Thanks for the encouraging words, Derek. I learned iMovie 10 years ago in order to make hour-long videos about my family history. I made this little UA-cam video just for fun one day when I noticed no one else had posted any ideas about refinishing a diving board.
@@ron6015 I’m taking on the task to resurface my clubs two olympic diving boards instead of buying new ones. I found myself with a similar problem. Have a good day!
Thanks for sharing Ron. I just repainted the concrete of my in ground pool using Dyco Pool Paint. On the pdf descriptions of Dyco Pool Paint (and pool deck surfaces) it says to do the same thing; if someone is going to paint their pool deck swim platform outside the pool where people will be walking etc it is written to use/add some sand mixture. Great job. By the way Dyco Pool Paint is an acrylic based pool paint.
Thanks for the new suggestion. I see that Home Depot carries Dyco Pool Paint. The labels emphasize that it's meant to cover concrete surfaces so I wonder how it will perform over the long term on fiberglass.
Thanks for the kind words. It's now been 5 years since I applied the coating and it still looks as perfect as the day it was refinished. I think the secret is gooping it on nice and thick. I'm thinking now that it will last for 10 years.
Thanks Ron. This was a great video and I love that you use your brain to solve the issue vs. giving in to what the world wants to sell you. A true test I ate to growing up resourcefully. Everyone just wanted your money and most of the times if we think a bit we can solve our conundrums ourselves.
Thanks, Jamie. These kinds of videos are easy to make with a good camera and iMovie. It's been almost 6 years since I refinished the diving board; there's no signs of wear so I'm guessing I may get 10 years out of the latex coating from 2017.
Thanks for your kind comment Michael. I was looking at the diving board this week and noticed that after 3 Canadian winters, the refinishing job still looks like new.
Glad it helped, Juan. I dove off the diving board this morning and was thinking that after 3 years, the surface looks exactly as it did in the photo in the video you watched. Despite rain, snow, and wide temperature swings, the rubberized deck coating shows no wear at all.
The board still looks excellent. Haven't had to repaint it. I just wipe it off each spring. Didn't thin with xylene, -- I added the sand which gave the paint a thick consistency which is what I wanted. Used about 2 cups of latex deck coating.
@@ron6015 thanks . Great video. I checked out for a new board and in Canada it is 1000 plus. Found your video and loved it. So you didn’t use the xylene at all then? Do you believe that the sand made a difference? I can buy the rubber paint in a spray can which would be much easier but can’t mix the sand then. Lots of kids here and don’t want any to slip. Thanks again.
I think the reason I haven't had to re-coat the board is that I used a very thick mixture of paint and sand. The xylene was just for cleanup. You can use spray paint to change the colour afterwards, but you need to start with the deck coating from a can. Sand is essential to make the surface slip-proof.
If you want a better solution, you can use gel coat spray paint cans in place of the latex paint. Dolphinite makes it. They use it on boats so it's more durable, and will stand up better to the water and usage. They'll color match if you want.
Ron, I am having trouble locating the spantex paint by General Paint .I live in Oklahoma and decided to look on Amazon. Liquid Rubber is on Amazon but I’m not sure which product is comparable to your Spantex . Can you help me figure out what to use. I’ve been to Lowe’s and Home Depot and Sherwin Williams but no help there.
At the very end of my video I listed some other rubberized deck coating that were similar to Spantex which was purchased in Canada. Here's a website that offers a product that is available in Oklahoma. Otherwise, I would try a good paint store and just use any rubberized deck coating that they recommend. There is nothing special about Spantex; lots of other companies product a similar product.
@@ron6015, thanks for you help. However, the website that you mention didn't appear in you reply . Could you try again to send that website link. I found these two liquid rubber productson on Amazon but not sure if they are suitable, www.amazon.com/Liquid-Rubber-Color-Waterproof-Sealant/dp/B00YYQO4RQ/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?ie=UTF8&aaxitk=gagwOEZXTxOFOALEoWzJeA&hsa_cr_id=6337830280101&ref_=sbx_be_s_sparkle_asin_1 and here is another one of their products, www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07PGL3F72?pf_rd_r=2ZEZA6V5FYNTNMHKJQ86&pf_rd_p=edaba0ee-c2fe-4124-9f5d-b31d6b1bfbee I really do appreciate your help, Thanks very much.
