We have an empty swimming pool, having just cleaned up after the flood. (Tip: 25 kilos of cane toad tadpoles going off really stinks! 
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1) Lights
We'd really like to install lights in our swimming pool, but hubby's not keen on the idea of drilling holes in the skin. We figure it's water-tight right now, and we'd rather keep it that way! (It's empty this week; we just cleaned up after the flood last weekend.)
Hubby found these nifty lights, which you wire through the existing ducts used for the water filtering system, and the lights attach around the nozzles (not blocking them off; they remain functioning).
Has anybody used these lights, or have an informed opinion about them?
2) Epoxy paint
Also, hubby's acid washed and pressure cleaned the pool; it's pretty much bare concrete and long overdue for re-coating. After a bit of online research, he's planning to epoxy paint it himself. Any thoughts on the wisdom or otherwise of doing this? (We have comprehensive instructions and will follow them, just looking for whether it's easy/difficult to achieve a good finish, or best left to professionals.)
3) Spots
Does anybody know what these are? I'm assuming their calcium spots; they do look a bit like tiny coral formations. They're all shaped like this, looking like they're dripping vertically, and they're a little raised from the surface (perhaps a few mm) and very hard. If so, I've read that the way to remove them is wash with acid, then attack with pumice stone. They're not that big that I care about them aesthetically; does anybody know if there would be any potential problems with just epoxy painting over the top of them? We'd like to reduce the workload a bit, but not if it's going to create further dramas down the track.
)1) Lights
We'd really like to install lights in our swimming pool, but hubby's not keen on the idea of drilling holes in the skin. We figure it's water-tight right now, and we'd rather keep it that way! (It's empty this week; we just cleaned up after the flood last weekend.)
Hubby found these nifty lights, which you wire through the existing ducts used for the water filtering system, and the lights attach around the nozzles (not blocking them off; they remain functioning).
2) Epoxy paint
Also, hubby's acid washed and pressure cleaned the pool; it's pretty much bare concrete and long overdue for re-coating. After a bit of online research, he's planning to epoxy paint it himself. Any thoughts on the wisdom or otherwise of doing this? (We have comprehensive instructions and will follow them, just looking for whether it's easy/difficult to achieve a good finish, or best left to professionals.)
3) Spots
Does anybody know what these are? I'm assuming their calcium spots; they do look a bit like tiny coral formations. They're all shaped like this, looking like they're dripping vertically, and they're a little raised from the surface (perhaps a few mm) and very hard. If so, I've read that the way to remove them is wash with acid, then attack with pumice stone. They're not that big that I care about them aesthetically; does anybody know if there would be any potential problems with just epoxy painting over the top of them? We'd like to reduce the workload a bit, but not if it's going to create further dramas down the track.
