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$14 million to paint concrete.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
~~Even worse. It was natural granite they painted over.~~
Sorry all, I was wrong. The bottom is concrete.
Wonder if a pressure washer can take it off
I wonder if a sufficiently powerful pressure washer could rid us of Trump.
It’s worth a shot
Normally I'd say no. But with the shotty half assed work everyone in Trump's orbit does, it's almost certainly gonna peel on its own any day now
If i presure washer won't, sanding a mm off the top will and probably wouldnt mess anything up. Or maybe it's completely fucked. I'm not a pool or paint guy.
Sanding won't hurt the granite other than taking the surface finish off of it. But it might be left with all of the cracks and chips in it still blue.
A good reminder how vile things creep trhough the foundation of a nation when allowed to do so.
Media blasting with walnut shells would probably do the trick.
It's a mix of concrete base with granite facings and accents, so you'd be best just sandblasting it and exposing a new layer.
It’d have to be repolished then wouldn’t it? I’m just assuming that’s how it helps reflect the light
Yeah, I think you’re right. It’d have to be repolished and resealed afterwards.
It wasn’t. The base of the pool is all concrete, with granite facings and walkways
Do you have a good source for that? I'll delete / correct my comment if so.
https://usa.sika.com/en/construction/below-grade-waterproofing/projects/lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool.html
Found through Wikipedia btw, very interesting article if you're interested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial_Reflecting_Pool
Methinks it was a slush fund disguised as desecrating the reflecting pool.
Obama's costed just over $30m, but they drove pilons, and paved the whole damn thing. And then put in a new circulatory system. So yeah, 14m for painting it is absolutely a payout to someone.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial_Reflecting_Pool