[Greenbuilding] renewing a cast iron tub

[sat jiwan ikle-khalsa]

you can also try to google this: 
    
site:listserv.repp.org porcelain resurfacing

(gives 4 results from this list from Jan 2009)


also i made an attempt to refresh my own and our collective memory on how to search the archive...


----searching greenbuilding listserv archives (old (repp/crest) and new list (bioenergy))





























































this is a FIRST DRAFT on comprehensive search guidelines - gathered and 
re-written from previous emails on this topic (and quickly tested by 
me).  Please repost with corrections if you can get it to work better. (it clearly needs work)



you can search the archives of these mailing lists using google by following these instructions:



--search all the old lists: (are there two sets of old archives 1996-2004, 2004-2010?  and the new one 2010+)

site:listserv.repp.org [your] [search] [terms]



--all the new lists: (back to Sept 2010)

site:lists.bioenergylists.org [your] [search] [terms]

 (if you include greenbuilding as one of your search terms if can help bring more results just from this list)





--the greenbuilding old list: (not sure this is complete or what years are covered - i.e. searching "chaff" for Rob Tom only gives a handful of results)

site:repp.org/discussion/greenbuilding [your] [search] [terms]





--found this syntax in Jan 2002 message: (doesn't currently work)

"insulating paint" site:crest.org inurl:greenbuilding





--to make something new and improved? and for other list searches?

on the stoves page they have a search box. using it they have encoded 
this kind of syntax: (biochar being the search term - but it gives 
results from multiple sub lists)

http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=biochar&btnG=Google+Search&domains=http%3A%2F%2Flistserv.repp.org&sitesearch=http%3A%2F%2Flistserv.repp.org%2Fpipermail%2F

anybody want to make a greenbuilding intro page with search box so no one has to do it using the instructions above?

maybe make multiple boxes to search each separate list or separate years of the archive?



caveats: i think all these searches only are as current as google's 
indexing. i.e. it might be that only items older than a week or two will
 show up. not newer items.



other sublists:  is there an easy way to get the current list (stoves, 
gasification, solar, greenbuilding, other)?  (the bioenergylists.org 
homepage is stove specific.)




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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:46:25 -0400
> From: David Bergman <bergman at cyberg.com>
> To: Green Building <greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org>
> Subject: [Greenbuilding] renewing a cast iron tub
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> In a current project of mine, there's a worn-looking but otherwise 
> good cast iron tub that perfectly fits the tight space of its NYC 
> bathroom. I'm wondering if there are any durable and environmentally 
> decent methods to renew/refinish the tub, either in situ or sending 
> it out. (We are replacing the tile, so removing the tub and sending 
> it out for refinishing is not out of the question.)
> 
>  From what I've researched so far:
> 1. The DIY finishes are terrible -- both environmentally and 
> esthetically, as well as durably.
> 2. There are at least two types of in situ refinishing services. One 
> is apparently far better than the other in terms of durability, but 
> both involve toxic fumes. The resulting finish, I've heard, may not 
> look like the original porcelain.
> 3. I've heard rumor of places you can send the tub to that give it a 
> new "dip coat" that's more similar to the original finish, but 
> haven't found who does it. Nor do I know anything about the toxicity 
> of that process.
> 
> Does anyone have any further info on this?  I hate to remove the tub 
> and then replace it with a new one that is similar in size but 
> doesn't fit as well or look as right.. And I've searched for vintage 
> replacements.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> David
> 
> 
> David Bergman  RA   LEED AP
> DAVID BERGMAN ARCHITECT / FIRE & WATER LIGHTING + FURNITURE
> architecture . interiors . ecodesign . lighting . furniture
> bergman at cyberg.com    www.cyberg.com
> 241 Eldridge Street #3R, New York, NY 10002
> t 212 475 3106    f 212 677 7291  

 		 	   		  
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