Refinishing slide

[JVTrain]

Second coat yesterday. Doing it in my screened porch and it rained last night. Top of slide was close enough to screen to get some water splatter before it fully cured. Will have to touch up the top some more. Some close pics.

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[pooldv]

Wow! Sparkly pool and sparkly slide. Nice!

 

[JVTrain]

Reinstalled the slide today. Did not touch up the top yet. Too many other things to do before lots of guests this week.

Of course now the spray fittings are shot. Nozzles brittle and broken. Replaced 2 years ago with Poolmaster brand... will have to do it again. Think I'll make my own brass fittings at some point.

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[kimkats]

I say get a hose and sit it up on the top and let it rip! LOL WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Kim:cat:

 

[JVTrain]

Thanks Kats! Will be setting up the hose and test sliding later today. Sweatin' doing yard work all morning!

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[jblizzle]

I have thought about trying to make my own nozzles too.

 

[JVTrain]

Bought some brass fittings. Modified caps to be the nozzles thanks to the drill press at work. Not the prettiest but we'll see how they work.

Rainy all day so maybe install tomorrow. Will have to widen the nozzle holes in the slide just a little to fit the brass T at the top and union at the bottom.

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[pooldv]

Hey, that looks pretty slick!

 

[jblizzle]

So you are replacing the tee too. I think I found that the brass would not fit the plastic tee on there already.

 

[JVTrain]

Yes. All the fittings will be brass. Hoping the threaded portion is long enough to allow me to tighten the modified caps to form a seal. Sticking with polyethylene tubing for now. Might switch to a more durable irrigation tubing if I find this stuff is getting brittle too quickly.

 

[jblizzle]

Mine are all copper lines. Going to have to check on the fittings. Maybe a project for tomorrow. Although it is 115 out

 

[JVTrain]

So... the caps I made because I like the shape because I'd like a rounded end rather than a square end to the cap are flare fittings rather than compression. I believe it's impossible to buy a 1/4" compression to 1/4" flare union or T ... I'll have to figure out a different cap solution. The flare caps screw on the compression union only about half a turn. No chance of a seal there...

I may have to go with this for a cap, but I don't like the square/sharp corners at end of the cap.

 

[jblizzle]

I totally forgot to work on this ... to dang hot

I think I found what you did previously though ... the Acorn cap threads do not match.

 

[JVTrain]

I tried the new caps with holes drilled in them... not so good. Even with minimal pressure, its like a sprinkler shooting straight off the slide. I'm going to need to drill/grind out a slot on one side of each cap at the end so the water shoots down onto the slide rather than a fountain... Kind of embarrassing that I didn't see this coming.

And it's too dang hot for more today. Beer drinking weather!

 

[repairman]

Joel,
What kind of finishing sander did you use? I need to do my spa.

 

[JVTrain]

I used 120 grit sanding discs on my hand orbital sander to start. Any orbital sander will do, just make sure to buy the right sandpaper discs for your sander. Mine was a cheap Harbor Freight/Northern Tool brand that I inherited with the house... was left in the garage. 3M sanding sponges work great for inside curves and tight areas. The Pro grade ones last longer. Medium is about 100 grit, fine grit ones are closer to 200, if I recall correctly.

100-120 grit will take off any deposits or help prep an area for patching with bondo/plumbers epoxy. If you need to patch any holes or thin areas, sand around them with 100-120 grit, rinse well with water, dry then patch and resand with 100-120 to level the area. Even if you don't have to patch at all, go over the whole thing with ~120 grit first. Then go over the whole thing, anywhere you're going to paint, with 220 grit. Then wash with dish soap, rinse THOROUGHLY with water. Then you can move onto first coat of paint.

This has some good info on surface prep. The better the prep, the better the finish.

 

[JVTrain]

Here's the link I forgot to post! http://www.yachtpaint.com/LiteratureCentre/perfection-bulletin-usa-eng.pdf

 

[repairman]

Yes, thanks. I checked the link and it said perfection can be used for above waterline applications so I don't know if it will work on my spa. I am waiting to hear from Interlux, but it seems like it would. What do you think?

 

[JVTrain]

They also have paints for below waterline but I'd ask for their opinion. Some of those are textured, which you may not want.

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[NJlakegirl]

Second coat yesterday. Doing it in my screened porch and it rained last night. Top of slide was close enough to screen to get some water splatter before it fully cured. Will have to touch up the top some more. Some close pics.

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this looks great. Question how was the product overall. The slide looks great but did it have a slippery quality to it making it great for sliding. Did this finish make the slide slower at all? I am looking to redo our slide and want to make sure this is the correct product.
Thank you