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A hand-fi nished dark border serves as a decorative fl ourish as well as a safety feature.
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says. “We do about 30,000 to 40,000
square feet at a time. I had to come up
with a system that would allow me to
spray that much in about four or fi ve
hours.”
As a decorative accent as well as a
visual warning device, Hallack created
a border around the edges of the pool
that was similar to the deck in tone
but darker. “We beefed up the formula,
making the percentage of coloring per
gallon much, much higher than normal.
We used Mirastain II and brushed it in
by hand. It took a lot of time, because I
wanted to make sure that we got deep
penetration and color reaction.” Two
coats of Miracote HD W Gloss Sealer
fi nished off the staining process for
the entire deck. The week devoted to
staining and sealing was the only time
the pool area was completely closed to
residents.
Finally, the crew caulked all of
the expansion joints with Sonneborn
NP1 Polyurethane Sealant. “We fi lled
in about 1,000 linear feet of expansion