[Greenbuilding] renewing a cast iron tub

RT Archilogic at yahoo.ca
Tue Jul 19 19:46:35 CDT 2011


On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:17:00 -0400, Stephen Collette  
<stephen at yourhealthyhouse.ca> wrote:

> What kind of sharp objects do you bring with you into the tub?
>
> Hopefully none, so durability, is typically not as big a concern as with  
> a counter top.

> On 2011-07-19, at 3:00 PM,  
> greenbuilding-request at lists.bioenergylists.org wrote:
>
>> Anyone know much about the durability of powder coating for this
>> application?

As anyone who has had to surreptitiously dispose of a body knows, a  
bathtub is the workspace of choice so to answer Stephen's question re:  
"What kind of sharp objects ... ?" -- saws, cleavers, lopping shears etc.

Even if one is not in the habit of disposing of bodies,  tubs are subject  
to lots of things that can scratch, abrade, nick and chip otherwise  
smooth/polished surfaces, just in the course of daily use and cleaning up  
afterwards.
(ie You never know when you might need to hop into the tub in a hurry with  
a pair of cleated golf shoes on, with a very muddy  Weimaraner hound in  
tow (ie on a chain)and who just happens to have a fondness for spiked  
collars. Right ?

I'd venture that unless the power coating consists of a hard stone (ie  
granite) dust as the pigment and the coated tub is put into a kiln for  
firing afterwards to melt some sort of silicaceous glazing compound, then  
the durability of the finish will be that of the resin binder ... and I  
think that one just need to look at plast-echhh! tubs to see how well that  
works. (Not very, IMO).

I think that I'd be looking at using mosaic (ie small, so as to easily  
conform to the small radius curved surfaces of the tub) tiles (either  
glass or fully vitrified porcelain (and such-like) to provide a surface  
that would likely last for a long, long time and withstand all manner of  
abuse.

The only thing that I'm not sure about is whether or not an isolation  
membrane would be necessary and there's only one way to find out --  
experiment.




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