Bathroom resurfacing by roll-on....

A roll-on is normally thicker and stronger than a spray and an epoxy made to be applied by roller and to go over bathroom tiles is made specifically to be layered.

A spray is normally mixed with a solvent like thinners so it can come out of a spray gun.

The roll-on epoxy is not diluted with any solvents and is applied thicker with a roller and if one knows how and when to apply the epoxy one can apply at least 2 coats to the ceramic wall tiles and 3 coats to the ceramic floor tiles and bath.

It is a craft and takes skills that is developed over many years of practice, and looks fantastic.

A good comparison to understand the concept is when waterproofing your bathroom under the tiles the waterproofing is applied by roller and at least 2 to 3 coats is applied over a space of time. The more coats the thicker the waterproofing and the stronger the waterproofing.

The same concept applies when using an epoxy specifically made to roll over the top of the bathroom wall and floor tiles.

Anything done by hand takes time if it is done correctly - any physical work that requires detail takes patience:

Just one wall of a bathroom can often take a whole day to coat. Each coat is applied with small special rollers and each tile and each grout line is covered one at a time, and each wall gets 2 full coats following the same detailed process for each coat.

The second coat cannot be applied too early or too late and both coats should be done all on the same day.

The girls are in full PPE gear all day and often on their own.

Now this takes patience and skills and attention to detail… and is not for everyone.

But that’s what we do, and we do it this way for a reason, and we do it well.     

So the roll-on normally takes longer than a spray because the epoxy is not diluted and all the wall tiles and grout lines get 2 full coats of epoxy and the floor tiles and grout lines get 3 full coats of epoxy.

This also means that a roll-on process normally goes through more product than a spray process.

So when looking for a company to resurface your bathroom it is important to remember that when you are comparing pricing it is not apples for apples and the process of a roll-on is very different to a spray.

Remember there is often the conflict between wanting something to look good and to last and the price that it costs.

The other thing to take note of is that when a resurfacing job in a bathroom fails; perhaps because the product used was incorrect or inferior and not specific for the purpose of bathroom resurfacing; or the surface layer applied was not thick enough and water has gotten through the grout lines and the product has become brittle over time, or the crazy-intense detailed preparation required to clean and often re-grout the wall and floor tiles has not been thorough, it is technically very complicated and difficult to re-do/ fix/repair the failed resurfacing job and far more time consuming than the initial job itself.

The phrase ”you pay cheap you pay twice” almost applies when it comes to fixing a resurfacing job that has failed but I think more accurately it is “ you pay cheap you pay thrice.”

So think hard and analyse when choosing an applicator to resurface your bathroom.