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== Claw Foot Tub Notes == | == Claw Foot Tub Notes == | ||
* | * We shopped around for a bit for a claw foot tub in Toronto. | ||
* | * The best price we found was 195 dollars from the guy on queen by dovercourt, Royal, but they were pretty beat up, no hardware. | ||
* The "worst" price we found was a brand new tub at "taps" for $1100, and matching fitting for 1000$ | |||
* Bought a second-hand cast iron clawfoot tub from [http://www.habitat.ca/restoresc648.php Restore], complete with cast iron feet, facets, and shower pipine and curtain rail for $350 cnd. | |||
* It was not in perfect shape, but in reasonable shape. | |||
* The chrome all needed a good cleaning which was done with you basic bathroom cleaning supplied and a good 3M scrubby. | |||
* half of the unit had 4 coats of paint on it and the other half had 2 coats. | |||
* the tub's exterior was brushed down with a stiff wire brush, then painted with a coat or two of tremclad. | |||
* the feet were stripped, first with acetone, then with Bher's "The Stripper", all done outside, over time, many repetitions. | |||
* after 99% of the crap was off the feet I took a wire brush dremel tool and buffed up the feet. | |||
* They were then coated with Tremclad Polyeurethane. | |||
Revision as of 03:38, 27 February 2010
Claw Foot Tub Notes
- We shopped around for a bit for a claw foot tub in Toronto.
- The best price we found was 195 dollars from the guy on queen by dovercourt, Royal, but they were pretty beat up, no hardware.
- The "worst" price we found was a brand new tub at "taps" for $1100, and matching fitting for 1000$
- Bought a second-hand cast iron clawfoot tub from Restore, complete with cast iron feet, facets, and shower pipine and curtain rail for $350 cnd.
- It was not in perfect shape, but in reasonable shape.
- The chrome all needed a good cleaning which was done with you basic bathroom cleaning supplied and a good 3M scrubby.
- half of the unit had 4 coats of paint on it and the other half had 2 coats.
- the tub's exterior was brushed down with a stiff wire brush, then painted with a coat or two of tremclad.
- the feet were stripped, first with acetone, then with Bher's "The Stripper", all done outside, over time, many repetitions.
- after 99% of the crap was off the feet I took a wire brush dremel tool and buffed up the feet.
- They were then coated with Tremclad Polyeurethane.
