Charlie:
Kathleen in Austin has written to us Tom. She fittingly enough has Austin stone by her salt water pool. You know how this story is going to end, right?
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Tom:
Salt water’s aggressive.
Charlie:
Apparently so because daily, small pieces, she says, of the stone are falling into the water and she sealed it last year, against salt water and it only lasted a few months. Which I’m thinking she used a really good one if it lasted that long. She’s wondering is there a product that will work longer or help that stone in place against the salt water.
Tom:
The stone is soft, salt water pools, I have one, I love it by the way, incredibly aggerssive. The furniture has to be wood, it can’t be metal. I’ve got a metal gate that, actually the whole post is rotting off the bottom now, I have to fix because of the salt water, so it’s going to be really aggressive on that stone. I don’t know of a sealer that will probably last anymore than six months at any one time. She could always maybe give the people over at Watts Pool Company a call or-
Charlie:
Ken might be able to give her some advice.
Tom:
Maybe some email on their website or something and see if they can get some feedback on something that they would recommend you use.