Well....I actually love a pink tub, in a retro style bathroom I think it looks really great. Of course, finding matching toilets and sinks is probably not easy, but I am sure some GW'ers can tell you where to find them. If you want a different color tub you can get a tub refinishing company to do it. When selling my mothers house, we hired a tub refinisher who changed the gray tub to white and they did an amazing job, looked brand new. It was fairly expensive and I don't think the finish will hold up long term if the tub gets a lot of use.

What do you mean by rusting though? If the tub is not sound, it's gotta go.

I would either put the thing out of its misery or keep it pink. If it's at all rusty or likely to fail, I wouldn't remodel around it because it'll be a waste of money. Refinishing would just look cheap and I would not consider that option.

I'm qualified to speak about this. I have a pink tub too. :)

That doesn't look like the tub itself is rusting, so that's good, I guess. A little late since the plumbing's disconnected but does it clean off? Surely it would have to come off to refinish or to keep pink. (I still think refinishing is a bad idea. And pink is only a good idea if you can get it clean AND actually work it into a good design that you actually like it in.)

If you do decide to keep it pink you might want to work enough white into the tile to be able to get away with a white sink and toilet. I think you can get a pretty fabulous bathroom in there. Looks like a good space.

It looks similar to what's going on in the toilet.

Rust stains are very hard to completely remove. That is a lot of rust! I'd try to clean it first, see if you can really get it completely free of the rust stains. That in itself won't be easy. If you can get it all cleaned up, and if you can determine that the tub itself isn't rusting the next decision to me would be keep it and work around the pink, or replace it with white. ( I am assuming the rust comes from iron in the water, maybe?) Tub refinishing does look really good when they finish it, over time though, there is no way it can be as durable a finish as a factory porcelain over cast iron (or steel) tub. I'd probably replace it if it were me, I don't think it will clean up 100%. We had iron in our well water in our first house, we'd get the occasional rusty stains, not nearly as bad as yours, but they were difficult to clean. But its worth a try. Of course, if your well water has iron, you will probably be dealing with rust stains fairly often.

I'd put in some sort of water-conditioning system. You're going to have the same problem with new white fixtures as you'd have with the old.

Thanks everyone. This house use to be a rental home that I am remodeling extensively. The renters were not great with replacing filters from what the previous owner said. I will be adding a water system.

I think it will be best to just go ahead and replace it since I have no desire for pink bathtub. I might try to sell it. What would be a reasonable price?