Restoring An Antique Claw Tub (Part 1)

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Arkansas Homesteader

4 жыл бұрын

Today I will begin stripping down this 103 year old tub, so that I can refinish it to use in our home.

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@_WELDR_ 11 ай бұрын

Love the history behind the tub 👍🏼 my Wife and I bought a Victorian home built in 1841 . We are in the process of restoring and one thing is the tub and I’m doing it today . That camera your using is absolutely amazing in the color. Thanks for the story Brotha 👍🏼

@garytooker8664 4 жыл бұрын

I did this with the tub we found at our 155 year old farm house. Sanded it by hand forever. Used epoxy paint and it came out fine. Worth the work. Love the channel.

@evalenamarieactress 4 жыл бұрын

I absolutely loved listening to your story, thank you for sharing! And thank you for those super satisfying closeups! I'll look forward to seeing the next installment once you get three days of 72-75 degree temperatures! Your patience and project management skills blow my mind, very excited for you!

@robertrichard9460 4 жыл бұрын

My mother was born four days before the tub was manufactured! Very cool

@johngiromini5745 4 жыл бұрын

What a story to have in your memories!! Thanks for sharing your story. Family is absolutely everything.

@ArkansasHomesteader 4 жыл бұрын

You are exactly right my friend!

@chrisandradavis7960 2 ай бұрын

Great story. Thank you for sharing.

@Tomhohenadel 4 жыл бұрын

Er, very interesting story and the detailed history of the tub and of your family. Tub will certainly be an treasure for generations to come. Thank you for your service as well.

@metamud8686 4 жыл бұрын

What a delightful backstory to that tub. Thank you so much for sharing it. Really appreciate it! :-)

@nick540 4 жыл бұрын

Great story of the tub. Glad your restoring it for your family to carry the tradition.

@bill944 4 жыл бұрын

Good to hear the story behind the tub. Sounds like you have a lot of memories attached to it.

@kerrygwebster 4 жыл бұрын

Nice restoration. Especially of a family heirloom. Thanks for sharing.

@ryanmsellars 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for putting your time into these videos. I recently picked up a clawfoot one for Photoshoots, I plan on refurbishing it and your video helps out alot. Best of luck and care with all your future projects!

@jasonramsay6113 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this Video!, I just picked up a tub today and need to sand all the rust off. this is a great vid. thank you again!

@AdrienneLovesOldHouses 3 жыл бұрын

A new lease on life for the tub!!! I love it :)

@estellaknox4488 4 жыл бұрын

Happy memories are the best and keeping it alive.

@jerryebner7582 4 жыл бұрын

Great story thanks for sharing.

@BlissBlissBliss720 3 жыл бұрын

Cool story. Thanks for sharing!

@vansvlogs 4 жыл бұрын

I love your videos !

@tadpoles10 4 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed the 'tub' life story Eric, you just cannot make these things up 'if only the tub could talk' ha ha .. This looks an interesting project to extend the tub's next episode in it's very interesting life. Thanks as always for sharing. atvb t ..

@Orikix 4 жыл бұрын

Nice story😀👍

@lisao1186 3 жыл бұрын

Great story!

@joeblan9426 4 жыл бұрын

Live up in NE AR. and I enjoy your Videos! I don't Know if you get the local trade paper the Merchandiser,located in Paragould, but there use to be a company that refinished tubs that advertised in it!That maybe too far for you to transport,but I thought I'd mention it! If you're interested I would try to check on it for you.God Bless!

@IshMotorparts Жыл бұрын

Interesting story

@StanOwden 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful story. Thanks for sharing. You could buy few pack of firebricks and build a kiln for wood firing the porcelain coating. Would be much better than using epoxy finish on this remarkable piece of your family history.

@jeffrobison2013 4 жыл бұрын

there is a place in missouri that does re-porcelain jobs, I priced getting an old cast double farm sink done. it was near $2000 to have that done.

@ArkansasHomesteader 4 жыл бұрын

Ouch. I knew it would be a 1000.00, but for 2000.00 I think I would try this Ekopel 2k first anyway. Hope your sink turns out great.

@pd2000 4 жыл бұрын

I remember that tub!

@ArkansasHomesteader 4 жыл бұрын

Phil, I plan on hooking running water up to it this time! It should be much nicer to use that way.

