gunite pool

I've been skimming through this forum for what feels like ages and can't describe how excited I am to finally start. The progress below has been over the span of about three days of work. One day for the initial layout and then two long days to get the steel and rough pluming in! The biggest...

Our pool was built around 1985. I believe the plaster is original, but it is starting to chip off quite a bit. I can see some previous owners have done some patches, and we have a few sections where the plaster has flaked off, including one or two larger sections (about 6-8 inch diameter). There...

Hello everyone, I have a 15,000 gallon saltwater gunite pool, that since early on had some uneven coloring. The company that did the pool told me that it was due to the way the plastering was done and offered to acid wash it, but we decided it not to do it to prolong the life of the plaster. The...

I just had the plaster installed on my new build pool this past Tuesday with Wet Edge Altima Gray. On Wednesday and Thursday, another crew came to polish the plaster then acid wash and power wash. It’s look and feels good. One of the polishers said that in one small area on one of the wall...

There’s not really much to tell. We’ve nearly completed our first swimming pool. It’s an 18’x36’ hunky pool. There’s really nothing fancy about. It has a tanning ledge with bubblers for the kids to play and a basketball/volleyball combo kit. It’s nearly complete as water was just put in.

Hello all, our gunite pool with "medium gray" plaster was finished in late May/Early June, and while its usually less noticeable when the pool filter is running, there is a lot of discoloration to the plaster (see pics) The start up procedures were all run by the pool builder, who also has the...