Acrylic bath polishing

Any mistress dreams of a clean and beautiful bath. Acrylic baths have been gaining popularity ever since. They have a small weight, a diverse design, a large selection of shapes and sizes. But there is one significant drawback - fragility. Damage may occur from a small impact. If they are not very serious, then this problem will help to solve the polishing of the acrylic bath.

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Reasons for Damage to Acrylic Bathtubs

There are several reasons that lead to premature damage to acrylic bathtubs:

• Because these baths are very fragile, damages are most likely to occur due to shocks when they fall into sharp and heavy objects such as shavingmachine or scissors.
• Use of abrasive and aggressive detergents, from the use of brushes and hard jaws.
• Metal salts contained in hard water can also adversely affect the surface of the bath.
• Use a bath for bathing pets that can scratch the acrylic surface with claws.
• Washing of dirty street shoes, carpets and other rough materials.

If your bath has a damage, you can do the following:

• The most expensive way is to replace the bathtub. Of course, this is the most extreme option, if the damage is very strong and repair is impossible.
• A call to the home of a specialist who will repair the coating with special means.
• Polishing the acrylic bath by yourself.

Important! Polishing is the process of removing the top layer from a scratched surface using abrasive tools. Acrylic is a very delicate and whimsical material that requires careful treatment. Therefore, polishing should be more gentle, it is performed with the help of wax polish, vinegar, sandpaper with the lowest grain size and a soft rag.

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We polish an acrylic bath

Polishing an acrylic bath by our own hands is not such a complicated process, the main thing is to be careful and patient and follow the following recommendations:

• First of all, the bath needs to be thoroughly washed. It is undesirable to use an aggressive agent that includes acetone, ammonia, chlorine or some other solvent. Washing powder is also not recommended. It is best to buy a special cleaner for cleaning acrylic bathtubs, it definitely will not do any harm. Rinse the surface and sponge the product over the surface of the bath.
• If the surface is very dirty, then the product can be left for a while and washed off with water. If necessary, the procedure can be repeated.
• A wax polish is applied to a clean acrylic surface.
• Scratches need to be sanded with sandpaper.
• Rub the polish over the entire surface of the bath with a soft rag.
• If there are any stubborn stains that have not gone away during the cleaning process, they are removed using a conventional mint paste. It is necessary to take a white paste without additives, colored granules and crystals. Or you can use a silver polish. A small amount of the selected product is applied to the stain and then wiped with a special rag.
• Limestone plaque will help us eliminate the usual table vinegar or lemon juice. Dampen the cloth with acid and wipe the problem areas.
• After all these manipulations, an abrasive polish is applied to the surface and rubbed with a soft material.

Important! To polish for a long time, it should be washed with a soap solution.

• If the product is made of chrome material, then during polishing, you need to use special tools for chromium.

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What if there are cracks?

Sometimes even the most expensive baths show cracks and chips. And what to do in this case? Do not rush to change the bath immediately, you can restore it with your own hands. To do this, you need to buy liquid acrylic, and we will share with you valuable advice on how to use it:

1. To begin with, the resulting crack should be expanded to form a groove. You can use a knife and sandpaper.
2. The surface must now be degreased. This can be done with the help of special detergents. Apply them to a sponge, treat the surface and rinse with water.
3. Dilute the acrylic compound. Follow the instructions. The mixture should be thick and viscous.
4. Apply the composition to the groove and fill it. Do not overdo it - the mixture should be on a par with the surface.
5. Use a sandpaper to smooth out the surface, designed to smooth the scratches.
6. Then you need to polish the entire surface of the bath with sandpaper 2500. It feels like a thick paper to the touch. Such polishing is best done with water.

The result - all cracks are closed, the bath is polished!

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Care for the acrylic bath

If you take care of the acrylic coating correctly, the bath will last you a long time and will please you with its appearance:

• Do not use cleaning substances containing abrasive substances, as well as formaldehyde, corrosive acids and solvents. Use special tools for cleaning acrylic bathtubs.
• Rinse the bath after each use, clean with a suitable detergent at least once a week.
• After use, dry with a soft towel.
• Do not bathe pets there, do not wash dirty shoes.

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Polishing of the cast iron bath

The polishing of the cast iron bath with your own hands is more complicated. First of all, it must be cleaned of dirt and limescale.

Soda cleaning

The most affordable and common folk remedy for cleaning a cast iron bath is soda. With its help it's easy to remove dirt and soapy deposits:

1. Mix soda with a little water before getting a gruel.
2. Sponge this slurry on contaminated areas - you can grind it all over the surface, leave until the soda dries completely.
3. Rinse the remaining soda with water.

Cleaning of soda ash with vinegar

If the surface is very dirty, and even with lime coating, then just soda does not help, you need to call for help from her "fellow" - soda ash with reinforcements in the form of vinegar and powder bleach:

1. Mix in equal partsBoth types of soda, dilute with water, apply the composition to the surface of the bath and leave for 10 minutes.
2. Mix powdered bleach with vinegar in equal amounts.
3. Pour this solution onto the soda treated surface.
4. Leave for several hours, then rinse with water.

Removal of rust by a solution of ammonia and hydrogen peroxide

As a rule, the biggest headache of the hostess is rust, which is very difficult to clean. It can be disposed of with ammonia and hydrogen peroxide:

1. Pour 100 ml of hydrogen peroxide into a clean jar and add 50 ml of ammonia.
2. Apply to problem areas with a sponge or cloth.
3. After 10-15 minutes rinse with water.

Important! The room should be well ventilated, since ammonia has a strong toxic odor.

Purification with hydrochloric acid

The most effective way to get rid of all dirt and rust is hydrochloric acid.

Important! Work with hydrochloric acid is necessary, observing all precautions and protection.

Application:

• Wind the cranes, hose and other chrome products nearby, cellophane.
• Put rubber gloves on your hands.
• Dampen a rag in hydrochloric acid and treat all problem areas.

Important! Do not use a brush to avoid splashing, otherwise - you may suffer.

• After 10-15 minutes, rinse the bath thoroughly with running water.

Steps for polishing the cast-iron bath

After you have cleaned the bath of all contaminants, you can proceed to the next step of priming and polishing:

• Primer is applied after the surface has completely dried.
• To accelerate the process, you can wipe it with a clean dry rag or cloth.
• For priming you will need an aerosol from a can.
• Once it has been applied again, wait until it dries. Now you can apply enamel.
• The most popular is considered to be nitro-enamel in cans.
• Apply it with a flat brush made of natural lint.

Important! Humidity in the bathroom should not exceed 60%.

• The enamel is applied in two layers, each of which must be completely dry before the process can be continued. For a glossy effect, the last layer is wetted with a solvent and the bath is left for a day.
• After all the layers have dried, you can polish the surface with a paste - you can use a car polish. For polishing, it's best to use a grinding machine, since manually you will take a very long time.

Important! Enamel is not as reliable as the factory enamel, so it's best to refrain from using aggressive detergents.

• You can, of course, do without enamelling and after cleaning proceed immediately to the polishing process. In this case, it is better to buy a pair of polish bottles: one - with coarse-grained, the second - with less granularity. And still stock up with rags and patience.
• Strike the coarse-grained polish in the enamel, long and intensely polish. If you have assistants, for example, a grinder, then you are lucky. For you, the process will not be so laborious.
• After you finish this stage of work, flush the plumbing with clean water using detergent. The coating should be smooth, without any roughness.

Important! To make the surface not only smooth, but also mirror it, then polish it with fine-grained polish, then rinse with soap and rinse with clean water.

To do everything qualitatively, you need to be patient, as this is a long process and the result of the work depends on the quality of its execution.