Titan Melbourne Round 1700mm x 750mm Double Ended Bath-NTH

High Quality and deep the Melbourne 1700 x 700 double ended bath has comfortable rounded corners and is predrilled for waste and overflow holes in the centre of the bath comes undrilled so supplied with no tap holes.

• “Note – Duo baths are manufactured using high quality 5mm acrylic sheet; with double application of fibreglass reinforcement and encapsulated base boards. It is worth noting that the strength of a bath does not come from the thickness of the acrylic sheet but rather the quantity of fibreglass applied to the back of the bath. Our baths are sprayed twice in this process. “
• Our Titan  made baths are fully encapsulated 5mm Thick Lucite Acrylic. To clear up this common misconception, here’s an explanation of what happens in the making of your new bath: Firstly, it is important to understand that when measuring the thickness of a bath, you should not measure the base. On any vacuum-formed product, like a bath, the base will always be thinner than the top rim. Similar to blowing up a balloon, the more air you introduce the thinner the acrylic will become.1. A piece of acrylic 5mm is placed in a hot oven for a period of time so it becomes soft and malleable.
  2. When removed from the oven it is clamped on to a frame and an aluminium bath tool is pushed up into it so the acrylic stretches. As the acrylic is pushed the edges become thinner and it is only the section that remains clamped to the frame that remain 5mm in thickness. This section will eventually be the trimmed edge of the bath, i.e. where your panel will meet the bath edge.
  3. A vacuum pump is then turned on and the air is sucked out of the aluminium tool causing the soft acrylic to be drawn down in the bath shape, and gradually become thinner as it is pulled into the base.
  4. Once the acrylic sheet has cooled and stiffened the vacuum is turned off and the clamping frame removed.
  5. The bath will later need to be reinforced so that it is suitable for its intended purpose. So, the important points to remember from this process are: The acrylic remains 5mm where it has been clamped, although it will be trimmed slightly to 4 – 4.5mm before packing. The acrylic is thinner in the section that has been lifted. The acrylic is gradually thinner as it is pulled down into the base – the deeper the bath the thinner the base and sides will be.Remember, you cannot measure a bath by the depth of its plughole or the thickness of its sides or base