I have a customer that requires their logo to painted on the bottom of their swimming pool. The pool is indoors and heated and is constructed of fiberglas ( or something similar ). The logo will obviously be submerged and subject to the warm water and chemicals continuously. The client does not want vinyl, but wants it painted on. My question is...Has anyone done something like this and, if so, what type of paint did you use or what would you recommend? :confused:
Posted by Monte Jumper (Member # 1106) on :
If it is Fibreglass use Imron or Centari automotive spray paint...mask and cut the image you want then drape all other areas with drop cloth and spray on the image.
Be sure to ruff up the areas being painted ...oh ...and make sure the pool is drained.
Another approach would be to contact the pool manufacturer about products that might be available for this sort of project but what ever you do steer clear of lettering enamels (not the product for this job...even with a hardner)
Just my opinion of course..."It has werked fer me it'll werk fer you"
Posted by Judy Pate (Member # 237) on :
Years ago I painted the Holiday Inn logo on the bottom of Holiday Inn's outdoor concrete pool. They provided regular pool paint for the logo because it expanded and contacted with temperature change. Got to warn you it's not too easy to layout or paint large lettering on a horizontal suface. It seemed to hold up well. You may have to contact a pool store to see what type paint they recommend for a fiberglas pool Good Luck! Judy
Posted by John Thompson (Member # 2750) on :
Swimming pool bottoms? This looks like a job for Aqua-Man. No jest, signmakers get to do all kinds of neat stuff don't we, best job in the whole world. I was hearing on the news the other day that they may put paid advertisements on the space shuttle to help offset rising costs. Wonder who'll get to do that, FastSigns?
Posted by Gavin Chachere (Member # 1443) on :
RAMUC brand epoxy if its a fibreglass pool. Kelley,Nelson & Sau-Sea also make pool paints,they all have to turn up in a net search somewhere i'm sure,RAMUC is the one i'm familiar with and have seen used. Since you're in canada,ask at a pool supply house. The one drawback to trying to use imron or acrylic enamel on this job if its a fibreglass pool is this : When you spray over fibreglass,the fibreglass is porous and it will absorb the solvent you use to spray it unless you have a catalyzed prime coat on the area you want to spray to form a barrier. Without that you run the very real risk of having the solvent absorb in,where it can stay for several days or more until the temperature shanges enuff for it to come back out. It does this byforming small pinholes in the painted surface on its way out.Water will get in those and down into the glass itself,yes it's small but ver time enuff will get behind it and what you painted will fail or worse. Those companies make products that are self priming and it will save you a step in that direction
Posted by J & N Signs (Member # 901) on :
Use vinyl, but make sure you fill up the pool with Rapid Tac prior to application! hehehe Just thought I would throw that in Rog.
Posted by Bob Ficucell (Member # 1460) on :
As an Ex poolman( pool service technician P.C.) DON'T TAKE THE JOB!!Smile thank them for the offer and leave. Even pool paint which is designed for pools doesn't last ! And trust me no matter how good you prep the surface, and no matter what paint you use, it's not going to last, and guess who is going to get blamed, and be made to redo it? Yep you. Just one Ex Poolman/Sign Pinter" opinion. Bob
Posted by James Caley (Member # 2743) on :
HAHAHA!....I did one of those 30 years ago! I went to a pool supply company and asked about paint for pool bottoms,.they had a brand that I don't remember the name now. Anyways it was a fun job,.........I took the money and ran!
I don't know how to send a picture,.....I don't know why I still HAVE the picture,...it wasn't very good.
Posted by roger bailey (Member # 556) on :
Actually vinyl will and does hold up just fine.
Had a customer (large seed processing company) put they're logo at bottom of pool, very happy about the outcome.
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