Mr. Spray Man came to do his magic tricks. I felt guilty – surely I should be helping? Not actual helping but the getting-in-the-way helping:
“Want me to tape that for you? Need a coffee? No? I made one anyway. Want me to rearrange your tools in order of size, colour or prettiness?”
He needed no help. There was but one job to do: vanquish ugly. Results? So, so, sooooooo glorious. Bad before/after photos after this brief anecdote.
The tale of the soap holder that said no. I’d allotted about 3 seconds to take before photos, before Mr. Spray Man arrived. Instead, I decided I should extra-clean the tiles & bath tub. Mr. Clean joined the party – so many Misters in such a tiny bathroom – and I used up all my Moment Allocation in cleaning. When I got to the second of our two seventies soap holders, it hit Eject. If it couldn’t be ugly, it didn’t want to stay. I hadn’t put more than the thought of pressure on the soap holder, when the whole thing smashed into the tub. (An escape? A revolt?) Like a wiggly tooth, it had been hanging on just long enough to mess with us. Had we not cleaned the bath tub twice, we’d have an $800 brand new bath tub… wrecked & ruined moments later by a mutinous soap holder. (Mr. Spray Man arrived 3 seconds later & I had to show him a gaping hole in the wall. He laughed, and stuck the bastard back on with Never-Coming-Off-Glue. Then sprayed it to death as punishment).
So no apology for bad photos – just pleased at a paranoia disguised as poorly planned house-pride.
This crap iPhone photo is to match its bad friend. Use your pretending & agree how much better it looks, while also pretending that it’s perfectly white – and that you’re imagining the ghostly apparition.
…Oh, and the actual Someone Else Does the Hard Stuff? … I don’t think I can ever go back. Who knows anyone who’s rich and amenable to quick sham weddings? Lazy needs cash.
Hey, you want a s'more? Some more of what?
My eye! It’s so white!
Now go take me a bigger picture. Go on, stand on the vanity if you have to.
Karrie, you made me LOL for real with your last sentence there!
Lauren, did you get that shower faucet control thingie from home depot?
It’s lived under the bed for like a million years as we procrastinated the bathroom…. either Home Depot or the other place… Rona.
So you didn’t have to rip out the wall, replumb a 3-handle to 1-handle valve system (which involves torches in the wall, which is where my line is drawn)? You just found a …. thing with a trim kit big enough to cover all the holes?
Could you do me a favour and send me the URL to this product, if you can find it?
So, so white! I can’t take more pictures. I’m getting used to people doing things for me. Someone else can take the pictures.
*books trip West*
Man, I need the number/website of Mr. Spray man as I hate my tub! gold accented tiles are soooo early ’90′s!
http://mendabathbc.com/ (& do you have photos? it sounds awful).
okay so the gold striping isnt so bad but the crumbling grout is! I feel better about my tile everytime I go to my parents, I alway look at their shower and think “gee, at least my tile doesnt look like that!” I have a large soaker tub that has a tile shelf at the back Im scared that if I ever open it up it will become a scene like you see on holmes on homes with black mold and all! thanks for the link!
I’ve been trying to convince my sister that she needs to call her local Mr. Spray Man to eliminate her blue-and-peach tiled main bathroom. Can I ask how much it costs to have him work his magic?
I found quotes for cheaper, but I liked this company the best. It was round about CAD$800, with tax. (The professional estimate for replacing the tiles was about double).
Oh, I can relate to your soap dish experience, I had one similar, only it brought half of the tile wall down with it.
I found you through the OPC Community, I am a new neighbor of yours over there. I’m happy to find you and I’m your newest follower!
Hi Karah! Never touching the soap dish again…. never thinking about touching it. Just reading now about Curacao after finding your site. DIY in heat — how does that work??
Much much much better. I always lure the tradies with a ice cold cordial, no matter how old they are they still love a good kiddies sugar drink!
Tradies somehow sounds like carnies…. You’ve just reminded me of a very embarassing story about, ahem, tradies & proffered drinks. Next week – “inspired by Michelle”. Thanks!!
Thanks so much for sharing your experience, the pictures, the website and the cost. I was looking in to having a new tub installed (but not tiles, because the tiles are just fine) but apparently a new tub can’t be done without re-doing the tile surround as well. Total bill for tub and surround would be in the region of $3,400.
I’ll be contacting your guys for a ~$800 resurface of the tub instead!