re: Trump Announces Arrests For Reflecting Pool Vandalism

They got EM! Lol who gives a frick about this stupid arse story

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There is about a 99% chance the coating did not adhere properly

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I’d bet money they exceeded the maximum recoat window, which for this coating was 36 hours however, it is a wide open basin with the sun baking so it is highly probable that the contractor applied the coating within spec but the recoat window shortened due to ambient conditions.

Or the contractor simply f’d up

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I’d bet money they exceeded the maximum recoat window, which for this coating was 36 hours however, it is a wide open basin with the sun baking so it is highly probable that the contractor applied the coating within spec but the recoat window shortened due to ambient conditions.

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That is an interesting point. I had assumed the failure was between the concrete and coating, but it is possible it was a failure between layers of coating. If the lower layer is allowed to cure too much prior to recoatong then the subsequent layer can not form a chemical bond, only a mechanical bond. The first layer is likely too smooth to form a proper mechanical bond, and if the subsequent layer(s) are applied after too much cure, that could sheet off. If we could see the bottom of the pool where this is occurring you could easily see a layer debonding because the lower layer would still be bonded to the concrete, assuming that bond didn't fail also.

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That is an interesting point. I had assumed the failure was between the concrete and coating, but it is possible it was a failure between layers of coating. If the lower layer is allowed to cure too much prior to recoatong then the subsequent layer can not form a chemical bond, only a mechanical bond. The first layer is likely too smooth to form a proper mechanical bond, and if the subsequent layer(s) are applied after too much cure, that could sheet off. If we could see the bottom of the pool where this is occurring you could easily see a layer debonding because the lower layer would still be bonded to the concrete, assuming that bond didn't fail also.

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Delamination between the substrate and coating would be more beneficial to the contractor, as there could be a lot more factors that that contractor could not foresee, specifically hydrostatic pressure, substrate contamination, etc.

I know nothing about the pre-existing condition of the pool but a lot of concrete coating applications are done at night, when the concrete is in a cooling cycle and not offgassing.

But if the coating has a “walking on eggshells” feel, the contractor missed the recoat window - period. Now if the delaminated coating goes down to the substrate but is “soft or gooey” that would suggest improper mixing.

There are a myriad of possibilities here, but one thing is sure, if it is a coating failure, it is almost always contractor error.

But we will not know anything until the pool is drained and inspected.

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Tarp covered fences around the pool. Why?

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Are the tarps just around the perimeter or are they covering sections of the pool?

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TBoy

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Your actions/words make it appear that you do not like this country.
Why are you still here? Can you not afford to leave? Are you over-extended financially? Do you even work? Are you afraid of change? Are you tired of being a failure?
shite boy, I cannot understand why you're still here since you're so miserable.

I love this subject because it's just so clear how many people are willing to eat up whatever Trump shits out.

They biffed it completely. This thread explains what happened. Guy predicted it to a T.

LINK

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Well of course if ”parts” of it just “came up” then more pieces will just come up on its own in the next fews days. Wouldn’t you agree??

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That assumes a lot of things. It is possible all the failures have already occurred (infant mortality), and you have no more failures. It is also possible that some or a lot more will fail in any given time frame. Nobody on Earth even knows the exact extent of the current amount of failed coating and won't until it is drained and inspected. The one thing that is a fact is that nobody got down there and pulled up sheets of properly bonded coating. That isn't to say there were not people attempting to vandalize the pool, but they couldn't pull sheets of it up by hand if it was properly bonded. Pulling or yanking on a piece that was already up is mens rea for the crime IMO, even though in reality they could not actually cause damage, but just exposing an already existing failure.