How to Make Your Bath Tub Look New Again?

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Replacing an old bath tub can be a major expense. Not only do you have to go out and buy a brand new tub, but you probably will have to have a plumber or other professional remove your old tub and install the new one. If you don't have the budget for changing out your bath tub, there is a very good and practical solution to getting a clean, new look. There are a number of companies that specialize in retrofitting old bath tubs with an acrylic liner that makes an old, scratched and rusty tub look brand new. Instead of the expense of a brand new tub that can easily exceed $1,000, with a retrofit liner, you will have, for all practical purposes a shiny, clean new tub at a fraction of the price of buying and installing a completely new tub. Tubs get neglected over the years. Hard objects may f

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