Recent content by cpp80

Thank you for this picture worth a 1000 words.

Thank you @ajw22 and @onBalance for your help.

We're remodeling and doing a full chip out before plaster. On bond coats. I've been warned to not let a contractor use a "home brew," or the SGM product because this does not have a warranty and would ruin the manufacturer's warranty of the plaster. Worse, it can cause delamination. We are doing...

Thank you everyone for responding. Aqua-Holics, your description gives me a great visual. This information is helping me to choose the contractor who will be doing our remodel. Praying we don't see this reappear down the road...

So one contractor says hydraulic cement not needed. He says he fills with plaster, not hydraulic cement. Several bidders have said this and I wonder why. I have one saying hydraulic cement. Why ate so many saying plaster fill?

Thank you for replying.

Thank you. I'm sorry for confusing these two questions. The question about the bonding is concerning the full chipout of old plaster down to the gunite. My understanding is gunite does not need a bonding agent before the plaster is applied unless there is still plaster left. Is this correct? I...

We're close to getting a contractor to resurface and tile our pool. I've decided on Universal White Cement plaster and I almost have the contract down to what we need. We have what I think are rust issues coming up in our pool which I'll try to attach. The biggest stain is about 5" in diameter...