INSL-X Waterborne, Semi-Gloss Acrylic Pool Paint, Black, 1 Gallon

I keep seeing people complain about this paint not sticking. The surface NEEDS to be etched and cleaned properly, period. If you scrape/sand/blast the old paint off you still need to TSP wash THEN acid wash THEN tsp again, and rinse VERY liberally. Anyone that has issues with this paint sticking is either: a. not prepping correctly, b. not allowing the proper dry time before filling, or c. should not be taking on DIY projects like this as they lack the ability to read instructions and follow them. I have been using this paint for years, not only on my pool but my fountains as well, one of which needs to be replastered, but this paint covers it just fine. I had an adhesion issue one of the times I have used this paint to refinish my pool. It was 100% my fault for cutting a corner during prep and thinking the acid wash was not needed on the surfaces I had sanded, which is exactly where it lifted. Next time I did the acid wash as I should have previosuly and got the typical amazing results again. Be advised that acrylics do not last 10 years. You will need to reapply every 2-3 years.

Non compensated review. Amazing product. Incredibly easy to apply and the results are almost too good to believe. Look at the difference in the pictures.Made the pool look like one of those pictures of the Greek Sea from Mikonos - beautiful, brilliant ultramarine.Coverage depends on porosity and pool plastic condition. Diluted Acid etching of pool plaster is a must, mandatory drying time before starting coating (otherwise you WILL have problems) and needs to be rain free drying period for 5 days when you start filling the pool. Use a sock or towel wrapped to the end of a hose to minimize damage when filling using a pool fill line or a hose - this will allow gentle filling of the pool without mechanical friction and abrasion of the pool lining.Apply with a high nap/long nap brush - i do not recommend spraying due to material loss and overspray. This material will almost immediately bond tightly with other surfaces so if you drop, mist, or spill clean it up immediately otherwise you will have a major problem removing it after it drys. Spillage on aggregate deck could not be burned off with propane torch, mechanically wire wheeled off - it required a 3,200PSI pressure washer on the most concentrated setting to slowly, oh so slowly remove.The product is absolutely amazing and makes for incredible results. A 13,000SF pool with 15 year old plaster required two gallons for multiple coats. I would recommend applying this product in the first year of your pool to eliminate etching, corrosion, and it will help tremendously with algae suppression. Paint endger, quality edge cut brush, long handle and high nap roller and disposable paint liners.

This paint has held up very well for the past year. I suggest you apply 3 coats for no flaking.

Needed to replaster our 1970's concrete pool but didn't have $30K to do it so decided to see if painting would help. This paint was super easy to use and it looks AMAZING! Rolls on easily with great coverage, dries quickly, and so far is holding up beautifully. We did add sand to the paint when covering the steps and entrance because it is SLICK! Would have preferred the lighter blue but bought what was avail. 6 weeks in and so far, highly recommend!

After 20 years our light blue Inground Florida pool faded to faded to white so we decided to resurface clean and paint it deep blue. We found this Royal blue and fell in love with it.. Our pool and others in our neighborhood are maintained year round by a professional pool maintenance company. Since they also painted some of our neighbors pools in the past we decided to use them for this project instead of trying to do it ourselves. That was April 2022. As you can see from the Before & After pictures the results were striking dramatic and gorgeous. The color lasted For 3 months until July 2022 when we started noticing that the color was getting Lighter and lighter. In August we started noticing a dark dust On the pool floor that kept getting heavier and heavier while while the color of the pool kept getting lighter and lighter and lighter. Now 5 months later it looks like our pool was pool was never painted and there is always a never ending granular blue dust all over the bottom of our pool.. We purchased 10 gallons of this paint at $70 a gallon and had a professionally installed with 3 Coats . It not only looks like we never had our pool painted it is pool painted it is now full of this blue dust.I have been trying for a month to no Avail to Get through to the company but all my emails go unanswered. Stay away from this stuff. All of our neighbors pools painted by The same company that did mine with paint that was half the price have beautiful pools and mine looks like garbage. I was hoping to get a few years out of a professional pool painting instead I got barely 3 months.The job Took 8 gallons and I gave the other 2 gallons To my friend 2 towns over to painter ingrown spa and she has reported the same results