The Selection and Maintenance of Acrylic Bathtubs 1
Currently on the market, there are five most common materials in the bathtub series: Acrylic bathtub, steel bathtub, cast iron bathtubs, Jacuzzi bathtub and wood bathtub. Let’s look at there advantages and disadvantages of each one.
Acrylic Bathtub
Character: it was made by acrylic synthetic resin with very light texture.
Advantage: because the acrylic sheet is soft and easily shaped, so, the acrylic drop in bathtubis abundant of shapes and colors. The customer has more choices. Acrylic bathtub has better warm keeping, in winter time, the keeping time is longer. As for its light weight, it’s easily transportation and installation. The surface scratches can be amended.
Disadvantage: the surface is more easily have scratches.
Maintenance:
1. Do not put hot water into bathtub directly. Please put cold water before hot water. Acrylic Product became soften while heated 100 degrees, avoid storage and usage up 80 degrees.
2. Do not use sharp objects or hard abrasive materials wipe the surface.
3. Avoid contact with paint, volatile agent, diluents and other strong organic solvent exposure, It may cause the surface to soften, dissolve or crack phenomenon endangering product quality.
4. Do not wipe with a scouring powder, which could corrode the surface and reduce the brightness.
5. Acrylic material hardness is equivalent to aluminum; the surface protection should be noted. In case of injury, it could be repaired by using 1500# matte paper, the surface brightness could be obtained again by car polish.
Enamel Steel Bathtub
Character: enamel steel corner bathtub is solid and durable. It’s usually made of 1.3-5mm thick steel plate, so, its weight is much lighter than cast iron bathtub. The surface finish is very high.
Advantage: cheaper, light texture, easy to install.
Disadvantage: because of production process, the shape of steel bathtub is very monotonous, Insulation effect is poor, and noisy water bath. The thickness of the steel plate is less than standard among most of the steel bathtubs in the market, it will sink under loading. The glaze of the surface enamel layer could be blasted during transportation and usage.as a result, lead to rust and can not use again.
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