Scratched 1-2mm deep 75mm long; too deep to polish out. Has anyone attempted a repair using the 2 pack kits I have seen advertised? Were the results good?
This bath is brand new and we haven't even finished installing it yet :( The whirlpool equipment fitted to it make it worth repairing rather than replacing.
Functionally yes. I have made a several year lasting 'temporary' repair using 2 pack wood filler (this can be sanded very vey smooth and then spray enamel painted). This was to repair a leaking split.
You can still see the repair so it won't haul you out of the hole you are in - you have my sympathies.
OK folks. Scotch brite pad carefully applied until acrylic was abraded down beyond level of scratch (more like 1mm than 2) then toothpaste then proprietary acrylic bath polish.
:)
Having done the scratch in the new bath I then turned my new found skill to the customers existing bath (which he had scratched himself with a dropped tile and fixed that as well.)
I'm impressed... How long did it take you, how many scotch brite bads did you use?
In message , Ed Sirett writes
Just the one pad; rinsing it off periodically helped keep it clean. Must have taken about an hour to do both scratches. The pads were green (medium ?).
I've since been told (but have not tried it) that tile grout can also be used.
I'd have used wet or dry to start with - say about 400 grade. Acrylic is very similar to car paint in the way it can be treated for scratch removal/polishing.
Possibly because most modern car paints are acrylic?
:-)
Not sure about the water based ones. The very best from the wear point of view were the two part isocyanates, but they're sort of banned now -at least for factory use. I was thinking more of cellulose which is pretty similar to perspex in the way you polish it.
Cellulose no longer used in factory jobs either. all water based stuff I think.
When I bought a shower tray recently, I was advised to get one with an acylic cap. Apparently you can use T-cut to bring up the finish when you're done scratching it. I have yet to try it though...
Neil
No need to pay for T-Cut. Use Brasso.
Oh indeed. But it's the stuff of choice for DIY car work, so I'm more familiar with it.
Thanks - I'll bear that in mind for when the time comes
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