Do-It-Yourself Pool Resurfacing

The Fiberglass Application

These installation photos have been provided by a UGlassIt customer and will soon appear in our next revision of ^©Pool Resurfacing Made Easy. Please do not attempt this until after you have read all of ^©Pool Resurfacing Made Easy.

These are photos of a typical swimming pool built during the '60s and '70s in the U.S. These photos were taken after the tile had been removed. Notice the horizontal cracks where the tile had been. The coping stones are made of concrete and are called "bull nose" because they protrude into the pool an inch or two..

The first step is to cut a 1/2" deep groove all the way around the pool using the detailed instructions in ^©Pool Resurfacing Made Easy (PRME). Then, pressure wash the pool (approx. 3200-3500 psi) and cover all the returns and bottom drain. Winterizing plugs work well in the returns and masking tape can be used on the bottom drain.

Next cut and score the fiberglass, making sure this is done on a clean surface. Follow the detailed instructions in PRME.

Beginning on the long wall at the shallow end of the pool, roll-on the vinyl ester resin on an area 4' wide from the groove to the bottom of the wall and 2" onto the flat surface of the bottom. When you begin down the steep slope, follow the instructions in PRME.

Tuck the scored fiberglass in to the groove with helper holding the fiberglass in place. Roll the fiberglass down making sure there are no air bubbles behind it. Then, roll on a second coat of resin (pic. on right) making sure to cover all the fiberglass. Continue while carefully following the instructions in PRME.

Finally, based on the timing explained in PRME, roll on the gelcoat. Unlike this picture, the walls should all be gel coated first, then the bottom should be completed in its entirety.

Be certain to carefully follow the drying time for the resin and the curing time for the gelcoat as explained in ^©Pool Resurfacing Made Easy.

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The pool must be cleaned-up and prepared to accept the Fibre-Shelkote™ application as instructed in Pool Resurfacing Made Easy.
*A coating of Fibre-Shelkote™ vinyl ester resin is applied to the surface.

Heavy duty fiberglass chopped strand mat is laid onto the wet resin

The mat is rolled into the resin.

A second coating of resin is added.

Steps 2 thru 5 are repeated until the entire pool is covered.

The application must dry but remain slightly tacky.

Areas of the surface can be lightly sanded to remove any glass, lines or blemishes.

Fibre-Shelkote™ swimming pool gelcoat is applied to the pool surface when the resin is ready to accept the application.

The pool must remain empty for three days until the new shell cures. Indoor pools must cure for at least five days.

*If pool was sandblasted or the plaster is exceptionally rough, a CleerCoate coating must be applied prior to the initial coating of resin. This always applies to steel and vinyl linter swimming pools.

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67 Buck Road
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Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006

800-676-8528

Fiberglass resurfacing products for gunite, plaster, and concrete swimming pools plus gelcoat paint for fiberglass swimming pools now available in the US, Mexico, and the Caribbean!