Spot putty?

EddieWalker · Mar 6, 2020

tomplum said:
... Why a woman in her 60's needs a clawfoot tub,.,

One of the building Trade magazines that I get did a study on jetted bathtubs and found that most people use them 3 times. A big part of my remodeling business is removing the bathtub and making the shower as big as possible. I think bathtubs in the Master are a thing of the past and slowly fading away.

timswi · Mar 6, 2020

EddieWalker said:
One of the building Trade magazines that I get did a study on jetted bathtubs and found that most people use them 3 times. A big part of my remodeling business is removing the bathtub and making the shower as big as possible. I think bathtubs in the Master are a thing of the past and slowly fading away.

Agree with that. When we built our house, they put in a massive master bath tub that couldn't be filled with a 50 gal HW tank LOL..I replaced that with a smaller one that worked with that tank. Been used maybe twice in 20 years...Now we're talking about replacing the tub with a large shower and turning the existing shower into another closet.

timswi · Mar 6, 2020

To the OP--Go to an autobody supply shop and get Evercoat Polyester Gazing Putty. It's super smooth, sands easily and doesn't shrink. It's a 2 part system. I've used it on car restorations for decades.

ray66v · Mar 6, 2020

timswi said:
To the OP--Go to an autobody supply shop and get Evercoat Polyester Gazing Putty. It's super smooth, sands easily and doesn't shrink. It's a 2 part system. I've used it on car restorations for decades.

I also used it in the body shop all the time. It's a good product, although it's not a cheap option.

If you don't need a lot, and you are not real great at applying filler smoothly, Evercoat Metal Glaze sands like primer, and is the best option.

If you need to do large areas, a decent body filler is going to be much less costly. Evercoat makes Z-Grip, which is pretty good, and not crazy expensive. It's almost as creamy as the metal glaze, and you get a gallon for about the same price.

We would also often mix both products together for the last coat of mud, to make it easier to smooth it out, but still cost effective.

Both are on Amazon for a decent price.

timswi · Mar 6, 2020

ray66v said:
I also used it in the body shop all the time. It's a good product, although it's not a cheap option.

If you don't need a lot, and you are not real great at applying filler smoothly, Evercoat Metal Glaze sands like primer, and is the best option.

If you need to do large areas, a decent body filler is going to be much less costly. Evercoat makes Z-Grip, which is pretty good, and not crazy expensive. It's almost as creamy as the metal glaze, and you get a gallon for about the same price.

We would also often mix both products together for the last coat of mud, to make it easier to smooth it out, but still cost effective.

Both are on Amazon for a decent price.

Thanks for the info. Never used the other stuff mentioned although Evercoat stuff is generally top shelf. I tend to stick with what has historically worked for me (for better or worse sometimes)...I generally don't let cost be a factor in my materials as cheap stuff is usually harder to work with or haunts me later.

tomplum · Mar 6, 2020

EddieWalker said:
One of the building Trade magazines that I get did a study on jetted bathtubs and found that most people use them 3 times. A big part of my remodeling business is removing the bathtub and making the shower as big as possible. I think bathtubs in the Master are a thing of the past and slowly fading away.

Yeah, the people that had the house before us removed a jetted tub and put in an over sized shower in the master which is nice. The misses will be removing the dated shower tub in the guest bath and making that a ladies room I guess. Her daughter visits more that anyone and calls it her vacation spot. So 8 baths a year.....