Bathtub Repair

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The last tenant in my flat appears to have dropped a cigarette in the bath tub. There is a melted browny yellow indentation that has only started to bother me now. I have decorated my bathroom and it is looking really nice, but this thing in the tob spoils the whole effect.

Does anyone know of any sealant, whitener - anything to improve this?

― Rumpie, Thursday, 29 September 2005 07:06 (twenty years ago)

bleach?

― faith popcorn (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 29 September 2005 07:10 (twenty years ago)

Magic Eraser?

― C J (C J), Thursday, 29 September 2005 07:14 (twenty years ago)

Nah - bleach and scrubbing have had no effect. It's more of a burn than anything else. Or a melt I guess. They must have had a party.

― Rumpie, Thursday, 29 September 2005 07:18 (twenty years ago)

It's a plastic bath, I presume?

I know you can get re-enamelling kits to repair enamel baths, but I don't think you can do much for a plastic one.

If your landlord deducted money from the previous tenant's deposit to cover the damage to the bath, then maybe you could ask him if he might beprepared to replace the tub with a new one? They're cheap enough from B&Q....

― C J (C J), Thursday, 29 September 2005 07:31 (twenty years ago)

It's a council property - I feel I should have mentioned to them before I signed the lease - I fear that if I say something about it now so long down the line they may think it was me who did it.

At the time I was just so relieved to get somewhere, all the little things didn't start to bother me until my decorating phase started.

And yeah, it's plastic.

― Rumpie, Thursday, 29 September 2005 07:34 (twenty years ago)

Did they not give you an inventory/schedule of condition to agree and sign before you moved in?

― C J (C J), Thursday, 29 September 2005 07:38 (twenty years ago)

Nope - I viewed the flat, agreed to take it and was called to come down to the council offices the following week, sign the lease and pick up the keys.

I was mostly concerned with having my windows changed, the living room door put back on and the leak from upstairs addressed. The place had only been vacated a few days before - I was an emergency case so the whole process moved really quickly.

― Rumpie, Thursday, 29 September 2005 07:41 (twenty years ago)

seven months pass...

You could try buffing it with polishing compound and rotary buffer.
If that doesnt work it gets harder. Use a dremel tool with conical grinder and remove just the stain. Fill recess with fine body filler. Sand smooth working up to maybe a 1200 grit wet sand. Use an airbrush and a white lacquer or epoxy. Will require multiple coats. Polish paint with buffer and polishing compound. This sort of job requires patience and focus. But you will be amazed at the results

― John Bartlett, Wednesday, 3 May 2006 02:14 (twenty years ago)

it sounds like rust to me

― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 3 May 2006 02:17 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

You know how some bathtub drains don't even have a separate lever for the stopper? Just some elaborate maneuver you do with the pull-down thing on the tub faucet, which you don't even need to figure out if you take showers instead of baths.

Until one morning, you accidentally stop the drain with no idea how, and can't get it to unstop. A simple pull on the valve just yields shower spray.
???

― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 14:53 (eighteen years ago)

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