Waterproof marble-based pool plaster in 15 colours
PoolCrete is Cemcrete's ready-to-use waterproof pool render — a formulated mixture of white marble and additives supplied as a dry powder and mixed on site. Applied at 6 mm directly to gunite, hand-packed concrete or a scratch coat, it becomes an integral part of the pool structure and gives the water its colour.
Cemcrete PoolCrete Pacific Blue swimming pool finish in Botswana
Product at a glance
Type
Ready-to-use waterproof pool render
Colour
15 colours — see the Cemcrete range
Application thickness
6 mm
Pot life
20 – 30 minutes
Working time
60 minutes to apply to substrate
Initial set
90 minutes
Application temperature
6 °C to 25 °C (mixing water, ambient and substrate)
Density
1 300 g/litre
Brand
Cemcrete
Availability
Ordered per project Ordered per project on confirmation, typically 5 – 7 working days.
Working days exclude weekends and Botswana public holidays, and run from order confirmation rather than from enquiry. Cross-border clearance can occasionally extend a delivery — we will tell you if it does. Tell us your programme date and we will work back from it. Lead times for Cemcrete are shown on the Cemcrete page.
Where PoolCrete is used
Plastering the interior of new swimming pools
Re-plastering existing pools during renovation
Gunite, hand-packed concrete and scratch-coat cement plaster shells
Coverage & packaging
Application thickness
6 mm, applied to the pool interior only
Maximum water content
6 litres per 40 kg of PoolCrete — measured, not from a hose
FlexBond addition
1 litre of FlexBond to 5 litres of water is sufficient for one bag
Storage
6 months from date of purchase, in a dry shed off the floor
Note on quantities. PoolCrete quantities are calculated from the wetted surface area of the pool at 6 mm thickness. Pool geometry, shell tolerance and the condition of the scratch coat all affect the quantity required — confirm against the current Cemcrete datasheet and the PoolCrete Start-Up Guide before ordering.
Specification clause
For architects, engineers and quantity surveyors writing this product into a specification or bill of quantities — the manufacturer's own wording:
Apply 6 mm of Cemcrete PoolCrete to clean, hard, rough cement surfaces, and fill the pool with water the next day. All in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.
Reproduced from the Cemcrete technical data sheet. Confirm against the current issue before it goes into a tender document.
Before you specify it
Suitable substrates are gunite, hand-packed concrete or scratch-coat cement plaster that has cured for 28 days.
The substrate must not contain blast furnace slag — this can cause mottling of the PoolCrete.
Surfaces must be true in plane, hard and slightly rough to form a mechanical key.
Slushing with a FlexBond / PoolCrete Primer slurry the day before is recommended, on new and old pools, to reduce ghosting and slagment staining.
Do not apply where there is a risk of rain within 8 hours, and protect the pool floor from frost until it is covered with water.
Mix outside the pool — mixing inside increases the risk of discolouration, separation or debonding.
Do not add calcium chloride to pigmented PoolCrete.
On renovations the old plaster must be completely removed.
Pool plastering is a specialist application. Inconsistent trowelling and incorrect curing show up as visible patching once the pool is filled.
Tell us the substrate, the area and the exposure and we will confirm whether this is the right system, what preparation it needs, and what it will cost.
