Fastonite E700 Blue Coating Gives an Enormous Family Pool Upgrade
DESCRIPTION
A 45 year old family pool was originally made with a liner then converted to gunite. The gunite was coated with an epoxy finish, however, this deteriorated badly over four years and needed updating.
The pool owner was experienced with our epoxy coatings and was open to trying Fastonite E700 pool coating in a deep blue color.
The pool was drained and water jetted then sanded to remove old, loose coating. Bio-Dur E560 high build epoxy was applied to fill in low spots and was sanded to ensure good adhesion of the Fastonite E700 finish coats. Two coats of the Fastonite E700 were applied by 3/8″ nap roller. Aashto glass beads were broadcast into the wet final coati n order to provide good traction without the sharp edges of other abrasives such as sand which can abrade skin and swimsuits. Aashto beads are the reflective beads used in traffic paints, these are perfect glass spheres and also give an attractive iridescent effect.
The tired and worn surface is now a very attractive deep blue. Experience with dark colored pools shows that they warm more quickly in spring because they can absorb the sun’s heat more efficiently than traditional white pools. It has been found that dark pools extend the swimming season by heating up earlier and staying warm later. In the warm South, however, they do not become overly hot during the summer months. The reason for this is probably that they shed heat by radiation during the nights resulting in a passive temperature regulation.
