How to Remove Peeling Kool Deck Paint

Although Kool Deck looks like textured paint, it is actually a thin cement coating that has a polymerized additive that makes it look like paint. It is akin to stucco in texture and applies to the surface concrete around your swimming pool in a similar manner. If the Kool Deck coating starts to chip off, you can remove it with a bit of hard work. The process is not difficult to complete.

3-inch putty knife
Hammer
Cold chisel
Metal wire brush

Instructions

- 1
  Place a 3-inch putty knife at a 45-degree angle on the deck just in front of the peeling Kool Deck coating, and then strike the handle of the knife gently with a hammer to peel the coating off the concrete. Do this with all of the Kool Deck coating that is peeling up.
- 2
  Place a cold chisel at a 90-degree angle to the Kool Deck coating, and strike downward on the chisel with a hammer to break up the coating.
- 3
  Place the 3-inch putty knife at a 45-degree angle on the deck just in front of the chipped Kool Deck coating, and then strike the handle of the knife gently with a hammer to scrape the coating off the concrete. Again, do this with all of the Kool Deck coating that you chipped.
- 4
  Scrub the surface of the Kool Deck coating with a metal wire brush to remove the remainder of the coating from the concrete.

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