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Updated about 8 years ago, 11/04/2016

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Paul Winka
  • Rental Property Investor
  • St Louis, MO
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UGLY BATHTUB: Bath Fitter, Miracle Method, or replace tub?

Paul Winka
  • Rental Property Investor
  • St Louis, MO
Posted

There are old discussion threads on this, but wanted a fresh perspective with a new thread.

There is a dusty rose colored tub from the '60s that was painted white with a DIY kit; the paint is peeling away. I have distilled what I should do down to three choices. What would you do? 

1) Bath Fitter. I've seen the results of this and confirm it looks good and is a quality job. You'd never know the original tub is under it all. My buddy had it done in his residence. Total cost ~$3000! That seems way high and might a well just replace the tub in this case. 

2) Miracle Method. Seems to be a way to paint / reglaze tubs in a professional way. They claim it will last 20 years, but is this hype? Total cost is probably going to be somewhere between $500 - 1800 depending on if the surround is "miracled" too. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAE0QlQA0DA

3) Replace old tub, put in new one. Not sure about costs though. But that dusty rose tub will be history. But overkill and just unnecessary with a rental??

If there are other courses of action, let me know.

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