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edhopper

(37,703 posts) Thu Jun 18, 2026, 10:00 PM Jun 18

Paint won't adhere to polished stone .
It has to be sandblasted and then primed. And at the bottom of a bool the primer and paint have to me very specific marine rated paint.
From the photos I have seen, they did none of that.
This paint won't last the summer.

I was a outdoor sign painter.

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You can't just paint granite [View all] edhopper Jun 18 OP

even done right, it's a stupid idea. mopinko Jun 18 #1

This is also true edhopper Jun 18 #6

The bottom of the pool is concrete. Ocelot II Jun 18 #2

Same goes for concrete edhopper Jun 18 #7

The waiting time canetoad Jun 19 #17

Grigory Potemkin -- White House on line 1. Girard442 Jun 19 #30

It should be against the law to paint granite. yellow dahlia Jun 18 #3

I agree canetoad Jun 18 #16

If you do, expect to keep painting it... Hugin Jun 19 #28

They must've used videohead5 Jun 18 #4

I found out exactly what they used jmowreader Jun 18 #9

From a search on the coating they say ToxMarz Jun 18 #14

I was going to say, based on the PPE... keep_left Jun 19 #19

Experts? Surely You Jest. (And I'll Stop Calling You Shirley) lavoosh99 Jun 19 #21

Which are not concrete edhopper Jun 19 #25

And for the most part those would be dark sealed environments ToxMarz Jun 19 #31

Thank you for sharing your expertise . surfered Jun 18 #5

. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 18 #8

Snicker niyad Jun 19 #20

Well, you were an outdoor sign painter . . . AverageOldGuy Jun 18 #13

And I wouldn't say I would be the guy to go to on what the use edhopper Jun 19 #26

The first link is broken. Where does it go? littlemissmartypants Jun 18 #15

Just other photos of edhopper Jun 19 #27

Here: Celerity Jun 19 #29

I heard trump say SCantiGOP Jun 19 #18

I've Heard Trump Say A Lot of Things Over the Last Decade lavoosh99 Jun 19 #23

Yes, edhopper, but I suspect the point you're leading us to is: slumcamper Jun 19 #22