Without a bit of exaggeration, as of May 2020, the diving board looks exactly as it appears in the video. No discolouration, fading, or wear is evident.
i like it grey. its too bright in full sun white. I took my diving board off and thru it behind the pool house in the dirt for a few years while i started to work with a pool cover. Now that im done with the cover and looking to reinstall the board ive noticed water got in expanded the wood and cracked the resin coating. if i had any idea how much they cost 500$ or so i would have taken better care =\
I have a fiberglass diving board that devoped a crack perpendicular to the board when an aggressive dive was being attempted. Two pices of wood boards that were encased in the bottom of the board had cracked. I removed the board. Flipped it over. Took a circular saw and cut along the bottom edges of the wood fiberglass casing. I removed the cracked - bad wood. I saved them as templates. Bought new wolmanized wood of about the same length, width, thickness. Trimmed to match the template provided old wood. Installed the new wood. Applied 2 coats of fiberglass cloth and resin to encase the wood to the board. Cut a few vent holes so the wood can breath. Re-installed the diving board. Painted the top of the board with off white latex paint. It has worked for years now.
Thanks, Tina. I've learned to use iMovie on my iMac to make family history videos. So this 10 minute UA-cam video was very easy, and a lot of fun to make.
This is what UA-cam is all about. Talk about class, thanks Ron!
Thanks for the encouraging words, Derek. I learned iMovie 10 years ago in order to make hour-long videos about my family history. I made this little UA-cam video just for fun one day when I noticed no one else had posted any ideas about refinishing a diving board.
@@ron6015 I’m taking on the task to resurface my clubs two olympic diving boards instead of buying new ones. I found myself with a similar problem. Have a good day!
Thanks for sharing Ron. I just repainted the concrete of my in ground pool using Dyco Pool Paint. On the pdf descriptions of Dyco Pool Paint (and pool deck surfaces) it says to do the same thing; if someone is going to paint their pool deck swim platform outside the pool where people will be walking etc it is written to use/add some sand mixture. Great job. By the way Dyco Pool Paint is an acrylic based pool paint.
Thanks for the new suggestion. I see that Home Depot carries Dyco Pool Paint. The labels emphasize that it's meant to cover concrete surfaces so I wonder how it will perform over the long term on fiberglass.
Thank you! I will take a few of your ideas for my project.
Glad I could be of help, Sean. Good luck with your project.
What a GREAT video!!!! Thanks for making such a nice and easy to understand video. You're great!!
Thanks for the kind words. It's now been 5 years since I applied the coating and it still looks as perfect as the day it was refinished. I think the secret is gooping it on nice and thick. I'm thinking now that it will last for 10 years.
Thanks Ron. This was a great video and I love that you use your brain to solve the issue vs. giving in to what the world wants to sell you. A true test I ate to growing up resourcefully. Everyone just wanted your money and most of the times if we think a bit we can solve our conundrums ourselves.
That was a really well made and entertaining video. You could be a UA-cam millionaire!
Thanks, Jamie. These kinds of videos are easy to make with a good camera and iMovie. It's been almost 6 years since I refinished the diving board; there's no signs of wear so I'm guessing I may get 10 years out of the latex coating from 2017.
Thank you sir for putting this fine tutorial together. Most excellent!
Thanks for your kind comment Michael. I was looking at the diving board this week and noticed that after 3 Canadian winters, the refinishing job still looks like new.
Love this, thanks for sharing your process!
Thanks for the feedback, Rich. It's 2022 and the diving board surface is still as good as the day I did the refinishing.
excellent video, well put together!
Thanks for the video, Ron! I’m going to do the exact same thing here in a couple of months to be ready for the summer!
Good luck with it, Mitchell. I think you'll be very pleased with the result. Be sure to put the sanded paint on good and thick.
Thanks for the video Ron, just what I needed.
Glad it helped, Juan. I dove off the diving board this morning and was thinking that after 3 years, the surface looks exactly as it did in the photo in the video you watched. Despite rain, snow, and wide temperature swings, the rubberized deck coating shows no wear at all.
Hi ron. How's the board looking now? Did you thin the paint with the xylene? How much did you use?
The board still looks excellent. Haven't had to repaint it. I just wipe it off each spring.
Didn't thin with xylene, -- I added the sand which gave the paint a thick consistency which is what I wanted. Used about 2 cups of latex deck coating.
