Essentially the same as Gunite, Shotcrete is the ‘wet mix’ – concrete premixed with water, typically ready-mix, that is shot through a nozzle using compressed air that blasts the concrete mix into place on the walls of the pool. Gunite is different mostly in that the water is added after the concrete dry mix exits [...]
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What is Gunite?
by The Crew on 14. Jul, 2010 in General, Gunite Pool Dallas
If you guessed that Gunite is a trademark, you’re right. Back in the early 1900s, an American taxidermist named Carl Akeley invented a certain mix of plaster to use in plaster molds of animals. He used a method of blasting the dry plaster material out of a hose, adding water to the stream as it [...]
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