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[Naam]

neverdie, on 2009-11-16 22:02:52, said:

Naam,
You are certainly a 'card' to say the least....fancy putting polished marble around a pool.  I guess you only swim there with a life guard on duty because the minute you climb out ur on ur backside again, possibly unconscious with ur head in the pool ....I dunno, some folk.

i have some experience with marble Neverdie. of course the floor has an additional coat which will outlast my statistical lifetime because it is an indoor pool. if the marble was exposed outside to rain and sunshine -in a tropical environment like Thailand- the coating would have to be renewed every 6-8 years. whether a new coat is due can easily be tested with wet feet. as it stands now, the marble is less slippery than the average shower tiles. the only drawback is that the top shine is gone. material cost for 110m² was ~€UR 650.- plus THB 11,000 shipping and clearing. application was done with mops by my gardener and my [not so] humble self. it took us 2½ hours to apply two coats.

p.s. we used the pool area without the coating and without any problems for more than two years. step out of the pool on a towel, dry yourself... that's all.