Ekopel 2K Bathtub Refinishing Kit - Odorless DIY Sink and Tub Reglazing Kit - 20X Thicker Than Other Refinishing Kits- No Peel Pour On Tub Coating - Bright Gloss Tub Coating (Standard Tub Kit) Made in the USA (Biscuit)

Six years ago, we had our harvest gold tub painted by a “professional” and had problems with chipping paint from the very beginning. Over the years, I used some of the $20 bathtub refinishing kits found at Home Depot to touch up the peeling areas. I applied it with a brush and it looked crappy, but when company was coming, we would sand and paint paint over the bare spots and hoped they wouldn’t notice. Finally, we got sick of looking at it and decided to just replace the tub and surrounding tile walls. The first quote we got was $5,000! At first we were going to do it, then decided we didn’t want the expense and the mess of a remodel, so I was going to do the work myself. We kept weighing this option against simply buying another $20 kit and doing another touch up, but we were just sick and tired of it all.This is when I discovered Ekopel 2K. I have a lot of experience working with epoxy and know how strong the stuff is. We decided to order the kit and give it one last try before we dynamited the whole darn bathroom.The first thing was to remove all the old paint and a lot of it came off easily with single-edge razor blades. I found the best trick was to clamp the blade in a vice grip pliers and chisel it off that way. I was able to get most of it off in an hour or so. I did have to use some paint stripper in the spots where I had touched up the paint with the $20 kits but that wasn’t too bad. I cleaned the tub and used the recommended Lysol Toilet cleaner with the acid. According to the video, the Lysol is supposed to etch the surface of the tub, but it still looked shiny to me and I was concerned that the epoxy wouldn't take a bite, so I used my power sander and went over the entire tub to remove a bit of the shine. Maybe I didn’t need to do this, but I had the time and the tools, so I went with it. All of this paint removal and prep took me about three hours.The YouTube video set provided by the supplier, Refinished Bath Solutions, was extremely helpful and I watched the application portion at least three times. I followed the method as best as I could for a first timer, and it came out very well. I was concerned there wouldn’t be enough material to do the job, but it turned out I had almost 1-1/2 cups left over, and I even coated the soap dish. I think it took about 1-1/2 hours from the time I opened the can. The biggest problem area was working with the drain. One hassle was the toilet being in the way, so I would have to reach over to scoop the epoxy out. I would invariably bump my arm on the side of the tub and have to reapply in that area. As the material cured, I would continue to scoop out the material from the drain. About 6 hours after I started the application I removed the drain cover. Some material migrated over the drain flange which I removed the next morning with a razor and messed it up a bit there.One pro tip, use knee pads, even if you get a cheap pair. Something else to mention, the paint didn’t arrive with any instructions at all. At the last minute I discovered the Ekopel 2K Technical Data Sheet provided by the manufacturer, Pabrec, which contains some important information not mentioned in the videos.I am very pleased with this product and expect the finish to outlast me and my wife.

This is the 3rd time I am refinishing this tub and hopefully the last time. This product is different than any of the other products I've used before. I am happy with the outcome although I could have done better if I had watched more YouTube videos and got some of the tips I was missing as I was doing the tub.I would suggest that the seller include instructions. Just supplying a website is not adequate.Watch videos that individuals have posted, watch mine. I made plenty of mistakes that you could avoid by watching a wide variety. I included photos of my damaged tub and steps I took to repair it. I used razor blades, paint scrapers and a steamer to remove the old finish. I removed all of the caulk from around the tub. I used a lime, rust and calcium remover to clean the tub, rinsed it with water and then wiped it with alcohol and a clean cloth. Things you need: gloves, clean clothes, screwdriver, masking tape, drop cloth in at least 3 layers, hair dryer or heat gun, clean plastic cups, a wooden stirrer with squared sides. Wear close fitting clothing that you don't mind ruining. Make sure the temperature in the room is about 70- 75 degrees F. Too warm and the product hardens faster, too cold and it takes longer for it to harden. Try to make sure there is no dust flying around. Be careful of flying or crawling insects, if they get caught, they are stuck unless you can get them out before the product stops self-leveling. Take everything out of the area. I took out all of the hanging shelves, soap off of the dishes and anything else that could possibly fall into the tub.Remove the hardware and pipes if you can if you can't remove them, protect them with masking tape. Shut the water supply off. I shut my tub valve off but I still had a drip. I used a baby diaper and a rubber glove taped over the spigot so no drips would ruin my work.The can has a seal on it and I needed to use a flat head screwdriver to remove it.Once you combine the 2 components, be prepared to stir thoroughly for at least 10 minutes or more. You can NOT use a drill or other mechanical stirrer, you will need to stir by hand.Once you have it stirred, start pouring on the corners and ledge of the far side. Start at 11 o'clock and go clockwise. Don't worry about the bottom of the tub until you have all the sides covered. Remember the bottom of the tub has a slight pitch and the product will level toward the lowest area, which is where the drain is.All in all, I think this is a wonderful product. I loved the result. I caused a few flaws but even with those flaws, it looks 99% better and almost new.

