Pebble Coat

Well it's really in the final stages now. Today they came in and put in a "pebble coat", which is slightly different than plaster. It has little pebbles on the surface instead of regular plaster (there is plaster in there as the bond and structure, but the pebbles sit on top. The process is a lot like how the concrete went in. They come in with a hose that is fed from a truck which supplies the mixture of plaster and pebbles. They coat it on thick (I'm guessing a half inch or so?). It comes out in the consistency of frosting. Then they smooth it out and shape it how they want with hand trowels. It's really difficult work, and so far they look like they did a great job.

The crew that California Pools used was really really good. They worked really well as a team and finished off our pool and jacuzzi in about 4 hours! They kept smoothing it out, and then started to wash away some of the blue plaster to reveal the pebbles. If you were going with regular plaster, we would have started filling the pool with water! But with pebble you need to wash away that film after a 12 hour period. Tomorrow they will come in with an acid wash to give the pebble a real shine and wash away that blueish gray film you see in the pictures. After that, we start filling up the pool!