Pool Finish and Color Viewing Room...PICTURES & details only please

[3asyB]

This is our attempt at having one place that we can view the finished product of various Plaster/Pebble/Quartz/Vinyl/FG/etc. pool finishes. Simply attach a good pic looking down at the steps and another one looking at the deep end to share how it looks at different depths. Make sure to share the Brand and type of your pool finish along with color and any extras you had added.
For specific questions please use the TFP direct message feature to the poster and not here... thanks

This will help all of our new users with potentially the hardest decision of the process. As well as show off our TFP pools.

Added by MOD:
** You need go look at a real pool, in different light, at different times of the day, to make a real decision. Morning, noon, afternoon, night, cloudy, bright, etc. Color really changes throughout the day. Maybe more so for a darker pool. So see if you can find a showroom, or if your finisher can get you in to see some of his customers' pools.

Depth is also an issue. Plaster/pebble color will look different at different depths. So your bottom step will look bluer than your top step. And your deep end will not match your sun deck! Just keep that in mind when looking at others' pools.

 

[A1Texan]

QuartzScapes Super Blue with 2 extra bags of blue quartz.

 

[scdaren]

Pebble Tec - Pebble Fina in Bella Blue.

 

[Jcvader99]

Wet-Edge Signature Matrix "Picasso Blue"

 

[bmoreswim]

tinted plain plaster (tinted with Diamond Brite). The mixture is: 1 bag DB Onyx, 4 bags white cement, 7 bags marble dust per batch. They used 3 1/2 batches for our 27K gal. pool for reference.

Note: Tinted plaster is a cheap way to get color but is subject to mottling, which we have and really enjoy for it's character. I call our pool color Poor Man's French Grey.

Bright, sunny:

Bright, sunny:

 

[Jbrillo]

Blue Surf Pebblesheen:

 

[Txjole]

Stonescape French Gray

 

[SanibelBlue]

Diamond Brite Super Blue

 

[tampatommy]

Parent's pool.

Stonescapes Tropics Blue mini-pebble in full light with added abalone shell

Untitled by T V, on Flickr

 

[Copperhed51]

Here is my addition for Super Sheen Mystic Blue. The shelf is around 13", the shallow end is 4', and the deep end is 8'. These are all in full sun and less than a week after startup, so the color may change slightly. I also have 15 lbs of abalone that was hand broadcast. I've included a spa pic as well.

 

[GregInClaremont]

NPT Stonescapes in Mini "Aqua-cool." It has a white base plaster with black gray and blue speckles. We did add some Abalone for sparkle and wish we added the full bag our builder had suggested, especially since he didn't upcharge for it!

 

[jimim]

Diamond Brite: Super Blue. White base plaster with colored quartz pieces.

Untitled by Jim, on Flickr

Fill color. Just to show how it will change.
IMG_8632 by Jim, on Flickr

Few days later. See how it changed already.
IMG_8660_HDR by Jim, on Flickr

Shade/Sunny Day Pic:
IMG_8848_HDR by Jim, on Flickr

And just to show how clear your water will be after winter opening using the TFP method!
IMG_8894 by Jim, on Flickr

 

[zac280]

This is Wet Edge Signature Matrix, Tahoe. From the bags on the truck, it looks to be a mix of Gold and Black, but I'm not sure in what ratio.

 

[Spider07]

This is Quartzscapes Sky Blue. We didn't add anything. this was a standard option from our PB. The sunshelf is 9in deep, 3.6 and the middle is 5.6 and the end of the pool is 4.6. It's kinda a cloudy morning when these were taken.

 

[engrav]

Plaster is white plaster with marble Pacific dye from Quality Pools Group.

 

[tampatommy]

Stonescapes Aqua Blue mini pebble with 3 bag mix of puerto rico blend and touch of glass cobalt blue beads. 1.5 bags of puerto rico blend and 1.5 bags of cobalt glass bead was added to each batch.

by T V, on Flickr

Untitled by T V, on Flickr by T V, on Flickr

Untitled by T V, on Flickr

Untitled by T V, on Flickr

 

[KeoniL]

Stonescapes Tahoe Blue mini pebble with tossed abalone.

 

[cunningmk]

Here is Wet Edge Luna Quartz Bermuda finish. Close up is 9” deep, deep end pic is 8’ deep.

 

[Spookie]

Stonescapes Mini Pebble - Midnight Blue. 8 bags of Puerto Rico blend glass.

 

[SiliconFiend]

Here’s ours - they just did startup today so I’m not sure if the color will change much at all, but we love it!

Blue granite pebblesheen. Lots of pics, different lighting and close up vs overall shots. Hope this is helpful to someone!

https://imgur.com/a/xr56Gag

Ours is also Blue Granite Pebble Sheen. Here are a few photos from empty (steps), filling, and then before (green) and after (blue) a metal sequestrant.