I wanted to create this post because I searched high and low for examples of water color and everyone's pictures were very helpful. We ended up going with a product called Aqua Pearl Mini Pebble in Gray Harbor by Magic Marcite - http://www.magicmarciteinc.com/aquapearlmini.php. They unfortunately didn't have many pictures of pools with Gray Harbor and our builder didn't have any pools to show us with this color so we went in pretty blind (we were limited on our choices due to budget). After I did countless hours of research on gray plaster/pebble pools, the closest comparison I could find to the bigger names were Pebble Tec/Pebble Sheen Moonlight Grey/French Grey. The online image of CrystalStones Grey Harbor was almost identical as well but unfortunately no images of pools/water color.
As you probably know you can get a very big variance on water color due to a variety of factors - especially when looking at online images. In the end, we are very pleased with the color. Our goal was to get the water color to match our pool tiles and we think it worked out very well. They added A LOT of abalone and we love it.
Hopefully someone finds this helpful!
Mini Pebble Sample:
Application:
Before Acid Wash:
After Acid Wash (before fill):
Fill Day!:
1 Week after fill:
2 Weeks After Fill (taken at 3pm):
As you probably know you can get a very big variance on water color due to a variety of factors - especially when looking at online images. In the end, we are very pleased with the color. Our goal was to get the water color to match our pool tiles and we think it worked out very well. They added A LOT of abalone and we love it.
Hopefully someone finds this helpful!
Mini Pebble Sample:
Application:
Before Acid Wash:
After Acid Wash (before fill):
Fill Day!:
1 Week after fill:
2 Weeks After Fill (taken at 3pm):
