Am I responsible for bad bathtub paint job?

Question

The apartment I moved into a couple of years ago was newly renovated. After the first couple of days in using our "newly painted bathtub", we started noticing that the paint would stick to whatever body part is touching it. We enjoy taking baths and it was getting worse. We sent in a service request about it, but nothing was done. Unfortunately, I was not able to get a copy of the service request because that was 2 years ago and they had switched to a different resident portal last year. I will not be renewing my lease for a 3rd time here and was wondering if they would try to pin the paint damage on us. The paint got so bad that we just starting pealing it off in the inside of the tub just to discover that the porcelain underneath only had some chips that could've been filled in. It was as if they had used the paint where they were repainting the walls and just covered the entire tub.

John Warren · Answer

@Vivian Tran I am not sure about how your PM will handle this, but I would start laying the ground work as early as possible. If you are several months out, start making requests to have it repaired again and reference your initial request.

I can tell you that the tub paint kits from the big box stores do not hold up. I have stopped using them as no matter who I have had paint the tubs, the tubs have started peeling within the year. It is a scam that they even sell them to be honest.