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Posted by garageworksguy (My Page) on Fri, Feb 5, 10 at 9:43
| I really like the Tahoe blue but wanted to get just a few shades darker for the water color. PB said we could use Tahoe Blue plaster and Midnight Blue pebbles. Anyone or any PB on here ever see this mix?? If not what would you think the final look and water color would be?
Thanks for any and all input. |
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RE: Tahoe Blue Plaster/Midnight Blue Pebbles??
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| We have done this in a few pools with mixed results. For one reason or the other, this combination has a tendancy to "streak" or "model". I actually really like the look but about 50% of the HO's have said they would not chose it again. Most of the dark spots on the bottom of the pool are not shadows they are the variations in the pebble. 
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| Can you tell me what waterline tile was used in the photo. Thanks. |
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| It's my experience with blue tints in plaster, that they always streak, and mottle. |
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sceadu,
Thanks for the info and the pictures, that was very helpful. I did see what you were talking about with the spots on the bottom. Racket: Is the Tahoe Blue plaster more blue then gray? I can't really tell from the sample pic's from the manufactures. Thanks. |
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| garageworksguy, FWIW the wife and i saw an aqua blue PS pool which i've been told is the same as tahoe blue PT. it did seem to have a more blue tine than our blue granite PS. if you search tahoe blue on this site there are plenty of pictures of that color. we actually nearly changed our mind to aqua blue. good luck! |
RE: Tahoe Blue Plaster/Midnight Blue Pebbles??
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| Our Tahoe Blue... 
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Here is a close up shot of our water with Tahoe Blue. I was very worried about it looking gray or green based on what I had read. I am very happy with the water color and I am so glad I didn't spend extra money on an upgrade color.
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RE: Tahoe Blue Plaster/Midnight Blue Pebbles??
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| quote" PB said we could use Tahoe Blue plaster and Midnight Blue pebbles. "quote I'm jealous, my applicator will not vary on the Pebble Tec or Sheen colors at all.
I've been offered mixes by the Wet Edge applicator who's been trying to get my business.
My guy who does Diamond Brite makes a beautiful color by mixing D-Brite Tahoe Blue and Midnight Blue. Because it's a bagged product it's easy to keep the color consistent with the bag count. I always wondered why Pebble Tec didn't too, after all it's also a bagged product. Ajones is correct, Aqua Blue is MUCH more blue than Blue Granite. I, however, don't favor it over Blue Granite it because of that.
IMO, it looks like a pool full of Windex window cleaner. See ya,
Kelly |
RE: Tahoe Blue Plaster/Midnight Blue Pebbles??
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Get verification of the type of pigments that are in PT's blue plasters.
IT IS ORGANIC BLUE pigment, pthalocyanine to be exact, and is used to dye textiles. It will bleach with exposure to chlorine, just like blue jeans do.
It streaks because the pigment is so fine. It will float to the surface of the plaster and must be troweled back into the cement matrix. Fortunately for PT, the pebbles hide the bleaching and streaking. IF you have to have their product, be sure to take pictures of the color during the installation, after the pool is filled with water, and after a couple of months of exposure to chlorine and sunlight. Take another a year later... the dark blues will turn to a dark grey... the light blues will turn to light grey...
Heck, do your own experiment, ask the plaster crew to pour some of the wet plaster into a mold and let it cure. Once it has cured for 28 days, set the sample tile half way into a container of weak household bleach and place it out of the way where it can get sunlight. The half that is exposed will change color with in a week or two... Buy a plaster that is known for using ONLY INORGANIC PIGMENTS (i.e. cobalt oxides) |
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