. This lets you plan your budget accurately without any hidden financial surprises.
During our visit, we answer all your technical questions in plain and simple English. Consequently, you feel totally confident before making any final decisions about your home project.
We take immense pride in serving homeowners across this wonderful central Iowa region. Our experienced crew treats your property with the utmost respect from start to finish. This ensures a smooth and pleasant experience every single time we visit.
Ready to finally love your bathroom again without spending a fortune on plumbing repairs? Request your free quote right now and let our friendly team upgrade your worn bathtub with ease.
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