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In reply to the discussion: Holy shit!! There are huge chunks of blue paint coming off the reflecting pool already... It seems the peroxide loosened t [View all]Deuxcents
(28,116 posts)16. One project and multiple problems. Hiring the right people who you vett and their expertise for a start
A good and honest contractor would not have permitted a fleet of vehicles to parade around the pool because it was never constructed to be roadworthy. Definitely educate the consumer about the paint and colors that is needed for the desired effect. The detention pond where they stored the water is where the additives and cleaning could have been done during the time the project was in repair. For 14 million taxpayer dollars, the company should be responsible and now, accountable. If the complaint that the consumer (TSF) did not take advice or demanded it done his way, the company should have bowed out of the project.
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Holy shit!! There are huge chunks of blue paint coming off the reflecting pool already... It seems the peroxide loosened t [View all]
riversedge
Yesterday
OP
If someone snorted twice my brother would say "that was a two snorter" then they would completely lose it.
twodogsbarking
Yesterday
#74
Ive never heard of painting a pool..you do a resurfacing of the pool material
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Yesterday
#8
The chunks of blue that are being held up look as if it's a latex paint put on
allegorical oracle
21 hrs ago
#129
there is a finish that is kind of a vinyl or other "plastic" that is installed with flame guns
Kali
20 hrs ago
#134
We need a tipped-over washing machine and a black Suburban SUV on blocks in the front yard.
OMGWTF
Yesterday
#55
Throw in one more ring for the circus and have a demolition derby with Tesla cybertrucks versus monster trucks.
state of stupid
Yesterday
#85
What in the world can he do to a billion $$ ballroom? Will it collapse or peel in
allegorical oracle
21 hrs ago
#131
Yep! I really want to know just how much he owed his 'pool guys' for work done at his clubs
Attilatheblond
22 hrs ago
#127
One project and multiple problems. Hiring the right people who you vett and their expertise for a start
Deuxcents
Yesterday
#16
It certainly was quite in vogue for a time. Such things tend to stick with one.
niyad
18 hrs ago
#141
While amusing because it illustrates Trump's total incompetence & lies, I feel badly this
hlthe2b
Yesterday
#22
He's out in the open frequently. Most recently on the lawn on the south side of the WH, but also
hlthe2b
Yesterday
#86
Maybe a vandal is throwing crumpled sheets of blue plastic into the pool when nobody is looking?
FakeNoose
Yesterday
#76
Maybe it's time for America to "REFLECT" on why it put that stupid son-of-bitch in the White House--twice!
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
Yesterday
#27
Maybe Trump shouldn't have driven his presidential limo and motorcade across the freshly painted surface?
sop
Yesterday
#35
A perfect metaphor for this administratioin. Take something whichi s fine, say it needs fixing,
c-rational
Yesterday
#40
Another Trump disaster. A perfect metaphor for both of his administrations.
ChicagoTeamster
Yesterday
#43
"Glly gosh-a-roonie! I guess we now need a $30 million no-bid contract!"
struggle4progress
Yesterday
#50
Apparently the pool's stones allowed for water to leach out of the bottom but President Jack Wagon and
Botany
Yesterday
#106
The icing on the cake, for me at least, would be to see one photo of chump
Totally Tunsie
Yesterday
#61
It's amazing that the clouds over Washington have not moved since the Obama administration.
Blumancru
Yesterday
#95
Trump's probably bored with fixing the pool anyway. Onto the $600 million ballroom!
Jim__
Yesterday
#80
He'll cover it with huge tarp with The Donald J Trump Not A Reflecting Pool Anymore written on it.
Raftergirl
Yesterday
#87
The fact that they don't have a single person competent enough to have known this was exactly what was going to happen
Karasu
Yesterday
#104
The Trump administration spent between $13.1 million and $14.7 million
Monsieur_Grumpe
23 hrs ago
#121
The color sucked anyhow. And who would go with a dark color in the heat??
Evolve Dammit
22 hrs ago
#125