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    Sanding/Polishing Plaster Pool

    Day 6 -5hrs with help from my wife Caulked around the pool and put in a small 3/8” backer rod in the gap. I will add a larger backer rod to fill in the rest tomorrow. We tried a couple different techniques until we found one we liked. I took the grinder to smooth out the edge of the steps. It’s...
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    Sanding/Polishing Plaster Pool

    Day 5 - Mostly at the store picking through all of the types of caulk I removed the old foam from around the pool and went to the store to get some caulk while my wife cleaned up the tiles with the pressure washer. There are far too many types of caulk. My plan is to fit a small backer bead in...
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    Sanding/Polishing Plaster Pool

    Day 2 - 12 hrs (additional 6 from a friend) Fixed the leaking polisher by using a standard garden hose rubber washer. My friend used a diamond grinding cup on a grinder with a dust hood hooked up the shop vac to take out material around the cracks and I followed with the wet polisher to smooth...
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    Sanding/Polishing Plaster Pool

    Thanks for the vote of confidence in patching WhiteWine. When I bought the house the retired owner of the pool company was a family friend of the people I bought the house from so he came and checked it out. The pool company switched names, but I got the patch product from them so I am crossing...
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