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It’s just too fucking stupid, isn’t it?
I mean either they didn't prep the surface or they used the wrong paint. I know OP said they used latex paint but I am having a hard time believing they could be that inept.
Edit: Apparently there are some specialized latex paints you can use for pools. They have to be formulated to resist constantly being under water though.
This is the same group of decision makers that thought pouring copious amounts of hydrogen peroxide and bleach into said pool was a great idea...
We're dealing with a whole different kind of inept... these fuckers have access to nuclear weapons...
That's silly, they should have used bleach and ammonia.
These guys are pool workers, if it was a normal size pool they probably would have sanded it and it'd work, this is just too big and much different water
The prep is where I assume they messed up. I've never been contracted to paint the reflecting pool, but I've painted concrete and there is a lot of surface prep one has to do with dry concrete, to say nothing of painting a surface that has been sumberged for decades.
I wonder if the attempts at algae treatment didn’t cause an issue. Heard reports of hydrogen peroxide being used and that’s a heck of a nasty chemical on materials
Not that I'm defending that orange fuck, but this has been a problem since they switched from city water to using the basin water.
I don’t even care about the way it was painted. The fact that it was painted at all is dumb. Especially some bright uplifting color. The reflecting pool is supposed to be a mirror, not a party pool. And if the water was dirty, well, there are chemicals and filtration systems designed to handle that.