Thanks imrodee
Yea, from what I read online it goes on smooth then exposed with water and then is left to set overnight before acid washing and fill. I’m a little nervous because of the color and exposed variations looking at it both dry and wet but everything online says it’s absolutely normal and until the chemicals are balanced and the curing process starts you will see this variation. The plaster actually cures over 30 days under water and that’s backwards compared to curing in open air like I would expect.
One pool online I looked at with pebbletec plaster freshly applied and just filled looked almost totally different in color compared to the pics they posted a week later after sitting in balanced water and scrubbing so this sets my mind at ease just a little.
I’m trying to trust the PB and not be that over bearing customer who is constantly ringing their phone with any little question. My PB has already been very patient with me and all my questions and double confirming of this and that during this whole process. So far they have followed through with everything they promised they would do so I need to just let this project take its course until it’s done.
I could tell the guys spent a ton of time examining the plaster this morning they were prob here 4hours, left for a bit and came back to do more touch up with acid and a brush but I can’t help to be nervous as heck because this is a huge investment for us and I want it done right the 1st time.
We don’t have floats for our bulldog yet, we’re kind of hoping she will be a swimmer but we’ll see. Her energy and breathing are awesome compared to our previous bulldog who couldn’t run 20ft without laying down, Karmann runs like a greyhound because she’s so slender and strong and @ 59lbs she stopped growing a few years back but her energy is still through the roof compared to our previous bulldog who slept almost constantly.
I agree she is a little tall for a bulldog but the kennel in Atlanta GA we hand carried her home from in 08 has some studs who have a similar “tallness” to them. Her dad is actually pictured on their homepage
http://puppychase.com "red and white bulldog on the left” but we don’t have the pleasure of seeing what her mom looked like.
All of our fingers are crossed she is a swimmer because she is absolutely fearless and I don’t really want to be jumping in to save her every time she gets an urge to go splashing. We actually put a step out on the deep end just for her in case she loses her bearings on which direction to swim. But in all honesty though over the last 6 weeks we have implemented the rule that if Karmann is in the backyard someone is outside with her at all times until she comes in.
My boss actually lost his bulldog to drowning because she was so afraid of the water he never expected her to get close enough to fall in. I can’t imagine ever going through a tragedy like that so we’ll try and take every precaution we can just like we will do with our grandson when he visits.