Cast Iron Bath has gone rough like sandpaper

[kamoha]

I hope this is in the right place.
I have a cast iron bath and in my zeal to get it clean with limescale remover and scrubbing I have made it go all rough and sandpaper like on the bottom so much so it took the skin off MY bottom , I have bought a bath mat, to sit on, but save buying a new bath (no way) does anyone have any remedies for this without causing anymore damage?
Thank You

 

[kevplumb]

http://www.mendabath.co.uk/

 

[kamoha]

thanks Kev plumb - I am originally from Hartlepool by the way and my dad is a retired plumber.

 

[Scrit]

So how is the monkey these days? That's what you call the mayor, isn't it?

Scrit

 

[kamoha]

Well I would ask it next time I go up for a visit

 

[ColJack]

if you havent gone through the enamel, then try some wet 'n' dry sandpaper, t-cut and a polishing mop.. treat it like a car.. just re-polish it..

 

[kamoha]

Thank You coljack I will have a look in Halfords I don't have a car though so I have no idea how to polish a car!

 

[wanabechippie]

ThaI don't have a car though so I have no idea how to polish a car!

... just like you'd polish a bath!

 

[Scrit]

To be serious, enamel can be polished with a fine abrasive and a sponge mop - this is the same process as you use to cut back the haze on car paintwork. The abrasive would need to be something like 3M Trizact or Farecla G5/G7 and the mops are special sponge mops sold for use in the car body trade (try Machine Mart or Autopaints for the mops and the cutting compound). The mops need to be dampened with water and kept damp and should be run at 1000 to 2000 rpm and kept moving across the surface (stop and they'll cut straight through), however, the roughness could be caused by the enamel having thinned over time and that "roughness" might actually be the sandcast surface of the cast iron beginning to appear. If that is the case then the bath will need to be re-enamelled and no amount of abrasive cutting will repair it. For £15 or so it might be worth a shot, though

Scrit

 

[Tim 77]

I hope this is in the right place.
I have a cast iron bath and in my zeal to get it clean with limescale remover and scrubbing I have made it go all rough and sandpaper like on the bottom so much so it took the skin off MY bottom , I have bought a bath mat, to sit on, but save buying a new bath (no way) does anyone have any remedies for this without causing anymore damage?
Thank You

Do you have a picture?

 

[markie]

I hope this is in the right place.
I have a cast iron bath and in my zeal to get it clean with limescale remover and scrubbing I have made it go all rough and sandpaper like on the bottom so much so it took the skin off MY bottom , I have bought a bath mat, to sit on, but save buying a new bath (no way) does anyone have any remedies for this without causing anymore damage?
Thank You

Do you have a picture?

Of his/her red bottom

 

[Tim 77]

I hope this is in the right place.
I have a cast iron bath and in my zeal to get it clean with limescale remover and scrubbing I have made it go all rough and sandpaper like on the bottom so much so it took the skin off MY bottom , I have bought a bath mat, to sit on, but save buying a new bath (no way) does anyone have any remedies for this without causing anymore damage?
Thank You

Do you have a picture?

Of his/her red bottom

Glad you spotted it markie, nice to see you're on my level!!

 

[kamoha]

Haha Fnarr Fnarr actually its HER red bottom!
I am sitting on a bath mat now (well when I go in the bath) I might try some very light sanding, I don't think its gone all the way through.
Definitely not paying to have it reenamelled I am doing all this stuff to sell the place not to cost myself a fortune for a bath I won't be sittling in much longer