Resurfacing, reenamelling, refinishing or repolishing: what is the difference and which is best for my bath?
Resurfacing, reenamelling and refinishing are the same thing. This is when someone puts a new surface on the bath while it is in the bathroom. People who do baths on site like this are not applying a vitreous enamel surface as was applied when the bath was made. The truth is that one does not really want that surface in today’s world anyway. It has some inherent liabilities that make it unsuitable for modern bathrooms. In particular that old surface is very sensitive to chemical attack from modern cleaners which tend to be acidic. It only takes a few moments of the wrong cleaner to leave the vitreous enamel streaked with etchings. I am sure most of have seen a bath with streaks or dribbles burnt into the surface – well that is what has happened. Our approach is to make the bath like new again but while doing so make the new surface impervious to the cleaners that can damage baths. We use a special laminate to accomplish this. There is another way of restoring a bath and that is to simp
