Help with Stonescapes finish !!

[Alex Jamal]

Hello,

We have been in construction for awhile now. I was wondering if anyone could weigh in on how this stonescapes plaster looks, pool is being filled with water now.

Is it over/under exposed?
right dye used ?
Is there enough blue and red color ?? can the plaster guy skimp on this ??

This is Tropics Blue by Stonescape

I appreciate any comments !!

 

[Txjole]

Has the top layer of plaster been brush off yours?

 

[Alex Jamal]

They did the acid wash and we're filling it now.. no brushing so far

 

[Txjole]

Report back after day 7 of brushing.

 

[Alex Jamal]

will do !

 

[3asyB]

Alex I’m torn between tropics and aqua blue.

Please show me a pic of your pool color. Thanks!

 

[Alex Jamal]

we did an acid bath (2 gallons muriatic) right after fill. The first day the color was green, the wife was NOT happy, but a day later the green left and the blue was beautiful, the sun/water ripple has alot of fire with this finish..

its beautiful, but we do have some lighter streaking.. hopefully the acid/brushing works
I will post some pics tomorrow

 

[Alex Jamal]

tropics blue-filled-2gallons muriatic acid, ph 7-bushing-2days later

 

[Killer95Stang]

Personally, I think it looks great... As long as their aren't any issues that will shorten the life of the finish, I would just jump in (when warmer of course) and enjoy your pool. You can't see the stones or color once you jump in and make waves.

 

[Alex Jamal]

Hello, I was wondering if anyone could comment on these imperfections in a tropics blue mini stonescapes finish ?

We are 7 days in, these streaks (pics3,3) and underexposed parts bench/step corners (pic1) have been there since the acid wash and water fill, also a few small leaves/twigs seem to be stuck in the plaster.

I have been brushing 2/day for 7 days, but do not see any difference in the streaks/underexposed.. I don't want to overreact but what would you do ? my wife is mildly bothered by the bigger streak. Is this job bad, or a normal pebble job ? How does the pebble exposure look (pic4) ?

wait a month/year before treating ? aluminum brush? 0PH acid bath ? spot acid treatment? demand drain/acid wash? just love it ?

any thoughts would be appreciated, I have not found a consensus for a solution online
Our final payment is due soon !
Thanks for any comments

 

[ajw22]

I can’t see the problems in your pics and no one swimming in your pool will either. A pool surface is natural material and will not look like a painted wall.

Enjoy your pool and dive in.

 

[nhamp07]

We have one streak in the bottom our deep end that I will only notice. It happens. I also don't see anything that abnormal in your pictures.

 

[scdaren]

Ours has some mottling and a few weird areas as well. I notice them, but nobody else ever notices, ever. When the sun is shining and people are using the pool I can't see them either. I, too, had expectations (fostered by the gorgeous photos on the Pebble Tec website) that pool finishes can and are done perfectly. But unfortunately that is not actually the case, you just never notice it until it's your own pool your are looking at.

 

[3asyB]

Alex

Can you send some updated pics of your tropics blue?

 

[Alex Jamal]

Thank you and Thank you that helps !

 

[Alex Jamal]

Here's the best one, it held chlorine for a little bit and looked good, can still see the streaks in the shade areas but I think we'll live with it..those rainbows on the ripples are pretty sick

 

[3asyB]

Alex, it’s been a few weeks. How does everything look? Can you post a couple of pictures or a video of how everything turned out?