# Tile Glazing **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 7, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tile-glazing/180213 "2003-06-07T00:42:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tile-glazing/180213/1 "2003-06-07T00:42:20Z")
Anyone ever had their bath and wall tile re-glazed? As I understand it, you can change the color of the existing tile and end up with a ‘new’ bathroom at quite a lot less than bringing in a new tub, and tearing out your old tile. Is it a do it yourself project? Ore, is it cheap enough to let a ‘pro’ do it? ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tile-glazing/180213/2 "2003-06-07T01:28:10Z")
What do you consider cheap? I think it costs several hundred dollars to have it done professionally. ---
**Author:** ![ltfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@ltfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ltfire)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tile-glazing/180213/3 "2003-06-07T20:07:16Z")
OK, I Googled it, and found that it is NOT a do it yourself project due to the chemicals used. Also, the bath tub and tile replacement is going to run in the thousands, as oppossed to the hundreds with a reglaze. I’m looking for anyone with personal knowledge, because all I Google is advertisements from companies. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tile-glazing/180213/4 "2003-06-07T20:33:38Z")
I had my bath refinished in my previous house (it was an odd size, so it was the only option. They sprayed it with two base coats and a finish coat, I’m not sure what they used, but it was most unsatisfactory - about a week after it was done, my toenail scraped off a strip of the coating that was an inch long by a quarter inch wide - it was very soft and flexible, like PVC. I called them back and they stripped it and refinished again (making excuses about it being traced to a bad batch), but it wasn’t really any better.