I am a property manager and a very experienced DIY’er and I would have to say that this was one of the most challenging projects that I have taken on in the last couple of years. On a difficulty scale of 1 to 10 for a DIY’er, I would give it a 9.- There are no instructions included with the product, but after finding them in the web, and watching an hour of YouTube, I thought I was prepared.- Prepping and taping the tub and surrounding area took over two hours.- Applying Ekopel means awkwardly leaning over your tub for 90 minutes, which is back straining to say the least.- There is a huge mess throughout the process, and cleanup is a nightmare.- If you are not able to remove your drain you are in for an even bigger challenge. I am looking at the result now and try to figure out how much sanding and which new product I am going to buy to cover up the problems.- There was just barely enough material included to cover my tub.- They make it seem if the pour over method will magically create the perfect layer across the entire tub. This is not the case. I have thin spots in some areas, and thick drips in others.- Although I followed the instructions about not scraping the bottoms or sides at the end, I still ended up with brown spots in some areas.After prep, application and initial clean up I am 7 hours into this job. I now need to make a trip to the hardware to buy a lot of sand paper to hopefully smooth out the drips, and a competitor’s product to hopefully fix the issues with the drain area and the thin spots. Those jobs should add another 3-4 hours, for a total of over 10 hours and close to $200.Not impressed...

