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The Pond Digger · 01-28-2008

A contractor buddy of mine in MN used Pond Armor as directed on an indoor pond application on block. All along consulting with the tech dept. from the P.A. headquarters. He was promised the product would get the job done.

I suggested polyurea right from the get go because of the indoor application but the contractor was convinced the P.A. would work because he spoke to the tech dept and they were so confident in the product and had done hundreds of similar projects with 100% success.

APPLICATION: Three coats of BLUE were applied with dry time allowed between applications and then a final coating of BLACK was applied. Any holidays in the coating would stand out in BLUE.

In all fairness, the pond was then covered with a double geo-textile underlayment and then the vertical walls (14"-16") were rocked in for a natural look. Mind you, all along the construction methods for the feature were presented to all parties during tech talk and still success was promised.

BOTTOM LINE THE FEATURE - LEAKED................Not pretty indoors! The product was over-promised, it underdelivered........... and was defended by poor application.

Polyurea saved the day.

Respectfully,

The Pond Digger

01-28-2008	#16 (permalink)
The Pond Digger Sansai Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Redlands, California Posts: 287	Over Promised? A contractor buddy of mine in MN used Pond Armor as directed on an indoor pond application on block. All along consulting with the tech dept. from the P.A. headquarters. He was promised the product would get the job done. I suggested polyurea right from the get go because of the indoor application but the contractor was convinced the P.A. would work because he spoke to the tech dept and they were so confident in the product and had done hundreds of similar projects with 100% success. APPLICATION: Three coats of BLUE were applied with dry time allowed between applications and then a final coating of BLACK was applied. Any holidays in the coating would stand out in BLUE. In all fairness, the pond was then covered with a double geo-textile underlayment and then the vertical walls (14"-16") were rocked in for a natural look. Mind you, all along the construction methods for the feature were presented to all parties during tech talk and still success was promised. BOTTOM LINE THE FEATURE - LEAKED................Not pretty indoors! The product was over-promised, it underdelivered........... and was defended by poor application. Polyurea saved the day. Respectfully, The Pond Digger __________________ "Doubt sees the obstacles, Faith sees the way!"