re-coating shower base

[M202A1]

Hi.

I picked up a used shower base that has lost some of its coating as you will see from the attachment. What can i use to re-coat it?

Cheers

 

[Burnerman]

Personally I think you'll have a hell of a job with that one......if it's fibreglass it's lost the gel coat, if it's acrylic it could just about be possible to sand the roughness down and re-establish a surface with various grades of wet or dry abrasive paper.
John

 

[M202A1]

Its not fiberglass. Its some sort of molded concrete. It's heavy as hell. Ok forget about coating what's the toughest paint I can use to at least make it look cosmetically decent? Cheers

 

[Burnerman]

It looks like cast concrete (maybe from an industrial application in its past?) I think I'd be looking at a specialised concrete paint, maybe the sort that's used for painting garage floors.
I believe Regal is one of the best products around.
John

 

[geraldthehamster]

A skip

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

You could get a company to coat it in resin - but it would cost about 8 times the price of a new tray.

 

[M202A1]

Burnerman, freddiemercurystwin, Thank you for your constructive comments.

I'm definitely going to go for the specialised concrete paint option. Coat it a few times. I know it looks a mess but it was free and there's no damage that warrants it unusable.

A new tray of that size costs around £70

 

[foxhole]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Square-Sh...869809?hash=item1c68c5adb1:g:s14AAOSwX~dWnAH~
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/900mm-Sq-...659524?hash=item1c6707f704:g:tnYAAOSwl-FXNHdI
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Shower-Ba...605280?hash=item41844e6860:g:SuUAAOSwGvhTz6Rk

 

[M202A1]

foxhole, thanks for showing me those. I don't use eBay and 1 of them would have to be collected from Monmouthshire and the other in London. I don't have transportation and the other one Acrylic Super Light for £50. I actually like it heavy casted.

 

[foxhole]

foxhole, thanks for showing me those. I don't use eBay and 1 of them would have to be collected from Monmouthshire and the other in London. I don't have transportation and the other one Acrylic Super Light for £50. I actually like it heavy casted.

Just examples of the hundreds around for £50 or less.