I'll start off by saying I'm a 40 something year old single mom. I'm used to doing house stuff on my own, I'm experienced in refinishing furniture and have painted a lot of interiors.I bought a condo a year ago that had an old metal tub that the previous owners had refinished with a low grade tub refinishing kit. It was bright white when I moved in, like they had just done it. A couple of months in I started noticing discoloration on the bottom of the tub from my purple blonde hair shampoo. 5 months in, the discoloration got bigger and there was yellowing all over in patches, then the peeling started and rust was showing up around the drain. No amount of bleaching or scrubbing got rid of it. I contacted a contractor to give me a quote to replace the entire tub with a nice fiberglass soaker and new tub surround: Over $8500!! (I live in the Northwest Territories so things are more expensive). As I am planning on selling my place in a year, I wasn't interested in making that investment and started to research which product would be best to do the job myself, one that had great customer reviews and stellar results. I had looked at another brand and was about to order it but people were complaining about how bad the fumes were. I'm a mom to a kid with asthma so there was no way I could expose her to toxic chemicals like that for a few days. This was like respirator level fumes. That's where Ekopel stood out from the rest for me. It was the only product like this that I could find that was low to no odor. Luckily the product was available on Amazon and with my Prime membership I got free shipping which saved me a lot of money being where I am. I also purchased the tub mat that Refinished Bathtub Solutions carries.This company has wonderful customer support. You can give them a call and they give advice or suggestions and answer any questions. They directed me to their latest instructional video on YouTube and told me exactly what tools to purchase so that I would be ready when the product got to me in the mail.As far as the application it's self goes, prep is so important. My old tub finish had a non slip grip through the entire finish which I hated so I took the time to remove the entire old finish with a razor, but I'm told this is not necessary normally. I prepped for about a week. I watched all of the videos and made notes as to the steps I would take during the application so I wouldn't have to keep checking the video. I was quite nervous about this entire project because if I messed up, I would either have to live with it or do the entire process again.The application takes an hour or less, however you do need to continually wipe out the drain area until the epoxy stops moving (about 6 hours). It was very difficult to wipe that drain and not bump the wet front with my legs. Luckily the product continues to self level for quite some time. My tape job on the front failed and I had a mess to clean up.In the end my tub looks pretty much brand new. Is it flawless? No. I bumped it in a couple of places and a few hairs fell onto the surface while I was dealing with the drain. I was too chicken to remove the tape around the surround right away so I left it until the next day and used a razor to cut along the bottom to remove it (any tiny bits left will be covered by caulking which I will do tomorrow).I do have a few things to consider from my experience:*I used a rubber spatula as well as a wooden paint stick to stir the epoxy. The spatula got all of the product off the sides and hard to reach corners of the can. I was worried about not getting it all mixed thoroughly but this worked well.*If you have deeper chips in your old enamel, take the time to fill them. I didn't and I can see the indents in a couple of places. RBS talks about this in some of their instructional videos.*Be careful if you wear glasses, mine almost fell into the tub as I was scooping the epoxy. Either affix them to your head or take them off.*Have acetone on hand and lots of rags. This stuff doesn't wash off with water.*Consider working with minimal clothes on and cover your hair. The reality is that hair, fuzz and dust are falling off of us constantly. You don't want this in your finish. At some point the finish will be beyond the time where it will level out if you try to remove them. I kept the bathroom door shut as well.*If you have pets keep them out of the bathroom for at least a couple of days. I have a cat that enjoys being in the bath tub. He would likely harm the curing tub if I let him in there even though it's hard to the touch now, the product takes 30 days to fully cure.*If you need the use of your tub as soon as possible, you may want to choose a caulking with minimal cure time as you can't caulk the tub for at least 24-30 hours. I got one that can be exposed to water within 30 minutes.*Lay out all of your tools you will need ready to go. Keep your work area organized. It's a time sensitive job so make sure you have it all there. Have a cardboard box handy to throw soiled items (putting the sticky epoxy covered garbage into a bag is difficult especially if you are wearing gloves.)*Put a digital thermometer in your bathroom to monitor the temperature. The Ekopel needs to cure between a 70-75 degree window. Put the thermometer in there a week ahead of time and monitor your temps and have a plan to get it to the correct zone if it's off.* The one issue I had was opening the can. I had a really hard time with it and bent all of my finger nails backwards prying it open so be careful! I would puncture the lid if I were to do it again. There was a black plastic 'lock' on the can seal I also tried to cut off with difficulty...I'm sure there was probably an easier way to get it open that I missed.Overall I would say it was challenging for me, I'm no expert or trades person, but I did it and am very happy so far with the results. Using Ekopel saved me about $8000. And I appreciate so much that it has no fumes. When I buy house paint I always opt for products with zero VOCs. The customer service and support is top notch. I would buy it again for sure. I will be moving in a year, so I will remember to update this review as to how the tub is faring at that time.Thank you again, Refinished Bathtub Solutions, you guys are awesome.

This product is unlike anything we have every used. I am so happy we didn't have to tape off anything to spray! It was mildly complicated to use but it has a crazy long working time so you can go back and fix small things like dog hair that landed in it. I would recommend extra tape over the hole or maybe a piece of cardboard taped in the hole as I did have to taco fold a pretty big piece of paint that went in and pull out with tweezers. It took just over 36 hrs to fully cure and we gave an extra 12 just in case. The paint is beautiful white and hard as a rock. I am so happy that we didn't have to lug this massive tub out to replace. The only mistake we made was the pour on the front...that little lip that we have but most tubs don't dripped for like and hour and we kept having to catch before it ran on the bottom front part. I would suggest to watch the video and follow to rules exactly. Will definitely post a long term update.

I do not suggest buying this product. It was applied in November 2020. All manufacturer's instructions were followed. It looked great for a couple of months (I even left a good review based on the first impression). I noticed the first problems in January 2021 when the first blisters appeared (size roughly 1/2"X1/2") next to the drain hole. They were getting bigger over time and finally broke yesterday. My bathtub must be replaced now. Extremely disappointed.

Do not waste your money. Product stains yellow over time. Followed the process meticulously step by step. Their website suggests using a majic eraser and baking soda to remove these stains, which must be quite common, but this does not work. I will now need to refinish my tub again which is more time and more money. Terrible product.

This is an amazing product, I have done two tubs with it after watching hours of videos.Both tubs developed runs after the one hour application time so I could not try to remove them from the finish.The second tub did the same thing so I called the manufacturer, Milestone during this process but no return call so I decided best to leave the surface as is rather than make it worst as I have read.No both tubs have runs in them and I would like to remove the runs but I need some help with this.Other than the runs, the tubs look amazing and this product is amazing.