Hotel bathtub refinishing is the best remedy for toxic meth traces in hotels and motels
Hotel bathtub refinishing is helping hotels reglaze bathrooms that have been contaminated with methamphetamine. Meth ‘chemists’ have been secretly turning hundreds of hotel and motel rooms into covert drug labs. Hotels have become an attractive place for meth “cooks” to come in, cook up their meth, and leave behind a toxic trail that lurks on countertops, carpets, appliances, walls, sinks, and bathtubs. Because hotels can be found in every city, that is why meth labs can be set up in almost any hotel in a short amount of time. That’s why meth labs have spread in recent years from the West Coast and Southwest to Midwestern states like Indiana and Kentucky.
Many hotel rooms become “meth labs” on the fly. They are increasingly found in hotel chains that cater to business people and vacationers. The reason hotels have become a location of choice for clandestine drug labs is convenience.
According to Dr. Sullivan Smith, director of emergency services at Cookeville Regional Medical Center in north-central Tennessee, “They can take over the trailer or they can take over your house, but they can’t take over a hotel room.” The DEA reported finding evidence of drug manufacturing in 1,789 motel and hotel rooms over the past five years.
What to look for if you are buying hotel property or renting a hotel room:
Many unsuspecting citizens rent or purchase property that was once used for the clandestine production of methamphetamine. Important things to know are:
* Carpets, walls, furniture, curtains, etc. they can harbor gases or residues that can be harmful if not toxic.
* People who have rented or bought these contaminated properties have reported a number of chronic food
* Be careful if you move to a contaminated hotel. Your personal belongings may become contaminated with toxic fumes.
* If you find any indication that the room was used to manufacture methamphetamine, please leave the room immediately and notify the hotel manager. Under no circumstances touch, move or pick up anything that looks suspicious!
What hotel guests should look for in rooms:
1. Acid burns on the floor of a hotel room.
2. Laboratories in a cabinet.
3. The smoke detector is in the cabinet and not on the ceiling.
4. Hotel room cat litter used to trap poisonous gases from methamphetamine manufacturing.
5. Check the mattress for signs of kitty litter, garbage bags, or anything else that shouldn’t be there. If you find something, leave the room immediately!
6. Look for discoloration of surfaces.
7. The yellow discoloration is due to iodine staining and hydrochloric acid gas generated during the “cooking” process.
8. Check for discoloration on the walls. Look behind the pictures to see if there are any stains.
Symptoms of Methamphetamine Exposure
* Eye and skin irritation
* vomiting
* Rashes
* Asthma and other respiratory problems.
Hotels bathtub replacement can cost up to $2000 on its own because the walls need to be taken apart before the bathtub is removed. Then you have to bring in plumbers and tile setters. On the other hand, a bathtub can be repaired for about 20% of the replacement cost of the bathtub. The tub is prepped, primed and finally top coated, leaving a beautiful gloss finish. For hotels that need to restore hotels after a meth lab operation, bathtub refinishing is the best alternative to bathtub replacement. Re-glazing, covers and protects the bathtub from toxic gases, thus protecting hotel guests from toxic methamphetamine gases.