Finally and at last the plasterers showed up to put the finished surface on our pool of dreams. Doesn’t it look great?
I love the shiny surface, too. Isn’t it inviting?
I’m such a kidder. That’s some sort of sludge pool of water sucked out of the plaster. The process was pretty complicated and took a lot of guys to accomplish. They also went through many bags of white cement and shiny stuff.
It was fun to watch. They sprayed the goop out in globs. It sounded like gargling and was quite goopy looking.
As soon as they got it sprayed, someone would start smoothing. They did two coats of rough smoothing. The second coat had shiny stuff in it, which looked really cool.
The guys wore interesting shoe attachments that didn’t mess up the plaster much, as they skillfully smoothed the quick-drying glop.
On the final pass-through, they really smoothed and sprayed a textured coating (for safety). It’s quite subtle. They also cleared off the lights and the glow-in-the-dark tiles.
There are still some pipes sticking up, which I assume are the drains, but the did a bit of finishing.
Tomorrow more guys will come in and do an acid wash. I assume they’ll do final touches as well. Then, I do believe water will go in! I have no idea how long it will take. Lee says 2-3 days.
I can’t wait to see how they do the chemicals and lights and stuff. We will have to have “Pool School” soon! It sure has been a relief to see progress. It also turns out that if we had started later, those supply chain issues would have caused even more delays. Eek.
Enjoy a few more pictures! They are in chronological order.
The Hermits' Rest 