Bathtub Reglazing Colors in Santa Clara, CA

Reglazing is the easiest way to change a tub’s color

Written and reviewed by Daniel Pormier, owner and lead refinisher at Santa Clara Bathtub Refinishing, who has sprayed fixtures across the city since 2013 — about our shop. Last updated: June 2026.

The single most common question I get on a quote visit, right after price, is some version of: “Can you make this almond tub white?” The answer is yes, and it is one of the real advantages of reglazing over replacing. Santa Clara is full of fixtures in colors that dated badly — the almond and bone of the 1980s condos, the pink, blue, harvest gold and avocado of the 1960s and 70s homes in Killarney Farms, Forest Park and Bowers. The tub itself is usually fine. It is only the color that has aged. Reglazing fixes exactly that, because the finish we spray is tinted before it goes on, and it covers whatever color is underneath.

Here is the part owners do not expect: the color is free. A custom-matched grey costs the same as plain white, because what you are paying for is the prep, the repair and the labor of spraying — not the pigment. So the question is never really about budget. It is about what color actually looks right and holds up in a bathroom you use every day. That is the honest part of this page: not every color is a good idea on a fixture you scrub weekly, and below I will tell you which ones I steer owners toward and which I gently talk them out of.

How a color change actually works

The color lives in the topcoat, not on the surface. When we reglaze a fixture, the same prep runs no matter what color you choose: mask and ventilate, deep-clean off body oils and soap film, repair chips, cracks and rust, then etch (porcelain, cast iron, tile) or scuff-sand (fiberglass, gelcoat, cultured marble) so the coating bonds. Then a bonding primer goes down, and the tinted acrylic-urethane topcoat is sprayed in several thin coats with an HVLP gun. Because the color is mixed into that topcoat before it is sprayed, it is even across the whole fixture — no brush marks, no patchy spots, no old color peeking through.

Coverage is where the original color matters. Going from a light original to white is easy. Going from a dark or strong original — a deep blue, an avocado, a near-black accent tub — to white simply takes one more building coat to bury it completely. That extra coat does not change the price; it is part of doing the job right. By the time the final coat is on, the fixture is one solid, opaque color, and what it used to be is gone for good. The whole sequence is on our process page if you want the step-by-step.

Color works on more than just tubs

Everything we refinish can be recolored, which is what lets us pull a whole bathroom together. The cultured-marble vanity tops in Rivermark and Santa Clara Square condos recolor especially well — owners move off the dated veined 2000s look to a clean modern solid, and the yellowing disappears with it; that is covered on our cultured marble & vanity page. A tile surround can be recolored from avocado or pink to white in place, sealing tile and grout into one wipeable surface — see tile reglazing. Sinks, countertops and showers all follow the same tinted-topcoat approach. So if your goal is a coordinated bathroom rather than a single fixture, we can match the tub, vanity, tile and sink to one shade in the same visit, and the bundle lowers the per-fixture price.

Whatever color and fixtures you are weighing, the booking is the same: call (669) 337-6184 Mon–Sat 8 AM–6 PM, or book online. The quote is free with no deposit, and we will help you pick a color that looks right and lasts. Curious about price first? See the cost guide or the pricing page.