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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis fella predicted the algae debacle a month ago.
HAHAHAhaha! they're making the world's biggest synthetic scum pond!!!
HAHAHAhaha! they're making the world's biggest synthetic scum pond!!!
— The Monarch Diaries (@monarchdiaries.bsky.social) 2026-05-20T05:04:10.374Z
The coating is a polyurea used inside pipes. It gels in about 3 seconds, making it non self-leveling. The texture is like an orange peel, the perfect substrate for biofilms.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u...
This shit shrinks 1-3% when curing, which in a pipe is exactly what you want. On a big slab, uh, no it will pull towards the center and delaminate from the substrate at the edges.
— The Monarch Diaries (@monarchdiaries.bsky.social) 2026-05-20T05:26:44.551Z
Plus, applying directly to concrete is a problem. Long story short: Swiss cheese pinhole effect. Already flagged.
Rhino Pipeliner 5000 is not recommended for ponds. It's specialized for trenchless pipe repair, hence its rigidity and 3 second gel time. Other polyureas/polyurethanes are far more stretchable and good for continuous immersion.
— The Monarch Diaries (@monarchdiaries.bsky.social) 2026-05-20T05:40:16.658Z
Baffled that Rhino itself didn't step in, maybe they did
struggle4progress
(127,164 posts)"Um, that shit won't work"
"How about we pay you $14 million?" *winky-winky*
"Well, OK then"
Escurumbele
(4,122 posts)Moostache
(11,350 posts)One (1) for you, One for me (1)
Two (2) for you, One, Two for me (3)
Three (3) for you, One, Two, Three for me (6)
Four (4) for you, One, Two, Three, Four for me (10)
Now I can't 'unseen' that image in my mind...arrrggggghhhhh!!!!!!
UpInArms
(55,642 posts)anyone with half a brain (except for Bobby Brainworm) knew what they were doing was a pre-fail situation
I have worked with too many pool restorations to think this was done correctly
Lovie777
(24,472 posts)dave99
(561 posts)VTderry
(154 posts)total in at least six figures, if not seven.
"Those vandals completely destroyed the beautiful and perfect lining so we are having to redo the entire pool very strongly!"
That number will be, of course, 85% palm-greasing and kickbacks.
eppur_se_muova
(42,907 posts)Cheezoholic
(4,107 posts)Hugin
(38,107 posts)Not for this project, but once. That makes them former perts.
Blue Owl
(60,069 posts)Game over!
Moostache
(11,350 posts)IronLionZion
(51,709 posts)TygrBright
(21,415 posts)retread
(3,948 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(32,976 posts)Now we have a fence to protect the algae growth. This is so fucked up.
dave99
(561 posts)ToxMarz
(3,173 posts)because someone had some leftover from another job so it didn't cost them anything. $$$$!
IcyPeas
(25,979 posts)It comes in blue....
Aussie105
(8,346 posts)And were they consulted before the drain and botch job?
OAITW r.2.0
(32,976 posts)To fix what nobody saw as a problem. The dark lining heats the water and algae blooms. Who have known? Don didn't. But arrest 6 people who's crime was checking out the pool. Now we get fencing so we can't connect with our monuments.
Aussie105
(8,346 posts)Incompetence from the top down.
Even the most braindead Trump supporter must be starting to notice by now.
TalenaGor
(1,246 posts)Ellipsis
(9,494 posts)BlueWaveNeverEnd
(15,494 posts)Historic NY
(40,205 posts)GiqueCee
(5,051 posts)... Trump is having innocent bystanders arrested and charged with vandalism, when the worst, most destructive vandal in this monumental clusterfuck is... DONALD J. TRUMP HIMSELF!
Farmer-Rick
(12,853 posts)That stuff doesn't hold up to the sunlight. It has very minimal UV protection. I can't believe they used that on a shallow pool. I line my underground water tanks with it because they get no sunlight. And it's expensive.
Geez, why didn't they just use an epoxy pool coating? That's designed for pools.
Boy, they really didn't care if the pool was destroyed.