Posted by Ultradog MN on December 11, 2019 at 15:42:48 from (172.58.86.228):
In Reply to: Paint, OT posted by Gary Mitchell on December 11, 2019 at 12:09:58:
As folks here know I remodel bathrooms for a living. I have torn out probably 10 cast iron tubs that people have had refinished. They epoxy they use invariably chips and flakes off. Tubs are enameled. They take a paste with ground up glass powder in it and paint it on. Then they put it in an oven and the glass particles melt and adhere to the cast iron - or steel too. Pretty much nothing will adhere to the enamel forever. It will chip and flake. Best use for an old clawfoot tub is a stock watering tank. Or if you butcher your own hogs you can put a propane weed burner under it and boil the water to blanch the skin. Or if you had 50 people over you could boil a lot of ear corn in one. I give them to a friend of mine along with the scrap copper and brass I get. Vietnam Vet who's drank and drugged himself pretty hard in life. He gets about $60 a ton for them. We take turns with the 8 lb sledge and take them out in pieces. Scrap man doesn't dock you if it has been refinished...
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