Trump also knows pools, and he knows nobody can cut through their super duper unobtainium sealant.
“His words are worthless,” one social media user said in response to a video showing the president talking out of both sides of his mouth.
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“This will last for at least 50 years and you’ll never have a leak,” Trump said at the time. “I don’t want to give anybody ideas, [but] if you had a knife, you can’t even cut it. So strong, so powerful. It’s like powerful rubber.”
It's spray on truck bedliner. Trump is a moron.
Ironically, Doug and I have had a couple of trucks coated with that stuff. It was super tough, really you couldn't cut through it with a knife. It was great!
But it wasn't a pool, it was a truck bed. And properly applied.
Tom
Yup. If the surface isn't completely clean, say it's contaminated by slimy algae, the stuff won't adhere to the surface
Yep. Proper preparation is key with these applications. And this was a rush job. Generally it requires media blasting or grinding so the coating can bite, pressure washing, drying, vacuuming. Truck bed liners and powder coating will also quickly peel off if not properly prepped. You'd be hard-pressed to chip any of these coatings with a hammer if applied correctly. The front bumper of my Tacoma is powder coated. I tired scraping a Ford Escort against it once. All it left was a scuff mark. Then there's the non-skid applied to the decks of ocean going vessels. Fuck me, removing that shit is a nightmare. We had our own special little tool called a deck crawler for turning it into a cloud of silica and heavy metals. These were the pre-PPE days.
Yep. Another example is painting a garage floor with an epoxy paint so it stays put for years. The easy part is the actual application of the paint. The prep is the lengthy tedious process. Thorough removal of all oil stains, followed by acid washing and rinsing of the concrete with long dry times in between. Some people try to shortcut the prep process and before long the paint has started pulling up.
A guy recently tried scraping his Chevy Silverado against my Tacoma at 60 mph. I'm happy to report that very little paint was exchanged or peeled off in the process, despite substantial body damage. Good to see the auto manufacturers had their shit together here. I have seen quite a few vehicles where there was obviously a major fuck up in the paint process at the factory. My dad's GM truck paint was peeling big sheets of paint within the first few years, leaving just the primer.
