Bathroom Restoration Before/After Pics

[balrgn]

Originally Posted by 59toaster

The chrome bezel in the bathtub IS the nut. It's threaded into the P-Trap. Put a couple of screwdrivers into the drain and cross them and you should be able to turn it out.

I had to warm up the pipe dope on mine a few weeks ago to get it to turn. Broke one of the inserts prior to applying heat, it did come out. I found a replacement at Home Depot.

[PizzaChop]

Well, was I surprised to find this old thread pulled off the shelf!!

I actually made a tool to unscrew the the tub drain from a P-trap. I used a pipe about 1-1/4" diameter and cut four 1/4" notches (12, 3. 6, & 9 o-clock positions) that would fit into the drain strainer (nut) and was able to break it free.

It was kind of a pain to put it back and I still don't have it tight enough, just haven't gotten around doing it. (There's a slip joint at the P-trap that's pretty hard to get a good grip on.)

(Don't worry though, removal is always the easy part!)

The "Tough As Tile" is still holding up, although there a couple of spots I wish I'd sprayed thicker. It cleans easily and looks so much better than the old yellow finish. The hardest part was disassembly and prep.

[sunny75]

This is very encouraging! I can't tell from the pictures, but did you paint the overhead cabinet too? Also, it looks like you painted the tambour. Did you have any problem with that?

[PizzaChop]

It still looked good when I sold the Overlander in 2005 (or 06)

I honestly don't remember it much anymore.

But I painted the tambour doors in the Sovereign center bath and they seem to be holding up pretty well.