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    Cast Iron Bath Tub has rust and hole around drain

    if your gut's warning you off, trust it. My parents got their sink "refinished" with some sort of coating, and they can't set the soap bottle on the sink edge anymore. It's too fragile
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    Cast Iron Bath Tub has rust and hole around drain

    magnets! of course! So, first I confirm that it's steel, then I take out the drain cover and scrub the rust. Eventually, I should see clean steel. So, how do I determine what needs to be done next? If there are no holes all the way through, can I just resurface? Or do I need to fill in whatever...
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    Cast Iron Bath Tub has rust and hole around drain

    So clearly the first thing I need to do is figure out what my tub is made of and how badly it's damaged. The rust stain looks similar to the picture, the house was built in 1979, and I suspect they used whatever materials were cheap and standard at the time. Would that be steel? How can you...
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