Adding dark blue glass to StoneScapes Mini Tahoe?

[Soggydoggies]

Plaster scheduled for Friday! We have the option to add hand casted glass to the StoneScapes Mini Pebble finish in Tahoe. I love the darker plaster finishes, but we settled on Tahoe because we will have a somewhat shallow pool in full Texas sun all day, and we were concerned about the black finishes getting ridiculously hot in the summer. Also the issues with consistent pigment in the darker finishes steered us away. So Tahoe seemed like the lightest of the still medium toned blues. So obviously I don't want to lighten the color at all. Darker would be fine! Our builder recommends adding just dark blue glass to give the sparkle and darken it up a bit. Has anyone added just the dark blue glass and noticed a big difference in the expected overall color of the pool? I think I've been through every thread about it I can find, including the finish gallery!

 

[cowboycasey]

Here is a bump to see if someone has used it

 

[rickjr82]

We had added 3 bags cobalt to Tahoe Blue (regular pebble). Paid around $2700 (19000 gallon pool). We are happy with the results.

We live in NE Florida, pool depth is 4'-5.5'.

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• rickjr82
• May 6, 2020

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• rickjr82
• Sep 24, 2020

 

[Soggydoggies]

We had added 3 bags cobalt to Tahoe Blue (regular pebble). Paid around $2700 (19000 gallon pool). We are happy with the results.

We live in NE Florida, pool depth is 4'-5.5'.

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• rickjr82
• May 6, 2020

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• rickjr82
• Sep 24, 2020

Thank you!! This is very helpful. Do you remember if you have the Stonescapes pebble or pebbletec? You can definitely see the blue sparkle in there. More than I would have thought!

 

[rickjr82]

Stonescapes

 

[Soggydoggies]

Stonescapes

Thank you! We did decide to add it and it looks very similar to yours. Appreciate the help!!

 

[Kimber_D]

Plaster scheduled for Friday! We have the option to add hand casted glass to the StoneScapes Mini Pebble finish in Tahoe. I love the darker plaster finishes, but we settled on Tahoe because we will have a somewhat shallow pool in full Texas sun all day, and we were concerned about the black finishes getting ridiculously hot in the summer. Also the issues with consistent pigment in the darker finishes steered us away. So Tahoe seemed like the lightest of the still medium toned blues. So obviously I don't want to lighten the color at all. Darker would be fine! Our builder recommends adding just dark blue glass to give the sparkle and darken it up a bit. Has anyone added just the dark blue glass and noticed a big difference in the expected overall color of the pool? I think I've been through every thread about it I can find, including the finish gallery!

Hi, did you decide to go with the blue glass beads? Do you have a picture? We have to decide if that is what we want to do as well.

 

[Soggydoggies]

Hi, did you decide to go with the blue glass beads? Do you have a picture? We have to decide if that is what we want to do as well.

Hiya! Just seeing this! We did decide to do it. It was a mix of dark blue and aqua blue iridescent beads. It makes the water slightly more turquoise, and very pretty with water movement. You get that rainbow effect when there’s any ripples, and little sparkles everywhere when the light hits them.

 

[Kimber_D]

Beautiful!!! I love that. I didn't know and we went with just the regular tahoe blue with the abalone. I love the darker color. Oh, well!