What are the pros and cons of Kool Deck versus an acrylic pool deck?
It used to be that every backyard swimming pool looked just about the same—because everybody relied on the same product—Keystone Kool Deck—to keep the deck around the pool comfortable under bare feet. In fact, if your pool deck was built before the mid-1990s, it’s probably covered with that familiar mottled beige concrete. Today, acrylic is becoming even more popular than Kool Deck because it’s easier to install and maintain. Here are the pros and cons of each: Kool Deck Keystone Kool Deck was invented by a Tucson company—Mortex—in 1962 for use as a surface coating over concrete swimming pool decks, walkways and patios. Applied to freshly poured concrete, Kool Deck creates a colored, textured cement surface that the manufacturer says is as strong as the base concrete. Pros: Kool Deck • lowers the surface temperature of concrete by around 20 degrees—more than any other deck material. • withstands thermal expansion and contraction better than concrete. • Is fairly easy to clean. Cons: Ko