@@ron6015 thanks . Great video. I checked out for a new board and in Canada it is 1000 plus. Found your video and loved it. So you didn’t use the xylene at all then? Do you believe that the sand made a difference? I can buy the rubber paint in a spray can which would be much easier but can’t mix the sand then. Lots of kids here and don’t want any to slip. Thanks again.
I think the reason I haven't had to re-coat the board is that I used a very thick mixture of paint and sand. The xylene was just for cleanup. You can use spray paint to change the colour afterwards, but you need to start with the deck coating from a can. Sand is essential to make the surface slip-proof.
If you want a better solution, you can use gel coat spray paint cans in place of the latex paint. Dolphinite makes it. They use it on boats so it's more durable, and will stand up better to the water and usage. They'll color match if you want.
Love the video! Straight to the point! Thank you!
Nice video, creative & informative. Enjoyable to watch. Thank you.
Hi Ron! How is the coating on the diving board holding up?
Ron, I am having trouble locating the spantex paint by General Paint .I live in Oklahoma and decided to look on Amazon. Liquid Rubber is on Amazon but I’m not sure which product is comparable to your Spantex . Can you help me figure out what to use. I’ve been to Lowe’s and Home Depot and Sherwin Williams but no help there.
At the very end of my video I listed some other rubberized deck coating that were similar to Spantex which was purchased in Canada. Here's a website that offers a product that is available in Oklahoma. Otherwise, I would try a good paint store and just use any rubberized deck coating that they recommend. There is nothing special about Spantex; lots of other companies product a similar product.
@@ron6015, thanks for you help. However, the website that you mention didn't appear in you reply . Could you try again to send that website link. I found these two liquid rubber productson on Amazon but not sure if they are suitable, www.amazon.com/Liquid-Rubber-Color-Waterproof-Sealant/dp/B00YYQO4RQ/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?ie=UTF8&aaxitk=gagwOEZXTxOFOALEoWzJeA&hsa_cr_id=6337830280101&ref_=sbx_be_s_sparkle_asin_1 and here is another one of their products, www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07PGL3F72?pf_rd_r=2ZEZA6V5FYNTNMHKJQ86&pf_rd_p=edaba0ee-c2fe-4124-9f5d-b31d6b1bfbee I really do appreciate your help, Thanks very much.
Thanks for the idea!!! I don't want to buy a new one!
Nice informative video. Nice job!
Ron, since it’s been a few years since you posted this, how has your paint job held up? Any discoloration? Excessive wear?
Without a bit of exaggeration, as of May 2020, the diving board looks exactly as it appears in the video. No discolouration, fading, or wear is evident.
Any complaints from the kids about how it feels on their feet?
Nope. The screened sand is very fine so it makes the board slip-proof without irritating feet.
@@ron6015 can you use play sand? Also, if I can't find what you used should I just by rubberized deck coating?
@@sherrymiller823 Sherri, there is nothing special about any of the materials I used. Any fine sand and rubberized deck coating will work.
@@sherrymiller823 Sherri, there is nothing special about any of the materials I used. Any fine sand and rubberized deck coating will work.
@@sherrymiller823 You can usually find grit additive in paint stores/departments.
i like it grey. its too bright in full sun white.
I took my diving board off and thru it behind the pool house in the dirt for a few years while i started to work with a pool cover. Now that im done with the cover and looking to reinstall the board ive noticed water got in expanded the wood and cracked the resin coating. if i had any idea how much they cost 500$ or so i would have taken better care =\
I have a fiberglass diving board that devoped a crack perpendicular to the board when an aggressive dive was being attempted. Two pices of wood boards that were encased in the bottom of the board had cracked. I removed the board. Flipped it over. Took a circular saw and cut along the bottom edges of the wood fiberglass casing. I removed the cracked - bad wood. I saved them as templates. Bought new wolmanized wood of about the same length, width, thickness. Trimmed to match the template provided old wood. Installed the new wood. Applied 2 coats of fiberglass cloth and resin to encase the wood to the board. Cut a few vent holes so the wood can breath. Re-installed the diving board. Painted the top of the board with off white latex paint. It has worked for years now.
Great video!
Thanks, Tina. I've learned to use iMovie on my iMac to make family history videos. So this 10 minute UA-cam video was very easy, and a lot of fun to make.
What was the purpose of the solvent?
Just for cleaning up.
You need the solvent to clean up your brush, hands, etc.