This fella predicted the algae debacle a month ago.

[Swede]

HAHAHAhaha! they're making the world's biggest synthetic scum pond!!!

HAHAHAhaha! they're making the world's biggest synthetic scum pond!!!

The coating is a polyurea used inside pipes. It gels in about 3 seconds, making it non self-leveling. The texture is like an orange peel, the perfect substrate for biofilms.

www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u...

— The Monarch Diaries (@monarchdiaries.bsky.social) 2026-05-20T05:04:10.374Z

This shit shrinks 1-3% when curing, which in a pipe is exactly what you want. On a big slab, uh, no it will pull towards the center and delaminate from the substrate at the edges.

Plus, applying directly to concrete is a problem. Long story short: Swiss cheese pinhole effect. Already flagged.

— The Monarch Diaries (@monarchdiaries.bsky.social) 2026-05-20T05:26:44.551Z

Rhino Pipeliner 5000 is not recommended for ponds. It's specialized for trenchless pipe repair, hence its rigidity and 3 second gel time. Other polyureas/polyurethanes are far more stretchable and good for continuous immersion.

Baffled that Rhino itself didn't step in, maybe they did

— The Monarch Diaries (@monarchdiaries.bsky.social) 2026-05-20T05:40:16.658Z

[struggle4progress]

1. It was always intended as a scam

"Um, that shit won't work"
"How about we pay you $14 million?" *winky-winky*
"Well, OK then"

[Escurumbele]

8. "How about we pay you $14 million...10 for me and 4 for you?

[UpInArms]

2. Thank you

anyone with half a brain (except for Bobby Brainworm) knew what they were doing was a pre-fail situation

I have worked with too many pool restorations to think this was done correctly

[Lovie777]

3. I wonder what the actual cost for this debacle.......................

[dave99]

12. REAL cheap.... $16,000,000.00 billed, cost $ xxx,xxx.00 in supplies/materials

[eppur_se_muova]

4. Real craftsmen know their tools. Scammers just know how to sell undeliverable results. nt

[Cheezoholic]

10. In FatAss world they won't use a Speed Square because it's a triangle ;) n/t

[Blue Owl]

5. The score is Science 1, tRump 0....

Game over!

[IronLionZion]

6. "Some people are saying..." MAGA doesn't actually make America great.

[TygrBright]

9. MANY people are saying... n/t

[OAITW r.2.0]

7. Arrest the people who dare touch the pool!

Now we have a fence to protect the algae growth. This is so fucked up.

[dave99]

11. They used incorrect poly, probably cheaper to purchase, than a quality Epoxy Coat ? Yup This has SCAM all over it.

[ToxMarz]

13. The way these guys work, they used Rhino Pipeliner 5000

because someone had some leftover from another job so it didn't cost them anything. $$$$!

[IcyPeas]

14. Why didnt they just use Flex Seal

It comes in blue....

[Aussie105]

15. Who maintained the pool before this debacle?

And were they consulted before the drain and botch job?

[OAITW r.2.0]

16. In a nut shell, We the People, who did not ask for this renovation, but have paid, what? $50MM?

To fix what nobody saw as a problem. The dark lining heats the water and algae blooms. Who have known? Don didn't. But arrest 6 people who's crime was checking out the pool. Now we get fencing so we can't connect with our monuments.

[Aussie105]

17. Symbolic of the Trump 'presidency' though.

Incompetence from the top down.

Even the most braindead Trump supporter must be starting to notice by now.

[TalenaGor]

18. literally BUILT a SWAMP