By EasyHow

How to repair the hole in the tub

Fortunately, through the damage in the baths are formed rarely. More often have to deal with scratches and chipped enamel. However, if this trouble with your bathroom happened, do not worry. Modern repair materials for baths allow, if not completely get rid of the need to buy a new tub, then at least to postpone the case indefinitely.

You will need

- a drill bit Ø2-3 mm;
- abrasive wheel;
- kit for repair of acrylic baths;
- repair kit to repair acrylic baths;
- sandpaper No. 100, 200, 400;
- universal putty (epoxy "pe brulex", etc.);
enamel baths ("stakril", "epoxy", "Tikkurila reafleks 50", etc.);
reinforcing tape with the vitreous;
- alcohol.

Instruction

Repair of damages (cracks, holes) acrylic will unprovable a hole diameter of 2-3 mm at the ends of the crack. This is done to prevent their further development. Clean the damaged area with sandpaper No. 100, degrease it with alcohol.

Mix the resin from the repair kit to repair acrylic baths and hardener in the proportions specified in the instructions. Apply to the repair place a layer of resin. Put on top of the resin reinforcing material. Press it into the resin and put the second layer of the adhesive component, ensuring that he impregnated material and has penetrated into all the pores. Wait until the resin hardens. The waiting time specified in the instructions to the kits. Some of them want to overlay several layers of reinforcing material. Follow these requirements.

After applying and curing of all the layers, clean the repair area first with emery paper No. 200, then No. 400. Make sure the surface was flat and smooth.

Treat the surface of the repair with rubbing alcohol and apply Polish from kit for repair of acrylic bathtubs. Polish the repair area with a flannel.

The fixation through-holes of iron and steel was vannelli hole in cast iron tub has a crack, drill the ends of the drill holes with a diameter of 2-3 mm. In the iron bath, this can not be done.

Treat damage to electric drill with an abrasive so that the damage around the crater formed a funnel. The injury site should be cleaned to bare metal. The larger sizes will have a chamfer of the funnel the more horizontal will be the edge, the better.

Degrease the repair area with alcohol. Mix with hardener universal filler based on epoxy resins in the proportions indicated in the instructions. Apply the mixture to the edges of the damage. Stick to the damage to the reinforcing tape with fiber glass, tightly pressing it to the surface. On top of the tape, apply another layer of putty. Give her time to harden. Repeat the operation with the imposition of the reinforcing tape again. When coating it with resin, make the surface of damage was slightly above surrounding surfaces of the bath.

After final curing of the resin will strip the damage first with sandpaper No. 100, then No. 400. Try to ensure that the surface damage was on the same level with the surrounding surface. Degrease it with rubbing alcohol and apply one of the enamels for baths ("stakril", "epoxy", "Tikkurila reafleks 50", etc.). Since technology is the application of enamels may be different, follow the instructions for a specific material.

Useful advice

In the repair of any bath, follow these guidelines.

Damage should be split with the lower chamfers. Imposed by the number of reinforcing layers depends on the size of the damage. Very small holes (up to 5 mm) only one reinforcing layer, on large – 2-3.

Buying a kit to repair acrylic baths, check out the equipment. Perhaps it will include funds for the redecoration of the bath (wax). In this case there is no need to buy a kit for a decorative repair.