Staining An Inground Pool

[steeltaber]

I would like to change the color, slightly, of the plaster in my pool. as apposed to re-plaster ( about $3,000.00 ) I was wondering if staining the plaster a darker blue would work??? have spoken to the guy who is going to stain my coping; and he has said that he has never tried to stain a pool, but would be willing to try it ( for cost of materials only, about $150.00 )

Has anyone tried this?? or is this crazy??

[jkusmier]

I'm assuming he's proposing use of an acid stain - those are typically water-based so no issues there, but I don't know how well it will stand up to chlorine over a number of seasons. And I don't know what it will do to the integrity of your plaster. You could ask him, but it sounds like he won't know the answers, so you should do your research, lest you end up paying for the staining as well as an eventual re-plaster job, instead of simply having a colored plaster applied.

[quantumchromodynamics]

You really don't want to try to do anything like this. It would not work. What is it about your plaster that you are not happy about? Is it already blue? Are you getting any scale?

[steeltaber]

thanks, was leaning towards not doing it, becuase was worried about intgrity of plaster. just wanted a darker blue color, and don't think "pool paint" would last either.?

[AFiremanFirst]

acid staining interacts with the lime in concrete. I have no idea how much, if any lime is in plaster. The problem you need to consider, is if it goes horribly wrong, what is your solution?