Hotel bathtub refinishing on Oʻahu — rooms back in service the next day.

The tubs in Oʻahu's older hotels

Many of the island's hotels, condo-hotels and timeshare buildings were built decades ago, and a large share of their guest rooms still have the original porcelain-on-steel or cast iron bathtubs. The tubs themselves are solid. What wears out is the enamel: dull bottoms, rust at the drain, chips, and stains housekeeping can no longer remove.

That is exactly what refinishing fixes. We repair the damage and pour a new, thick, glossy white surface over the whole tub. A guest sees a clean, bright tub; your team gets a non-porous surface that wipes clean quickly.

Why not just spray them?

Spray reglazing is the usual choice, and its drawback in a hotel is well known: strong solvent odor that travels down the corridor and lingers, plus overspray that has to be contained. Rooms on either side often have to be blocked as well.

Our coating is poured on and levels itself. It is odorless and nothing is airborne, so the rooms next door stay in service and there is no ducting or exhaust fan in the hallway.

What we refinish — and what we don't

We work on steel and cast iron bathtubs only. Newer properties often have acrylic or fiberglass tubs and one-piece tub-shower units, which we don't refinish. A fridge magnet tells you in seconds: if it sticks to the side of the tub, we can refinish it. More in what tub do I have?

We also don't refinish sinks, tile or shower pans, and we don't do spot repairs — each tub is refinished completely, which is what makes the result last.

How a project is scheduled

One technician typically completes two tubs a day. For a group of rooms we agree a simple schedule with your engineering or housekeeping lead: which rooms on which days, when we can enter, and when each room returns to inventory. Rooms can be done as they become vacant or in a planned block.

Paperwork

Tell us what your property requires from vendors — certificate of insurance, W-9, vendor registration — when you request a quote, and we'll have it in place before the first room.

Pricing

A standard tub is a flat $635, with chip and rust repair, the poured coating and fresh caulking included. Projects with several tubs, and tubs with an old failing coating that has to be stripped, are quoted per project after we see photos or walk a sample room.