Finishing Your Pool with Fiberglass: Lower Maintenance and Longer-Lasting

Whether you are a hotel, resort, campground, community pool or another location to include residential pool owners and are in need of resurfacing your swimming pool, Robinson Restorations can provide the quality, dependable, professional service you need to get your swimming pool up and running and ready for your guests.

Plaster, also called whitecoat, is the industry standard surface for today's pools, but it is because it is the older of the two options, not because it is better, that it has achieved this status. There are many issues which can arise as a result of using whitecoat as the top surface for a pool:

• Frequent Resurfacing: A plaster surface does not endure long-term use very well, such that most plaster pools are in need of resurfacing within five years. Resurfacing a pool with plaster is a sure way to be repeatedly emptying the pool, having it resurfaced, and filling it again. A plaster pool often doesn't even make it to this five year mark due to mistakes in maintaining the pool and accidental damage.
• Hazardous Deterioration: As a plaster pool wears down, it becomes abrasive, potentially resulting in harm to swimmers through skin abrasions and cuts. This can be a liability issue for a commercial pool.
• Ugly Staining: Because of its porous nature, plaster is extremely susceptible to staining, with some plaster surfaces becoming stained when the pool is initially filled. Cleaning these stains requires acid washing, which increases the rate at which the plaster deteriorates, resulting in more frequent surfacing.

A fiberglass finish to your pool solves these issues, enabling you to spend less time resurfacing your pool and more time serving your guests with the aquatic good times that you are trying to provide. Look at the difference a fiberglass finish makes:

• Long-Lasting: A fiberglass surface can last over twenty-five years with proper pool maintenance. The most likely reason for a fiberglass resurfacing to be necessary is a fading of the gel coat's coloration.
• Safe: A fiberglass pool surface does not break down due to age like a plaster pool does, so your pool will is safe to use right up until a rare resurfacing is necessary.
• Easy-to-Clean: It's true that fiberglass can get some occasional mineral or metal staining. The difference, however, is that it is not necessary to empty the pool in order to remove those stains. There are specialized chemicals on the market today which can lift those stains right off of fiberglass without wasting thousands of gallons of water in order to do it. This can save your site thousands of dollars depending on the size of your pool, and a similar product does not exist that will work on plaster.

If you're ready to resurface your pool, a fiberglass surface is an investment, and you need someone with decades of experience to ensure that the job gets done correctly the first time. Robinson Restorations, with over 25 years of experience, can resurface any commercial or residential pool with fiberglass and save you money. Escape the standard: Call us today to get started."