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OK, are there tiles also behind the toilet,remove the amount you need and replace with as close in color as you can then use those to do the repair job .
Hmm....that's the best idea I've heard all night! I will see where I can source pink tile and order some samples.
Hmm....that's the best idea I've heard all night! I will see where I can source pink tile and order some samples.
Dm me and I will give you my address here in California, I have a friend who was in the business 20 yrs ago still has a few thousand tiles in his barn. also the tile's don't fade they are like stained glass ,even in the sun for 60 yrs I have fixed windows and the repair never showed.
That was a good idea. But by the time you take out those tiles behind the toilet why not just do it right and take them all out?
She has already stated she doesn't want to go to the expense of replacing hundreds of them , she just wants the ones with the holes gone and this is what a professional tile setter said he would do for any of his customers >
Last edited by Ultrarunner; 12-14-2009 at 01:30 PM..
Reason: Repair "Quote"
Why not replace the rusting grab bars with new ones? I could not live with holey, patched, tiles, nor rusty grab bars. You might be able to replace selected tiles with coordinating tiles in a pattern.
How about black tiles to replace the damaged pink ones? You could put a few contrasting black tiles in, I have seen a few 1950's vintage baths that were like that from the get-go.
Yeah, I hate it too when some nimrod makes such a crap modification on a bath. If the grab bars are rusty, they must have been cheap junk from the get-go.
Other thought would be to get creative in putting some other type accessory where the holes are - offhand I am thinking the locations won't work for that or you would have already thought of this yourself.
I would bet you can find replacement ones at a salvage yard in your area. If not, I would replace them with some custom tiles of some kind, maybe some stamped with a fossil or whatever. It will add some interest and look like they are supposed to be there.
I would bet you can find replacement ones at a salvage yard in your area. If not, I would replace them with some custom tiles of some kind, maybe some stamped with a fossil or whatever. It will add some interest and look like they are supposed to be there.
That is what I suggested, he didn't like that idea. I still think it's best.
There are also tub refinishers/reglazers who also refinish tile. They will scrape out the old grout and apply an epoxy finish in the color the customer desires then just regrout. They will repair these holes and they can also lose that obselete ugly pink tile. Google "bathtub refinishing" and there are many hits with information. Every major city has tub refinshing businesses around.
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