Patent ID: 8266777

Claim:
A method of installing a bathtub liner with a drain aperture, a drain, a drain stopper, an overflow aperture, a back side and two front interior corners, in a bathtub with a drain, an overflow protection device, an overall shape, a shelf area, a rim and a belly, that is adjacent to a plumbing wall, a soap dish wall and other adjacent walls that also sit on a floor, using liquid adhesive, which comprises: removing said bathtub drain and said overflow protection device; cleaning said bathtub of existing soap scum, debris and old caulk to ensure said proper fit between said bathtub and said liner, prior to said installation; templating and cutting said bathtub liner to properly fit into said overall shape of bathtub; applying acrylic rail tape to said bathtub shelf area away from said plumbing wall and said soap dish wall, forming a foam rail gasket around said rim of bathtub; setting said bathtub liner into place in said bathtub and forming said bathtub liner drain; removing said set bathtub liner and cleaning said back side of bathtub liner with a tack cloth, a rag and a denatured alcohol (DNA) and water solution; applying tub and wall adhesive and sealant on said bathtub shelf area between said foam rail gasket and said walls; resetting said liner into place and installing said bathtub drain and said stopper; installing any said walls and accessories and caulking all joints except around said bathtub liner; inserting a gooseneck funnel between said liner and said bathtub through said liner overflow aperture and pouring said liquid adhesive slowly into said funnel which directs said liquid adhesive between said liner and said bathtub; opening said stopper and pouring hot water into said tub liner and flushing any said liquid adhesive that has gone down said overflow aperture out of said liner and said bathtub vicinity; and closing said stopper and allowing additional said hot water to accumulate and stand in said bathtub liner once all said liquid adhesive has been flushed away.