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This paint is ideal for the concrete around your pool. My pool deck has deep scalloped lines in the concrete which made it difficult to fill even with a large nap roller. I had to brush fill every line which took a ton of time.Most importantly, whatever it tells you on the container about coverage, I would err on the low side or double whatever it tells you. I went through 4 pales of this to do two coats (plus those pesky grooves) on my pool deck. I tinted it with the recommended paint from HDepot.Also, just because this comes in a 5-gallon pale, you are not getting 5 gallons of paint. Even after you add your 1 gallon of tint, you only end up with 3 to 3 1/2 gallons of paint to use. To be fooled by the size of the container.Finally, don't apply when it's blazing hot out. It will dry too quickly including on your roller and the large nap won't work the way it should.Other than that, it's expensive but probably worth it. We'll see how it holds up. I'm happy with how it turned out but it was a lot of work.

We have an old original Kool deck patio around our pool that has worn many colors etc over the years. Every summer we end up having to recoat it or and some of the kool deck was coming up. I did all the suggested prep work - we power washed, then cleaned and primed the surface. I also filled in some of the larger cracks. Was worried about when to apply since I am in Arizona and temps are well over 90 right now. Cautiously started the first coat last night after dark, and woke up to a beautiful finish even with a small monsoon storm that surprised us overnight. Got up early to appt second coat and am so incredibly pleased with the outcome. Our patio has never looked better. There were no issues for me with the rolling/drying too quickly - maybe I am just used to drying rates being faster in Az, but it was not a huge deal on the way I anticipated it would be. Watch the videos - the techniques definitely help. I used Behr exterior paint in Spanish Sand which is a perfect cream color. The product perfectly blended the areas where Kool Deck was coming up and made our patio look brand new.

Product claims to fill in lines, thick and nice resurface. It also says chlorine resistant, false, a little chlorine got on the surface days after completing and sealing and had to repaint and reseal. This product is entirely too expensive not to work as expected, I have invested over 3 Thousand dollars and all it is, is paint! I recommend going to Lowe's or anywhere else and buy satin exterior paint and just paint your concrete. Do not spend this amount of money on this product that does not do what it's supposed to do. Your paying $250.00 for a gallon of some sort of liquid adhesive or bonding product and a 5lb bag of some sort of light powdery masonry product and of course the $5.00 5 gal bucket it comes in. I wish I could get all my money back, I've bought (11) 5 gal buckets of cool deck and it's absolutely NOT WORTH THE MONEY!

1 YEAR UPDATE:Cool for Pools accomplishes it’s core goal of making your deck cooler. It has been excellent for that, and in turn has made my house cooler as the concrete around it isn’t baking it. However, I had issues where some came up where water pooled during the So. Cal rain storms. Additionally, and it’s partly because I chose a light color, but the product definitely stains. That’s with the SealBack top coat. Even with power washing, I can’t get the stains off. I have learned to embrace the natural imperfections. I have ordered more to patch it up, but I have to deduct 1 star because while I can understand the water pooling issue, it stained more easily that I’d like, and chipped in a few spots inexplicably. If I had to do the project over, I might have rebuilt the deck after a year or two instead. I’ll revise this another year on.Cool for Pools is the best possible option for a DIYer with a concrete pool deck. It is expensive. I needed 7 of these to complete my project, plus sealer, concrete cleaner, and other supplies. So, this project cost me over $2500, and I was 100% of the labor force. However, your alternatives are slim. You could go to a big box store and buy some concrete paint or stain for a pool deck and do the same sized project as I had for under $500, possible under $250, but the deck would be really no cooler and the finish would last maybe a few years, and it would typically be even harder to properly put down. Alternatively, you could hire a company to lay something like Sundeck, which would’ve cost me about $20,000, and in the end the result isn’t much better, if at all, than if you just used Cool for Pools. I live in sunny San Diego and my concrete gets blasted by sunshine all day, and most of the year the concrete is too hot to walk on around 10AM. $2500 is a great investment for me and my family to be able to walk around our year-round pool any time of the day.Cool for Pools features an excellent anti-slip surface. That’s important to me with little kids. The surface is rough, but comfortable.Expect a project like the one I had to take about 4 days. I spent 7 hours (3.5 in the early morning, 3.5 in the evening when the deck cooled down again) just laying 75% of the first coat. Then I had to of course do the rest, lay a second coat and seal it.You absolutely have to do your prep work to the T. The best way to have that go smoothly is to watch Encore’s videos on how to install it properly. It’s a couple of hours that’s well-worth it. You cannot rush this job, you do not want a mess on your hands, and you want this investment to payoff.Lastly, yes, this is a big time investment and for some people a large financial investment as well. Personally, I don’t mind the price so much as the time investment, but I don’t like other people working on my house when I can avoid it (no one loves your own house as much as yourself). However, there’s no better way to get an excellent-looking, cool-at-all-hours pool deck. Everything else is either 5-10x+ the price, or cheap and mediocre. Watch the instructional videos. Do the prep work. Spend the time. Get the project done right and as cost-effectively as possible.