That is something you will want to keep to show off! That really shows how flexible it is!
Kim
Kim
Plaster and Aquabright Comparison
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For those interested, here is an article that was published in Watershapes Magazine on the topic:
Weighing Possibilities | Pools/Spas | WaterShapes
I have also made some updates to the original post so it is a little easier to follow.
Weighing Possibilities | Pools/Spas | WaterShapes
I have also made some updates to the original post so it is a little easier to follow.
- May 23, 2015
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- 16000
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- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Brian,
That is an excellent write-up on the general nature of AquaBright coatings, pros and cons. Well written, nicely articulated and with great image/examples. Well done, sir!
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That is an excellent write-up on the general nature of AquaBright coatings, pros and cons. Well written, nicely articulated and with great image/examples. Well done, sir!
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I was only looking for self gratification. You guys have far surpassed my expectations and I am certain I will sleep well tonight... Tomorrow is a new day though...
- Jan 4, 2016
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Very thorough and concise article. It even includes a nice link to TFP driving some new traffic 
Thanks!!
Thanks!!That's a nicely written article. It reflects positively on you and the product you are writing about. Well done sir!
The broken links and images were fixed so hopefully the thread can be viewed as it was before PhotoBucket lost their mind...
- May 23, 2015
- 24,474
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Thanks for doing that. I know what a PITA it is to have to go back and fix broken links. Learned that lesson the hard way when PB "lost" all my data....
Thanks for fixing the links - I have this subscribed from before and was going to share it with the other stakeholders in our refinish project. So kind of you to repair it!
- May 23, 2015
- 24,474
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
The YouTube videos are especially a pain since they don't show up with Safari
What about Vimeo?
Haven't tried but that's a good idea. Do you know if it works on Safari and Chrome?
I can only get a link to Vimeo to work. It doesn't look like you can embed into the forum
- May 23, 2015
- 24,474
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Re: Plaster and EcoFinish AquaBright Comparison
Bummer. Lee may be able to give better guidance on embedded content. I wonder if one of Vimeo's paid service tiers provides 3rd party hosting
Bummer. Lee may be able to give better guidance on embedded content. I wonder if one of Vimeo's paid service tiers provides 3rd party hosting
Re: Plaster and EcoFinish AquaBright Comparison
Or maybe the Photo Gallery can also have a Video Gallery! It sure would make it easy to post up those GIFs!
Or maybe the Photo Gallery can also have a Video Gallery! It sure would make it easy to post up those GIFs!
- May 23, 2015
- 24,474
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Re: Plaster and EcoFinish AquaBright Comparison
There are lots of options being explored if the dang App issues would settle down....it's chewing up all of Lee's available bandwidth and most of what's left of his hair....
There are lots of options being explored if the dang App issues would settle down....it's chewing up all of Lee's available bandwidth and most of what's left of his hair....
QUESTION:
how effective is the product from "shifting" if the underlying plaster can/will crack since it has less tolerance?
in other words, if you must have a good surface for application how would it hold up over time if the substrate shifts (think expansion contraction of clay soils). [aquabrite can hack it but plaster cant]
how effective is the product from "shifting" if the underlying plaster can/will crack since it has less tolerance?
in other words, if you must have a good surface for application how would it hold up over time if the substrate shifts (think expansion contraction of clay soils). [aquabrite can hack it but plaster cant]
There are a lot of variables at play there. Typically highly expansive soil creates issues for the structural shell, not just the plaster and once the shell compromised, the plaster will surely crack as well.
Plaster has higher compressive strength than Gunite/Shotcrete so it is possible for the Shell to be slightly more ductile than the plaster. In that case the plaster can crack but hopefully not bad enough for the AquaBright coating to separate. The material has been tested an shown to be able to stretch 200X it's original shape before tearing.
All of that sounds good in theory but I don't really know how you could actually put it to the test. My gut feeling is that if shell cracks, everything else will as well, at least with the pools I've seen.
I've done a couple pools for Gardner in San Clemente that were all significant crack repairs on pools built on hillsides with very expansive soil. Their thought is the AquaBright will prevent a leak in the event of another crack at best, and worse case the repair will be much easier since the entire pool doesn't need to get chipped and replastered.
Plaster has higher compressive strength than Gunite/Shotcrete so it is possible for the Shell to be slightly more ductile than the plaster. In that case the plaster can crack but hopefully not bad enough for the AquaBright coating to separate. The material has been tested an shown to be able to stretch 200X it's original shape before tearing.
All of that sounds good in theory but I don't really know how you could actually put it to the test. My gut feeling is that if shell cracks, everything else will as well, at least with the pools I've seen.
I've done a couple pools for Gardner in San Clemente that were all significant crack repairs on pools built on hillsides with very expansive soil. Their thought is the AquaBright will prevent a leak in the event of another crack at best, and worse case the repair will be much easier since the entire pool doesn't need to get chipped and replastered.