All over Richland 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 hate looking at that stained old basin in your bathroom every single morning? Well, replacing it costs an absolute fortune and takes forever. Fortunately, our local team comes right to your house in South Carolina to fix those ugly chips and cracks fast.
Now, understanding how this magic trick works helps you make a smart choice for your home. This magical service means saving thousands of dollars while getting that brand-new look back. Instead of ripping out heavy porcelain, skilled workers spray a high-tech coating right over the old surface.
First, technicians scrub every square inch of your tub to remove years of nasty soap scum and body oils. Then, they patch up any deep cracks so the base stays super strong for years to come. This meticulous prep work ensures the new finish actually sticks without peeling off later.
Next, workers spray multiple layers of industrial-grade acrylic urethane over the entire fixture. This high-end bonding agent creates a glossy shield that looks just like brand-new porcelain. Because of this tough layer, you get a gorgeous finish that handles daily bath toys and heavy scrub brushes without a single scratch.
Traditional bathroom remodels drain your bank account faster than a running faucet with a broken valve. However, reviving your current basin costs a tiny fraction of a total replacement job. Consequently, you keep extra cash in your pocket for other fun family projects around the house.
Tear-outs create massive piles of heavy debris and fill your entire house with annoying drywall dust. Alternatively, our clean spray process keeps your walls completely intact and avoids any messy demolition chaos. This means you do not have to live inside a messy construction zone for weeks on end.
Many homeowners struggle to pick between buying a brand-new tub or fixing the old one. To help you see the big picture, let us break down the main differences in a clear table below.
| Upgrade Method | Average Cost | Project Timeline | Mess Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full Replacement | Thousands of Dollars | One to Two Weeks | Extreme Debris |
| Our Surface Revival | Low Cost | Just One Day | Zero Debris |
As you can clearly see from the numbers, restoring your old basin is the smartest financial play. Furthermore, it saves valuable time so you can get back to your normal routine without any crazy interruptions.
Before our crew arrives at your door, you need to remove all shampoo bottles and rubber ducks. This simple step lets workers move quickly and keeps your favorite bath toys safe from overspray. On top of that, clearing the vanity area gives technicians enough room to set up their specialized ventilation gear.
Chemicals used during the spraying process require proper ventilation to clear out any strong odors safely. Fortunately, our team brings industrial fans and heavy-duty exhaust tubes to push air right out your window. This careful setup ensures your entire house stays fresh while the durable coating cures to perfection.
Living right here in the central part of the Palmetto State brings a wonderful sense of community pride. With local ZIP codes ranging from 29016 all the way to 29229, our service trucks travel across the entire region daily. Whether you live near the bustling city center or out in the quiet suburbs, our friendly technicians arrive right on time.
With a median household income that reflects hard-working families, keeping home repair costs low matters deeply to everyone. Because every bathroom is slightly different, we always visit your property to give you a precise number. Best of all, this expert evaluation costs you zero dollars because we believe in complete honesty right from the start.
Properly maintained surfaces easily last ten to fifteen years without losing their gorgeous shine and smoothness. However, using harsh abrasive cleaners can dull the finish much faster than normal gentle dish soap. Therefore, sticking to mild cleaning products guarantees your investment stays beautiful for a very long time.
After our crew finishes applying the final protective coat, the material needs about twenty-four hours to cure completely. Once this drying time passes, you can fill the tub right back up and enjoy a relaxing soak. This incredible turnaround speed means you never have to stay at a hotel during the project.
Ignoring those ugly rust stains and stubborn chips only makes the underlying damage get much worse over time. Fortunately, grabbing your phone and requesting a free estimate takes less than one minute of your busy day. Let our friendly local pros give your old bathroom the stunning makeover it truly deserves right now.
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