Marcite or conventional white plaster provides a classic smooth appearance.
What is swimming pool plaster made of.
White is most common but it can be tinted to.
Examples of the types of aggregate used are marble dust quartz pebbles and glass beads.
It s a mixture of portland cement water and silica sand dust.
Gain better understanding of the pool plaster process in this video as mike takes you through one of his jobs.
But a plaster finish can also be poorly made.
Swimming pool plastering process danna pools inc.
Types of swimming pool plaster.
What are the pros and cons of plaster.
Pool plaster finishes are made up of an aggregate and white portland cement.
It s also true that pool plaster is a hand crafted product and nothing in nature especially where humans are involved is perfect.
The pool builders apply the plaster to the concrete pool structure using a flat round edged trowel see image below.
Plaster is a mix of white cement white sand or marble aggregate and water.
The layer of plaster is normally 1 4 inch to 1 2 inch thick.
Basically if the surface of your pool feels rough or bumpy or if you notice the shell materials peeking through it s time to think about replastering.
Pool plaster is the final coating applied to the shell of a concrete in ground pool.
It s been a long time since they could say you can plaster your pool in any color you want as long as that color is white.
There are also different types of cements and additives that are designed to improve cement performance within these plaster finishes.
Although usually white plaster can be dyed different colors.
I will explain the type of plaster finishes available with the different aggregates.
Plaster finish what s it made of.
The plaster surface is meant to degrade slowly eventually requiring a fresh coat or at least some pool plaster repair.
If only one minor abuse of the above guidelines occurs it probably won t manifest its effects in any visible way early on.
Plaster is the classic pool surface finish as far as swimming pool plaster materials are concerned.