An ex-GOP lawmaker has heard enough about phantom left-wing saboteurs at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, and he is pointing at the only suspects who fit the evidence: the people Trump hired to clean it.
In a series of posts and a new video, former Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger dismantled the administration’s vandalism narrative by accepting one piece of it. Yes, he conceded, chemicals were used on the pool. The catch is who used them and why. “Just for those who are saying there was chemical sabotage to peel the paint in the reflective pool, you’re right,” Kinzinger wrote. “It’s just, you guys did it to kill the algae.”
Adding chemicals to the pool didn’t cause the sealer to lift.
Even if some liberal ANTIFA Ninja trans person did slash a 250 foot gash in the sealer, that wouldn’t cause it to lift - at least not in a day or two. It would just scrape a line into it. If the sealer is properly adhered to the surface, it will still bond next to the cut. That said, the slash MAY allow water to work it’s way under the sealer over time, and may cause it to start lifting, but not in such a short amount of time. It would be months or years later and it would curl next to the cut first. It wouldn’t be huge sections like we’ve seen.
I’ve sealed several water feature ponds made of cement over the years. I’ve also done epoxy floors on cement (similar process). The hard part is doing proper prep work to get it to adhere. Prep is usually 3/4 or more of the entire job. Putting the sealer or epoxy down is the easy and fun part.
This is either using the wrong sealer for the job, not prepping it properly, not applying it correctly, or not giving it ample time to cure before refilling.
My guess is they didn’t prep it properly and didn’t let it fully cure.