@wrthrash 4 жыл бұрын

I did some powder coating of things in the past, never tried it on something so large, but would maybe work?

@leannewhite3338 2 жыл бұрын

Hi great job ! I just wondered what kind of primer you used on your tub .

@featherjean6291 2 жыл бұрын

We have one that we need to clean up, repaint, and get the appropriate fixtures for so we can have it installed.

@iamahugedorkyay 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, that was hard work! Thanks for posting how to do this. I really struggled to remove the citristrip and muddy lifted paint, it would just re-spread everywhere, any other tips? I did pretty good with constant scraping and sponging, but it took 4 hours. Are you not worried about lead, because it is more of a liquid mess? I still wore a mask to be safe. Thanks!

@baileewatts8749 2 жыл бұрын

i have enjoyed watching these videos! so much so that i am following your steps while i refinish one of my own. what type of primer did you use on the tub after you finished grinding it down?

@ArkansasHomesteader 2 жыл бұрын

I think I just used a rustoleum spray can primer.

@SouthernEngineering 4 жыл бұрын

Great story. I know it's too late, but have you considered having it powder-coated?

@ArkansasHomesteader 4 жыл бұрын

I did. Once I realized that I couldn't get the porcelain redone that was my 2nd choice. But when I researched it there have been quite a few people that tried that and were not happy with the results. This Ekopel 2k appears to be the most durable finish othe than the reporcelaining.

@SouthernEngineering 4 жыл бұрын

@@ArkansasHomesteader I figured you thought of it, but wanted to toss it out there anyway. I'm truly enjoying the build, keep up the great work.

@MrJockito 4 жыл бұрын

Is sandblast can be use instead of paint stripper?

@mikewarner2285 4 жыл бұрын

Ww1 tub cool

@valentin.kirilov 4 жыл бұрын

Just a tip, you forgot to add this video to the playlist of the project 🙂

@sineriafrankenstein7316 11 ай бұрын

I just took mine to a sandblaster, cleaned it to bare metal.

@pedrogavina6276 2 жыл бұрын

what are the names of the products you used?

@mrcookoutdoors 2 жыл бұрын

What’s a price on something like that

@suenorton873 4 жыл бұрын

Love your tub story. When you moved in to the old farm house, did it have running water? I have a story about an old clawfoot tub that i held on to for over 20 years, its ending was sad. 😪

@ArkansasHomesteader 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, by the time I moved back into the old house my oldest brother had lived in it for a time and upgraded it to running water, so by the time I moved back there were no more cisterns and pitcher pumps. Do tell what happened to your tub? I thought they were all but indestructible....

@suenorton873 4 жыл бұрын

@@ArkansasHomesteader without me knowing someone in my family took it, I say they stoled it. The tub sat in my dog kennels for years. That person was living hard times and took it for money. I was showing my house n when i walked into the kennel i yelled, someone stole my tub! I was not happy.

@johnkaspar462 4 жыл бұрын

Did you consider having an auto body place give it a good quality paint job ? Not that the route ur taking isn’t good also

@ArkansasHomesteader 4 жыл бұрын

I thought about it, but really wanted to try it myself.

@accucleanaz 3 жыл бұрын

I have an L Wollf tub from 1901 that is missing the feet. We are following your methods for restoring it (currently stripping years of paint off it) and trying to find a set of feet. Do you have any idea where to look, or is it possible to get a close up view of what your feet look like?

@chriscooks5437 Жыл бұрын

Plumbing graveyards.

@susanrenova8625 3 жыл бұрын

What kind of paint can I use after I have primed it

@ArkansasHomesteader 3 жыл бұрын

For the exterior you can use any type paint you like. But there is no paint that will hold up on the inside from what I found. I even tried looking into powder coating. The only two options I found that would last on the inside were the two part epoxy that I used or getting it re-porcilined.

@edpoe4622 2 жыл бұрын

I'm still waiting for someone to actually restore one of these instead of just painting it.

@ArkansasHomesteader 2 жыл бұрын

If by restoring you mean re-porcelaining it, its sort of cost prohibitive. That's what I was wanting to do, but the cost was going to be about $1200 plus another 500 shipping. You can buy a brand new cast iron claw tub for that amount.