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Sandpaper Finish

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DO NOT PAINT a shower. 5 reasons to not paint tile, showers or sinks.

What happens here

The fifth and final problem was the rough, 'sandpaper' finish achieved, despite trying both spray and brush application methods. When spraying, the paint wouldn't gel out to a smooth, glossy finish; instead, it created 'flashing' and the spray cans 'spit' frequently, leaving a rough texture. Even after attempting the brush-on method, the finish remained rough in many areas. This rough texture, although looking white and glossy from a distance, would feel like sandpaper to the touch, making it difficult to clean and ultimately a poor-quality, unsatisfactory result for a shower or bathtub surface.

Goal: Explain the failure to achieve a smooth, glossy finish, resulting in a rough, sandpaper-like texture.

Tools and materials

  • Epoxy Paint — The product being applied, which resulted in a rough finish

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and spraying it on my masking paper and it just kept spitting and all those spits were creating roughness. I knew eventually that this finish when it dried, if I felt it, it was going to feel like sandpaper. So then I went to the different method to try to brush and roll it. But all those places where it was spitting and stuff, if I feel this finish, it actually feels rough. There are some places on here where it actually feels nice and glossy and shiny, but then there's places that are extremely rough on this bathtub, and that's just going to make an absolute nightmare for cleaning al ultimately in the end. So, just the it looks all pure white from here, but um it looks pure white and glossy, but when you rub your hand on it, a lot of it just completely feels like sandpaper. And no matter what I did, if I was, you know, the spray, that's a huge large area to spray with a spray can. I think the spray cans would be more practical for maybe some small thing like a sink. But I'll tell you, I would never even attempt to do a sink either with this because just all the contaminants, chemicals, and stuff like that that are in that, you know, enter a sink like that. You just never know if you get them off. I know this is different. It's fiberglass. I don't know how that's going to be different than say a porcelain sink, which we have right here. Whether you know contaminants don't penetrate that porcelain, I'm not sure. I don't know a lot about that stuff. All I know is this thing fisheyed really bad. Luckily, the shower is mine. And so since it's mine, it's not going to cost me, you know, anything. But unfortunately, it just I'm not happy with it and it's just going to be a nightmare to clean eventually. So there's my experience with, you know, painting a fiberglass shower or bathtub. I don't know if anybody else is out there has actually tried this and actually had some success doing it. I would love to hear your comments in the comments below. If it's worked for you or what methods that you went about doing it or if you actually had a bad experience too and what products you've used out there that were good or bad, just let us know in the comments. Um, unfortunately I didn't have a good experience and maybe it was my lack of experience and lack of doing this kind of stuff. It's something we've always shied away and not done. I know there's people that actually specialize in doing this stuff. So, I know it can be done and done well and actually uh look really…

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