Repair hole in plastic bath

batman1

So, after getting the bathroom retiled, I found a hole in the bath, about half way up one of the sides on the curve near the tap end. Looks like it was hit by the corner of a tile. No way of proving the tiler done it though....

So I need to repair the hole.

It's the diameter of a pencil, or slightly smaller.

I have seen kits online for acrylic baths or fibreglass baths but I'm not sure which is which .

The bath is 'plastic' and the underside is rough with 'strands' in the moulding. Is that fibreglass?

Any advice or info is appreciated.

harr

batman1 wrote: »

So, after getting the bathroom retiled, I found a hole in the bath, about half way up one of the sides on the curve near the tap end. Looks like it was hit by the corner of a tile. No way of proving the tiler done it though....

So I need to repair the hole.

It's the diameter of a pencil, or slightly smaller.

I have seen kits online for acrylic baths or fibreglass baths but I'm not sure which is which .

The bath is 'plastic' and the underside is rough with 'strands' in the moulding. Is that fibreglass?

Any advice or info is appreciated.

Happened me before but with a bigger hole and i did the repair using a fibreglass repair kit. I think I purchased it in B&Q. To be honest it was an easy enough fix and still holding strong after 10 years.

batman1

I don't know if it's fibreglass or acrylic, or fibreglass with acrylic topcoat ?

the_pen_turner

look up bath refinnishers. they might have a way.

a company refinished a bath on a job i was on a while back here in tiperary called renu baths i think. did a great job

harr

batman1 wrote: »

I don't know if it's fibreglass or acrylic, or fibreglass with acrylic topcoat ?

Mine was fibreglass with acrylic topcoat and the fibreglass fix turned out perfect. Along with the fibreglass kit I got a small tube of filler for sinks and that includes paint. Now my damage was fairly large.
Woodies or B&Q have a number of repair kits available.

M.T.D

You can also get grp repair kits for boats.
If you patch from the outside, with your chosen product (resin glass mix) with out coming through the hole then use a gelcoat for the inside.
On GRP boats we would put the resin and glass fibre on the inside and once cured put the gel in the patched hole from the outside. Quickest way we found to get a close finish was to use just enough gel to fill the hole then put selotape over the top. Stopped the gel running out while it set and leaves a minimum amount of work to make the repair invisible.

cnocbui

If you can see what looks like fiber strands on the back it's likely to be fiberglass - the fiber being chopped strand fiberglass matting. I would repair it with epoxy resin.

antiskeptic

the_pen_turner wrote: »

look up bath refinnishers. they might have a way.

a company refinished a bath on a job i was on a while back here in tiperary called renu baths i think. did a great job

It looks great but is crap.

"Three days are needed for the new enamel surface to cure properly,"

It's not enamel. Enamel is virtually bullet proof. This is just a thin coating sprayed/rolled onto the bath. And damage, when it comes, will see the coating peel. I've seen any number of resprayed baths with peeling coating.


Got it done myself. I asked the guy about the peeling problems. No sweat, he said, this is like paint on your car. Does your car paint peel when you get a stone chip in it?

Fair enough, let's go for it.

The stuff peels much the same way sunburnt skin can be peeled away from your body. Useless.

the_pen_turner

antiskeptic wrote: »

It looks great but is crap.

"Three days are needed for the new enamel surface to cure properly,"

It's not enamel. Enamel is virtually bullet proof. This is just a thin coating sprayed/rolled onto the bath. And damage, when it comes, will see the coating peel. I've seen any number of resprayed baths with peeling coating.


Got it done myself. I asked the guy about the peeling problems. No sweat, he said, this is like paint on your car. Does your car paint peel when you get a stone chip in it?

Fair enough, let's go for it.

The stuff peels much the same way sunburnt skin can be peeled away from your body. Useless.

I don't know. My only experience is with this customer that got it done. Its done a few years and last time I saw it but looked the same.