All,
Long time since I posted, had my hands full. So the pool has been outstanding especially the SWCG, however, I had an issue with "dusting" on all of my pool ledges. One theory is that the flagstone was spalling or dusting into the pool from the salt water. They recommended that I sealed all the coping and grotto and see if that worked.
I ordered 2 gals of DuPont/Laticrete Sealer and a 1 gal pump sprayer, wow, it was ridiculously easy. Places wanted to charge $3 a sq ft to install. I paid $100 bucks for the materials and I applied two coats within a day. The stuff is pretty much like water so it runs very fast. As long as you don't leave puddles of the stuff laying on it, you shouldn't have any white residue left over. I turned off all of my water features a day before, the TX heat dried the stone up nicely, I didn't power wash because the stone is only 10 months old and still looks great. For the inner walls, I used a chip paint brush and just applied it like I was spreading marinade on the grill.
I had two solid days of really high heat and sun so yesterday I tested it and its pretty cool! The water just sits on top of the stone.
I was very careful not to get water on the stone when I was applying, I did noticed a few dark spots that looks like I missed a few water drops, but very small. As for getting it in the pool, good luck not getting any in there, but just don't get too much and you will be fine. It say on top of my water for a bit then formed into a gel in my skimmer so I just pulled it out of the pool.
SUPER easy, don't pay someone to do it, save the cash for pool floats or what not.
As for the dusting, I will have to report back.
Long time since I posted, had my hands full. So the pool has been outstanding especially the SWCG, however, I had an issue with "dusting" on all of my pool ledges. One theory is that the flagstone was spalling or dusting into the pool from the salt water. They recommended that I sealed all the coping and grotto and see if that worked.
I ordered 2 gals of DuPont/Laticrete Sealer and a 1 gal pump sprayer, wow, it was ridiculously easy. Places wanted to charge $3 a sq ft to install. I paid $100 bucks for the materials and I applied two coats within a day. The stuff is pretty much like water so it runs very fast. As long as you don't leave puddles of the stuff laying on it, you shouldn't have any white residue left over. I turned off all of my water features a day before, the TX heat dried the stone up nicely, I didn't power wash because the stone is only 10 months old and still looks great. For the inner walls, I used a chip paint brush and just applied it like I was spreading marinade on the grill.
I had two solid days of really high heat and sun so yesterday I tested it and its pretty cool! The water just sits on top of the stone.
I was very careful not to get water on the stone when I was applying, I did noticed a few dark spots that looks like I missed a few water drops, but very small. As for getting it in the pool, good luck not getting any in there, but just don't get too much and you will be fine. It say on top of my water for a bit then formed into a gel in my skimmer so I just pulled it out of the pool.
SUPER easy, don't pay someone to do it, save the cash for pool floats or what not.
As for the dusting, I will have to report back.
