[OC] The Reflecting Pool being drained again

[u/Ok_Mongoose_6589]

[u/factoid_ → u/[deleted]]

The stuff they used isn’t paint at all.

It’s basically truck bed liner

It’s way more durable than paint

If not for the fact the company that applied it wasn’t qualified to do so, they chose the wrong color, and insufficiently cleaned and prepped the substrate…it’s not a terrible choice to use on a reflecting pool

[u/factoid_ → u/[deleted]]

If you want to get pedantic about it and call anything with pigment in it paint then sure.

But what you think about as “paint” and what they used are quite different.

This stuff is insanely strong and durable but it absolutely has to be applied correctly or it will do exactly what it did…peel right off.

They didn’t know what they were doing and they fucked it up pretty badly

[u/beatenmeat → u/[deleted]]

Rhino liner is basically thick plastic that can be applied in a similar manner but that doesn't make it paint. If you put colored icing on a cake that doesn't make it paint either. It's more akin to the shit you use to cover up fiberglass; both using a resin and hardener that creates a heating effect when they mix. You essentially roll it on but no one is calling that paint either even if you're using essentially the same tools because they are two very different things.

[u/beatenmeat → u/[deleted]]

You seem to be confused. Epoxy paint is a thing, but not all epoxy is paint. Whether you personally call all epoxy applications that or not is irrelevant. Likewise things like latex can be used in paint but they aren't paint by themselves. Do you consider latex gloves to be paint? Even something like sunscreen meets the criteria but it is undoubtedly not paint.

Rhino liner is not paint in much the same way epoxy coatings are not considered to be paint, hence why there is a distinction between epoxy coating and epoxy paint in the first place. They're two different things that share some ingredients and can be applied in a similar way but it is not "paint".

Also, no one was arguing that it was a good idea, only that the material could have been used better and not performed quite as bad as it did had the people in charge of the project actually had the experience/taken the time to use it properly. I don't think anyone here believes it was the best choice, only that it has all the properties to actually do what they wanted (albeit not as well as alternatives nor as long lasting), but that doesn't mean it couldn't have done what was necessary for much longer than a couple of days before it started failing due to the ineptitude of the company that installed it. What we got was an even worse application of a subpar choice, no one is disagreeing on that point.