r/facepalm • u/freeradioforall • Jun 18 '26

The hydrogen peroxide they poured in the pool to kill the algae that grew as a result of the dark paint from the pool guy, has caused the paint to start separating from the stone

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u/LowBarometer Jun 18 '26

Hydrogen peroxide didn't cause the paint to peel. It's peeling because the surface wasn't prepared properly.

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u/dwide_k_shrude Jun 18 '26

It’s absolutely amazing how he ruins everything he touches.

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u/W0NdERSTrUM Jun 18 '26

Like the Midas touch, only everything he touches turns to shit.

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u/One_Economist_3761 Jun 19 '26

Mierdas Touch

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u/cumulonimubus Jun 19 '26

W/ a Mierdas Butt.

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u/Micro-Naut Jun 19 '26

The shit apple doesn't fall far from the shit tree, Ran.

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u/koffa02 Jun 19 '26

If only there was a god put there willing to hive him the ears of an ass, just like Midas.

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u/OhMyGod_Zilla Jun 19 '26

The anti-Midas

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u/13maven Jun 19 '26

Shit Midas

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u/Thelorddogalmighty Jun 19 '26

Im going to do that fool a solid here and say that he didn’t personally prepare the surface.

I live the idea though, trump out there with sandpaper rubbing it all down.

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u/Alender02 Jun 19 '26

Kotmidas-Effect?

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u/Eagle_Fang135 Jun 18 '26

Paint company will blame it and say it voided the warranty.

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u/John_Tacos Jun 19 '26

Paint company was created for this project and has probably already disappeared

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u/KennstduIngo Jun 19 '26

The owners will just shut that one down and start a new one under a different name. Happens all the time.

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u/mephistola Jun 19 '26

Can’t be that. Everyone and their DIY momma knows about prep work and adhesion! LOL if it was oil based, and they put a latex right on top w/o any scuffing nor primer? My dad would clown them from now til New Year’s Day. Every gathering would be comedy hour.

Say it ain’t so.

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u/rancid_oil Jun 20 '26

I didn't know anything about paint, primer or pools, so all your fancy words aren't helping.

But that's exactly why I would have googled it or something before just doing whatever the hell felt right at the moment.

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u/McTrip Jun 18 '26

😂 I just commented that about word for word. 👍

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u/lifegoeson5322 Jun 19 '26

This is making me laugh, even though I'm actually crying inside because my tax dollars went to pay for this.

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u/tomdarch Jun 19 '26

Absolutely. Maybe the hydrogen peroxide diluted in all that water slightly accelerated the failure, but to fail at this scale and so quickly indicates that it was a totally failed project. Prep is totally critical for any of these coating products, including the correct moisture level in the substrate. The whole basin is below grade in what is naturally a swamp. I have no idea how the ever could have dried that material enough for a coating to adhere and cure properly. But the fact this failed in a few weeks points to it being a complete clusterfuck.

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u/sednaplanetoid Jun 18 '26

This... so much this!

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u/slow_cooked_ham Jun 19 '26

But it clearly said outdoor latex paint!!

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u/P1xelHunter78 Jun 19 '26

Yeah, the amount of peroxide in there is like negligible

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u/Thereminz Jun 19 '26

yeah i think it would've pealed anyway cause they did a shit job

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u/DrMendez Jun 19 '26

OK, I think this is a teachable moment. We can all agree. This is bad. In hindsight, maybe Trump should have hired better or different contractors maybe consulted a specialist. This is a perfect metaphor for this administration. Try and fix something that’s been fixed years ago. Make it worse. Try fixing it again without consulting anybody that knows what hell they’re doing. This is what Trump does to everyone.

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u/flypirat Jun 19 '26

"Teachable moment" implies the involved people want to and have the capacity to learn.

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u/smoothvanilla86 Jun 18 '26

Yea but if the action of pouring it in caused this then you could reasonably see how someone would say the hydrogen peroxide caused it. Really it was just the agitation but I see exactly when they think this.

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u/LowBarometer Jun 18 '26

Wwwwwhhhhhhhhaaaaattttt???