I bought a condo in Lake Tahoe that was a fixer upper. Everything went
> great but the shower. The shower was old and disgusting. It had that
> Melamine Tile Board for walls that were installed with the correct inside
> and outside corners. The shower pan and shower door were disgustingly
> filthy as well. I didn't want to do anything special, I just wanted to
> replace what was there.
>
> So I took everything out and bought new products. I bought new Melamine
> Walls from Home Depot, the correct corners, a new shower pan(32"), a new
> shower door that I cut to fit.
>
> I put the shower pan in first, it went in perfectly and as easily as the
> old one came out. I put the GREEN sheet rock back in it place, which it
> overlapped the flaps on the shower pan. SO FAR SO GOOD.
>
> I cut the Melamine shower walls. These walls are not plumb by any means so
> I made two good cuts and one bad one. I went back and got another 4x8
> sheet and re-cut. Came out good. I put up the walls, put in the corners
> and edges, then started on the shower door.
>
> The shower door came out perfect. It was a snug fit and worked great. Then
> I caulked everything, Inside and out. I used that 100% silicone. Went
> through a few tubes. I left the shower to dry for the week and came back
> the next weekend.
>
> SO HERE IS WHERE IT ALL GOT FRUSTRATING: We take a few showers and
> everything seem fine. My wife takes a long hot shower an couple weeks ago
> and all over the Melamine Walls there is blistering and bubbling.
>
> I called the manufacture that makes the shower walls and they say to let
> it dry for awhile and put Turtle wax on the walls. After we let the walls
> dry and before we waxed the blisters went down considerably. So we put two
> coats of wax and let it set for a few days.
>
> I was there on Sat, we took a couple showers and it blistered again, this
> time in more spots. We think it is the steam that is doing this because it
> is in the middle of the walls, not on the joints. I don't know what to do?
> Can you help?
>
> I figured if I could get someone to tile it I would lose the money I spent
> on the shower door(being tile is thicker then the Melamine the door can be
> cut a little smaller) and the shower pan. But tile contractors are three
> to four months out. So I would have to do this work myself.
>
> Any suggestions?
> great but the shower. The shower was old and disgusting. It had that
> Melamine Tile Board for walls that were installed with the correct inside
> and outside corners. The shower pan and shower door were disgustingly
> filthy as well. I didn't want to do anything special, I just wanted to
> replace what was there.
>
> So I took everything out and bought new products. I bought new Melamine
> Walls from Home Depot, the correct corners, a new shower pan(32"), a new
> shower door that I cut to fit.
>
> I put the shower pan in first, it went in perfectly and as easily as the
> old one came out. I put the GREEN sheet rock back in it place, which it
> overlapped the flaps on the shower pan. SO FAR SO GOOD.
>
> I cut the Melamine shower walls. These walls are not plumb by any means so
> I made two good cuts and one bad one. I went back and got another 4x8
> sheet and re-cut. Came out good. I put up the walls, put in the corners
> and edges, then started on the shower door.
>
> The shower door came out perfect. It was a snug fit and worked great. Then
> I caulked everything, Inside and out. I used that 100% silicone. Went
> through a few tubes. I left the shower to dry for the week and came back
> the next weekend.
>
> SO HERE IS WHERE IT ALL GOT FRUSTRATING: We take a few showers and
> everything seem fine. My wife takes a long hot shower an couple weeks ago
> and all over the Melamine Walls there is blistering and bubbling.
>
> I called the manufacture that makes the shower walls and they say to let
> it dry for awhile and put Turtle wax on the walls. After we let the walls
> dry and before we waxed the blisters went down considerably. So we put two
> coats of wax and let it set for a few days.
>
> I was there on Sat, we took a couple showers and it blistered again, this
> time in more spots. We think it is the steam that is doing this because it
> is in the middle of the walls, not on the joints. I don't know what to do?
> Can you help?
>
> I figured if I could get someone to tile it I would lose the money I spent
> on the shower door(being tile is thicker then the Melamine the door can be
> cut a little smaller) and the shower pan. But tile contractors are three
> to four months out. So I would have to do this work myself.
>
> Any suggestions?
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