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At 09:37 PM 7/19/2011, JOHN SALMEN wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Actually there is nothing wrong
with an old pitted cast iron tub complete<br>
with iron (or blood) stains - it holds water and if I have a bath I am
going<br>
to either try to read a book (without getting it wet) or stare out
the<br>
window. It is just not shiny and 'nice' looking.</blockquote><br>
I agree in principle, but there are two additional factors at work here.
One is that once the rest of the bathroom is renovated, the dulled or
pitted old tub is going to stand out (and not in a good way), and the
second is that the finish of this tub has become very hard to clean. Even
if the clients weren't neatniks (which they are), this would be a
problem.<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Will it last? Will it be
durable? - what are we comparing it to - a stock<br>
portfolio?</blockquote><br>
I hope not. Stock portfolios have done pretty badly, no?<br><br>
More to the point, the conventional in-house recoating treatments -- in
many or most cases -- often don't last long at all. Sometimes five years
or less. I would be looking for the refinishing to last as long as the
bathroom renovation is likely to last. (25 years?) Otherwise, it makes
more sense to install a new tub while the walls are open.<br><br>
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