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ProfessorGAC

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7. Agreed

Reply to Klarkashton (Reply #5)

Thu Jun 18, 2026, 12:40 PM

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Thousands of in-ground pools are painted every year.
There's a correct way to do it & this outfit obviously didn't know the correct way.
Wrong paint? Wrong primer? Insufficiently dry before application?
Not sure, but they screwed up a pretty routine job.

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