I can haz bathtub!

[gwyn]

Well, soon I can haz one. The Miracle Method guy came today to reglaze the reglazed tub. Many years ago, I did a remodel of the bathroom, and it included painting the baby-puke gold bathtub white to match the new white fixtures and tile tub surround. I hated that tub and would never sit down in it for many reasons, one of which was that over the 50+ years, it had obviously been used to bathe large clawed animals and was scratched and gouged all to hell, and second because my sewer system had backed up into it for the first however many years I lived here, and no matter how much I scrubbed it, I could not shake the fear of raw sewage germs. I didn't even like standing in it to shower, much less sit in it.

I got about... oh, maybe six months of bathtub sitting before it started chipping and then peeling slowly away. I am clumsy to an almost absurd level, and of course the first few weeks, I dropped just about anything I could drop on it. A guy at the place where I worked then was also having his bathroom redone, and he told me that not only had the Miracle Method people done a spectacular job at erasing the scratches in their tub, nothing chipped when they dropped anything. I ground my teeth in jealousy because clearly, I had not called the right guys. MM uses a bonding agent so that if it does chip when I drop something, it won't start to peel as my tub has done for... I dunno, maybe 10 or 12 years? And they will come fix the chipped area.

In all that time I haven't been able to take a bath except at hotels. When we stayed at the posh hotel in Vancouver a couple months ago and I found our room didn't have the tub, and I'd brought all the Lush bath goodies, I kind of lost my rag and decided that it was time to pull some money and get the tub reglazed right this time.

Tomorrow very early (gah) he comes to finish it off, but it looks spectacular right now. There are stills scratches in evidence, because there's no way they can get that out of a porcelain tub completely, but it definitely looks better than the first job. He tried to convince me to put a no-slip texture on the bottom ("I'll give it to you for free!" he said, because he was worried that the tub, being what it is, is sloped so much I would slip), but I said, I have been waiting to take baths again for years and years, and I want it as smooth as it can be. Men definitely don't seem to understand these needs!

I am so excited about using the bath bombs I bought. If you're trying to get hold of me and can't, people, I'll be in the tub!

Comments

[dorinda]

Woooooooo tuuuuuuuub! \o/ I wish you the pruniest fingers and toes in all the land!

[gwyn]

I have let myself become well and truly pickled a few times now. I am so very much enjoying it.

Hey, I have no idea if our panel is going to get enough votes, but if it does, we should chitchat about it at some point.

[dorinda]

(Mmmmm, Gene iconnnnn.)

I don't know if you care for the bubbly things as well as the bomby things, but one of my Lush faves is the giant bubble bar called Blue Skies And Fluffy White Clouds. I love the smell, I love the color, I love the bubbbbbblllleeees. And it's so big that I can get a perfectly good bubble bath with only part of the bar (a quarter to a half, depending on the tub). Bubble baths, aside from their inherent delights, also put me happily in mind of Walter Skinner in that one episode, lounging manfully in a bubble bath. <3 Om nom nom.

Sad to see no broccoli on the final schedule. But maybe you and I can get together for drinkies and have our own broccoli tete-a-tete!

[sakana17]

YAY! Bathtub!!!! Lush!!!! Joy!

And I am so with you about the slippery surface. I gladly risk breaking my neck so I can bathe without a scratchy surface.

[gwyn]

Yeah, the nice thing about it is that I can add it later if there aren't any problems with the paint. I used my Christmas Party bath bomb first, though, and now I have a ring stain! Ah ha ha ha.

[klia]

Yaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy! I'm so glad you finally get to indulge in all those Lush goodies!

What a guy thing, figuring it would be better with a textured bottom. Um, SO not, dude!

[gwyn]

You know, in some ways, it was good not to have the tub because I didn't have to buy bombs. Now I won't be able to stop myself, which is actually very bad!!

[klia]

Yeah, that's the problem with Lush: it becomes an addiction.

[nagasvoice.livejournal.com]

Yay for tubby baths!
I myself have slipped very nastily, and I like the whole idea of the nonslip coating. When I've had a chance to try them, there are some very nice versions in hotel rooms, and not obnoxious at all.

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

I have a feeling the one they wanted to give me would have been fine, but... after a peeling tub that was so scratched it was like a raw surface, I just *had* to go smooth. And fortunately, if this stays fine and doesn't get wrecked like last time, I can always add one later. Not that I want to spend again!

[rattlecatcher.livejournal.com]

I love tubs in hotels because I don't have to clean them. ;)

I understand the love of the tub, and yay you for getting it done! This sounds awesome, and should I ever actually own a home I will be scrabbling through LJ to see if I can find this, as chances are I will be in need of this miracle.

BTW - my fave Lush bomb is the avocado. It turns the water a thick green you can't see through and feels like what God meant original sin to be.

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

I know -- I definitely have to get in the habit of actually cleaning the thing now. When it started peeling, it was easy for me to let it go. I am going to try the avocado one soon! I was looking at all the bath bombs I've never paid attention to before, and that one sounds good, especially with the lemongrass scent.

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

Huzzah!

[black-bird-777.livejournal.com]

FINALLY. :-)

No, really, I think this is a good thing. You'll be much happier being able to take a damn bath when you want. Bathe well!

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Well, you know, in my defense, it's pretty expensive. But I hope worth it, even if my water bills increase exponentially.