Shower kits are those handy dandy do-it-yourself packages that come with a wide variety repair products. When you are searching to fix your shower stall without the help of a professional, you would invest in one of these kits. Normally, if it is big refinishing job, you should leave it up to the contractors but if its something minor like a small scratch or temporary patch job, you can attempt to use your shower kit to save money.
What exactly comes in a typical shower kit? Although it varies from brand to brand, the basic materials remain generally the same. Typically twenty or thirty dollars, these shower kits can include repair resin, hardener, mixing board, touch-up spreaders, mixing tools, thickening additive, fiberglass cloth tape and a sandpaper rubbing compound. You mix the polyester resin, hardener, thickening additive and colorant with a tool on the mixing board–all of which comes included in the package. The fiberglass cloth tape is to be taped beneath the mixture over the damaged area and the gritty sandpaper evens out the mixture.
One important thing to know when you are repairing your shower stall is that fiberglass resin-based is better than those of the epoxy-based variety. The epoxy tends to turn the shower walls yellow. If you find shower kits that have only epoxy-based solutions and you have a fiberglass shower stall, you may want to return the product back to where you bought it because it will do more damage than good.
Ultimately, it is up to you whether you want to invest in the repair yourself or you would like to pay for someone else to do it. It’s always nice to know that you have the options out there to pick either.
