i was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction. i am a new pool owner. we recently moved into a house that was remodeled (pool included) and i want to resurface the pool myself with a dark finish.( see picture attached). i was reading about Pebble Sheen. is it possible for me to resurface using this material?
does it come in a paint base form? where would i get this material and how much am i looking at for a "do it yourself" project?

if anyone could help me i would be most appriciative.

thank you,

Jeremy.

If the pool was recently done, I'd leave it until it wears.

Scott

if you would have read my post correctly, you would see i am a new pool owner and i am not familar with alot of things but the basics.
as for your comment of me getting a mental exam, a simple explanation would have been more helpful than being a complete smart ass about it.
the point of this forum is to share experiences and get advice. you obviously missed that.

but thanks anyway.

thanks for the info. i really didn't know it involved plastering. (i am a brand new pool owner so i do not know anything about remodeling, etc) is there something i could do for a DIY basis to make it look like this?
if i got it porfessionally done, how much am i looking at if i use Pebble Sheen?(ballPark?)
the pool is not that big. its about 20 feet long and about 5 1/2 ft at its deepest.

The set up, tear down, and number of workers and equipment needed would be the same if your pool were 20 feet or 50 feet. Its the amount of material needed that will change.

If the picture is your pool, it looks like a dark finish already.

Scott

I knew nothing about pools (well, I still mostly no nothing about pools, although I know a heck of a lot more now) before we built ours. I didn't do my research until we were in the middle of building, and at that point, a lot of it was too late (our pool is beautiful, I am not complaining, but there are things I would change if I could start from scratch)...Either way, here is a video of our pool build. I don't have the real-time video of the "plaster" phase (Pebble sheen is plaster and pebbles mixed, so yes, it is re-plastering), but the video will show a little about what is involved (note, my pool was new, so re-finishing the surface is probably even more work than plastering straight to unite). It took a team of people who do it daily several hours.

I don't know if the cost is more materials then labor, but there is a reason it costs much more than standard plaster. IMHO, it will be well worth paying a professional (i.e., this is not a part to try and cut costs on, if you can).

Note, however, I have River Rok, which is NOT Pebble Tech nor "Pebble Sheen" (which is smaller pebbles, supposedly softer), but it is similar.

One other note, however, getting the "right" color is tough. There are a lot of variables in how things look (lighting, trees, water depth, mixture of pebbles, colors, etc), so even with a professional install, it may look different than another pool with the same "color" or different than a brochure. Our pool color varies from a deep blue (not dark, but deep), to a greenish look, depending on the time of day, and the cloud cover.

I knew nothing about pools (well, I still mostly no nothing about pools, although I know a heck of a lot more now) before we built ours. I didn't do my research until we were in the middle of building, and at that point, a lot of it was too late (our pool is beautiful, I am not complaining, but there are things I would change if I could start from scratch)...Either way, here is a video of our pool build. I don't have the real-time video of the "plaster" phase (Pebble sheen is plaster and pebbles mixed, so yes, it is re-plastering), but the video will show a little about what is involved (note, my pool was new, so re-finishing the surface is probably even more work than plastering straight to unite). It took a team of people who do it daily several hours.

I don't know if the cost is more materials then labor, but there is a reason it costs much more than standard plaster. IMHO, it will be well worth paying a professional (i.e., this is not a part to try and cut costs on, if you can).

Note, however, I have River Rok, which is NOT Pebble Tech nor "Pebble Sheen" (which is smaller pebbles, supposedly softer), but it is similar.

One other note, however, getting the "right" color is tough. There are a lot of variables in how things look (lighting, trees, water depth, mixture of pebbles, colors, etc), so even with a professional install, it may look different than another pool with the same "color" or different than a brochure. Our pool color varies from a deep blue (not dark, but deep), to a greenish look, depending on the time of day, and the cloud cover.

Pictures of your pool would help.

It was meant to imply that you are considering DIY work on one of the most difficult steps of completing a pool, and to have no trade knowledge and years of experience, that you would be saving yourself a lot of grief by hiring someone.

Best regards,