Protecting the Bathtub with Cardboard
The best and cheapest, but at the same time the most time-consuming way to protect a bathtub is to use the cardboard in which the bathtub was delivered. Below is a description of how to do this.
Total Time Needed :
30
Minutes
Total Cost:
$8
USD
Required Tools:
Things Needed?
Steps to protecting the bathtub with cardboard:
Step 1 – Get the tools ready
The first step is to prepare the necessary tools to perform this task. Here’s a list of the tools you will need.
Step 2 – Get all the necessary materials
Also prepare a masking tape and a cardboard box from which you pulled out the bath tubs. If you do not have a cardboard box in which the bathtub has been delivered, use any cardboard box that you have at hand.
Step 3 – Secure the front of the tub
Prepare the cardboard box in which the bathtub has been delivered in and cut the carton shape of the front of the tub. So that it overlaps the upper part (the one on which you can sit) so as to secure its corner. Then glue it with a painter masking tape to the bathtub surfaces. Remember not to stick the tape to the edge of the bathtub, leave about 3/8 “uncovered space. This place is the place where the tiles meet.
Step 4 – Secure the top of the tub
Also attach the upper edge to the bathtub. Thanks to this treatment, our protection will not slip when you sit on it.
Step 5 – Secure the bottom of the bathtub
Find the printed shape of the bottom of the tub on the bathtub carton and cut it according to the shape. If you are afraid of destroying the bathtub, cut the second piece of cardboard of the same shape and drop these cut cardboard boxes into the bathtub.
Step 6 – Tape the bottom protection
Cover this piece of cardboard carefully using masking tape. It will last you at least a few days. The better you do it the longer it will stay in its place.
Step 7 – Secure the first side wall of the bathtub
Cut the piece of cardboard correspondingly to the size of each bathtub wall so that it overlaps the top edge of the bathtub. Cut the cardboard on the edge to make it easier to bend.Then glue it on the top and bottom so that you can connect the bottom piece of the cardboard with the one assembled.
Step 8 – Secure the sides of the bathtub
Next, cover each internal wall of the bathtub with cardboard in order to completely cover its surface. Make sure there is no place where tile mortar or grout can get under security.
Step 9 – Disassembling the protection when it is no longer needed
To dismantle our protection it is best not to use tools but only your bare hands. If we start using a knife, we will risk scratching or wounding the bathtub during this procedure.
If we have completed the entire procedure as described above, we should firstly dismantle the protection of the bathtub’s internal walls and then the cardboard from the front part. At the bottom of the tub there should remain a piece of cardboard, on which we can walk while finishing works. Finally we can remove this last piece after finishing all the construction works in the bathroom.
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