Welcome to Adamov Reglazing, your trusted partner for bathtub reglazing and cabinet refinishing services in Southern California. We proudly serve residential and commercial clients across multiple locations, helping you revitalize your bathrooms and kitchens with cost-effective, professional solutions.
Had a porcelain tub come through in Eastvale last week that somebody had painted over at some point, and if you’ve ever seen a painted tub you already know how that story ends. The paint was peeling along the edges, it felt rough where it should’ve felt smooth, and water had been creeping underneath it for who knows how long. The homeowner had been living with it, hoping it would hold, but paint and a bathtub just don’t get along. That’s usually when people call us.
First thing I did was take a good look at what I was actually dealing with. You can’t spray a fresh coating over an old surface and expect it to bond — it’ll just fail again, faster than before. So I started sanding the tub down to knock off the old coating and rough up what was left. This part isn’t glamorous and it takes patience, but it’s the difference between a finish that lasts years and one that flakes off by next spring. I worked through the old paint, pulled off what was loose, and brought it down to a surface the new coating could actually grab onto.
Once the old coating was mostly gone, I moved into a deep cleaning. And I mean deep — every bit of dust, soap scum, body oil, all of it has to come off. Porcelain tub refinishing lives and dies on prep. People think the magic is in the spray, but the spray is the easy part. If the surface underneath isn’t clean and dull and ready, nothing you put on top is going to stick the way it should.
There were a couple of small chips here and there, the kind of thing you stop noticing after you’ve seen it every morning for a few years. I filled and repaired those so the surface would come out level and smooth. Little stuff like that matters. Nobody wants to run their hand along a freshly reglazed tub and feel a divot.
Before any coating goes on, I mask off the whole bathroom. Tub reglazing throws overspray, and that fine mist will find its way onto your walls, your fixtures, your floor, anywhere it can land if you let it. So I tape and cover everything that isn’t the tub. Then I set up my exhaust and blower ventilation — partly for air quality while I’m working, partly to pull the fumes and overspray out of the room instead of letting it settle. It’s a step a lot of folks skip, and you can always tell when they did.
With the room sealed off and the air moving, I laid down the new coating in a bright white. That part’s always satisfying. You spend most of the job on the rough work nobody sees, and then in the final stretch the whole thing transforms in front of you. The tub went from a tired, peeling, patched-up mess to a clean, glossy, bright white finish that looked like it just came out of the showroom. The homeowner loved it — that bright white really woke up the whole bathroom, and they couldn’t stop saying how much better it looked.
This one was in Eastvale, but we run jobs like this all over Riverside, San Bernardino, and Orange County. Same approach every time, whether it’s a porcelain tub, fiberglass, or cast iron. We give honest estimates up front, no pressure, and we tell you straight whether reglazing makes sense for your situation or not.
If you’ve got a tub that’s seen better days — peeling paint, worn-out finish, chips, the wrong color — reach out. Reglazing it costs a fraction of replacement, and done right, it’ll hold up for years.
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