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Rudy Stankowitz discusses the science behind pool coating failures and the importance of surface preparation.

Send us Fan Mail The Truth About Pool Coatings, Surface Preparation, and Why Failures Really Happen Everyone wants to know which pool paint is the best. Wrong question. In this episode of Talking Pools, Rudy Stankowitz takes listeners far beyond the paint can and into the science of coating failures, adhesion, compatibility, moisture, and surface preparation. Using the recent attention surrounding the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as a jumping-off point, Rudy explains why nearly every coat...

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Host: Rudy Stankowitz

Topics covered

• pool coatings
• surface preparation
• coating failures
• adhesion
• moisture
• chemistry

Keywords

• pool paint
• coating failures
• adhesion
• surface preparation
• moisture
• chemistry

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Places: Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

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