Browse Forums Bathrooms and Laundry 1 Mar 17, 2009 8:52 am We have an acrylic bathtub in our inclusions, and I feel dubious about it. What do you guys think? Our daughter has one and says its ok with her two small boys, but as a devout bath-lover, it just doesn't feel right to me. Am I being picky with this, or should I look for an alternative? The acrylic is only $142, and that alone is ringing alarm bells - can something that cheap be any good? Especially is it will be in place for many years, and is certainly not easy to replace... Re: Acrylic bath 3Mar 17, 2009 1:33 pm My two cents worth... Go for steel...
Acrylic is much harder to keep clean, easier to scratch, easier to crack... $142 for a tub is not a lot of money, even an acrylic tub... Ed.. What the? We had one for years. Lovely and warm to sit in. Electrical Engineer... Don't hold that against me... And keen owner builder... Mainly the building part!! Re: Acrylic bath 4Mar 17, 2009 3:11 pm chuth77 Ed.. What the? We had one for years. Lovely and warm to sit in. Never had any problem with acrylic... if you sit in a steel bath and then sit in acrylic you will see (feel!!!) the difference. Most domestic spas are acrylic. As it says in the centre of the tube inside a roll of Qilton toilet paper "love your bum" Ed "ECOECO" At 'EcoEco', we design windows, we design the best windows, we do it for you, so that when you’re happy we are happy. Tel. 1800 326 326 Re: Acrylic bath 5Mar 17, 2009 4:19 pm We have an acrylic bath, and it's been good. Mind you I have only had a bath in it about 6 times in 8 years - ripping it out in our bathroom reno soon.
Not sure what you mean about scratching easily - what are you doing in your bath Our bath is about 15 years old, and still looks great, apart from the awful colour - green. Maybe you could see how much an upgrade would be, and base it on that. Re: Acrylic bath 6Mar 17, 2009 6:28 pm Steel baths get colder quicker as the heat is transeferred out of the water into the steel. You don't get that in an acrylic bath.
My acrylic bath cost $1100!! Re: Acrylic bath 7Mar 17, 2009 8:02 pm I have had both.
Steel baths feel hard on the bottom and even when you put hot water in them they feel cold on the bum at first The ones I have had havnt been very deep either! I think acrylic ones come in more styles and sizes. They can scratch This usually happens if you use Jiff and one of those kitchen scourers that have sponge on one side and rough on the other. It isnt a scratch as such but you sort of take the sheen off the finish. Usually from the tide mark when bathing dirty kids I will always go acrylic now and after every bath just wipe around the side as the water goes out you can feel with your fingers any scum even if you cant see it so just wipe until it feels smooth, and give a clean once a week with a cloth only. I'm lucky DH and DS never takes a bath (dirty buggers ) an DD has moved out so I have it all to myself Know where your going in life............... you may already be there Acrylic baths 8Mar 18, 2009 7:22 am Thanks for your responses, looks like the acrylic gets the vote. I'll look for a better one (more expensive, on the grounds that you get what you pay for) and see how I go there. I don't want armrests because they get in the way of my elbows when I'm holding my book (that's about as adventurous as I get in the bath these days Willow, although sometimes a glass of bubbly goes down well!) Thanks again Hi Alex, Thanks for the reply again. I had a chat with the builder, he said he will use primer, then hydrotec which comes with colour and sealer as well. A Renderer I… 12 18076 Suggestions please for acrylic rendering Color to match austral brick urban one pepper. Pic for reference. Thanks 0 5068 It's a classic case of aesthetics subjugating function where style takes precedence over practicality. 3 3943 |