Pool Finish Question

[Super8]

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Originally posted by Seeb

But finding good trowel guys is hard. That's a professional skill.

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Seeb,

Are there some good trowel guys down in Puna you know of?


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[Seeb]

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Originally posted by Super8

quote:

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Originally posted by Seeb

But finding good trowel guys is hard. That's a professional skill.

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Seeb,

Are there some good trowel guys down in Puna you know of?


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I built back on the mainland. So check with the local gunite guys, there is one on the forum " Pacific Gunite" I think.

There's a deference between a "pool man" and a concrete pool builder

[Dinamight]

Thank you John, that looks like an interesting product. I will check into this and come back here with prices, freight, etc.

My pool is rectangular, and we are adding an extension to the pool (concrete) including an extended deck. The original builder of the concrete pool is doing the work, so that part I have covered.

This company does both the inside of the pool and the deck which I also need to finish. This sounds like a good solution. I wonder how the "plaster" holds up in this environment? Pool plaster looses its color in a few years here.

[topograph]

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Originally posted by Wao nahele kane

Fiberglass absolutely needs paint otherwise it looks like fiberglass
Gelcoat (polyester) is a standard paint/finish for fiberglass and will not hold up out here... so that only leaves a high UV resistant Urethane or Epoxy.

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I'm not sure I agree- the gelcoat on my 50 year old sailboat is still going strong!

[kaialoha]

Aloha, gotta' agree with topograph. Gelcoat is a GREAT surface and though it 'chalks' in direct sunlight (sans water, that is), it still lasts a LONG time, that I've seen so far ~ ~ ~

Aloha

Kai

KaneHawai'i

[Dinamight]

Do you think Gelcoat can be applied right to the concrete? Plaster pits and stains and looks horrible, do we really need plaster if there is a good paint that holds up in water?

[Dinamight]

I just called Sider Crete and to do my pool (38x11x4'deep) the material plus shipping will be just under $2000. The salesman was very knowledgeable and said they ship all over the world. He said the material is premixed, just 2 parts need to be combined on site and it's very easy to apply. I might try this! What harm can it do? If I have to refinish anyway every few years it would be a lot cheaper to do this!

[Peter Epperson]

I'd never heard of Sider Crete. Let us know how it works. I've plastered and tiled many pools over the years. It's a hard job and requires a lot of experience. This Sider Crete looks good so long as the substrate is in good condition. It looks like you still need to do some troweling after rolling it on. It may well prove to be more work than the salesman said but maybe not. I'm all in favor of using a cement based product like this so that in the future you can always apply another cement based product. Avoid synthetic coatings like epoxy.