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Pebble Fina Owners -- come in!

12 years ago

Do you love your Pebble Fina finish? Would you go with Pebble Fina again, given the choice? Why did you choose Pebble Fina over other products out there?

Can you post pictures? I would love to see your pools--esp if you have any of the "galaxy" colors!

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tomtnt

12 years ago

I would not recommend it.. I went with the pebble fina grigio. the color looks great but the finish is VERY picky and hard to get right.

unlike the other pebbletech finish, this finish is not acid washed following application. It is VERY depedent on having the perfect acidic water condition and constant brushing to get an even appearance. Even with constant brushing - unless your PB is hypervigilant about coming over immediately once the pool is filled to start the filters and add acid, the finish will end up very splotchy.

We brushed constantly for 2 weeks; 4-5x/day... Our startup is handled by someone contracted by our PB. Our finish looks really uneven right now. We are trying to get them to agree to a drain and acid wash, maybe at the end of the summer...

If I had to do it over, I would go with pebble sheen... from afar, the water looks great and sparkles beautifully... up close and in the shadows, you can see the many imperfections..

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womanowned
12 years ago
Pebble Fina is great if applied correctly. Installers have to undergo extensive training and oversight. For tomtnt, are you sure you received PEBBLE FINA and not a knock-off? Find out who your installer was and double check with the Pebble Tec website to see if they are an authorized applicator. There are only two in all of Houston, for instance.
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goyom
12 years ago
Plaster folks are hardly extensively trained, heck they often don't speak English.
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stewart7795
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I have bella blue pebble fina installed by Modern Method Gunite about 6 weeks ago. It was acid washed as part of the installation. I'm happy with it.

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James Kiefer
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I had my pool refinished the first week of November. I had a Bella Blue Pebble Fina finish put in. The entire pool is splotchy with uneven colors of blue. It looks worse than before! The company I hired said it might look better in time. I think they might have hurried the job and they did not know what they were doing with the set-up chemicals. I would appreciate any advise.
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susancr
3 years ago
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I don't have any advice, but we just had Bella Blue Pebble Fina installed and it looks terrible. The water is the color of blue jello and the pool bottom is several shades brighter than the sample we were given. It's streaking on the top step where they put a water circulation close to the surface. My husband wanted a welcoming blue pool, but didn't like how the grey bottom looked for the spa and steps, but in hindsight we should have used a different product in a different color.

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James Kiefer
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Thanks. We had the same color and in Pebble Fina. When in the sun it looks nice, but the bottom and sides are all splotchy. They are redoing the pool for us next week in Blue Surf and in Pebble Tech. Would NOT recommend Pebble Fina!
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Patti J. Meyer
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Did you PB agree to redo the pool in pebble tech or did Pebble Tech have a representative who suggested it. We put in a new pool with pebble fina and have the same problems with the finish- looks ok in sun but splotchy on sides and bottom. We havent been able to get pebble tech to respond or have a representative look at the problem.
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Patti J. Meyer
3 years ago
Curious for a follow up- how does your pool look now?
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Fa Knapps
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I pick pebblefina classico, I am nervous
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