Can I put regular glitter in my pool deck paint?

by Sheila Atchison

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Can I put regular glitter in my concrete paint for pool decking?

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William on Jun 21, 2016
In general, though, there are two issues with doing a glitter finish: 1. regular glitter just disappears into paint and won't show up as sparkle. 2. techniques to get it to lay on the surface usually involve suspending the glitter in a transparent medium like glaze or polyurethane, or blowing the glitter onto a wet, freshly painted surface. But, without a protective coat, the glitter is also more prone to flaking off.

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Sheila Atchison on Jul 03, 2016
I bought a large transparent glitter at a craft store. The paint guy at True Value mixed it in for me and when I was painting it was not visible. When it dried it was beautiful, very glittery! I'm very pleased with it!!

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- Bryan on Feb 02, 2019
  
  Hello...I just saw this post and am looking at doing the exact same thing - mixing glitter in with my pool deck acrylic stain....If I may, what did you buy and were there any special procedures you did to make it come out looking good?
  
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- Christian Matthew on May 25, 2019
  
  Thank you for posting this. I bought 3 large cyrtal clear glitter hexagon ball shapes from hobby lobby. I plan to add 1. 5 to a gallon of light grey paint. I'll let you know how it goes
  
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- Cindy on May 13, 2022
  
  Hi Sheila, I am resurfacing my pool deck and want to add glitter also. Was there a particular brand of glitter you used? The glitter I am seeing looks like sugar/salt. Is this correct?
  Thank you for your input in advance.
  Cindy
  
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Christian Matthew on May 26, 2019

Ok so I added the glitter yo the paint and when I didn't notice it enough on the edging I decided to shake glitter after each painted squared section. Looks amazing. I'll put up a video on YouTube to show the results. Hope it lasts now last a few rains

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Becky Tolar Reynolds on Jun 18, 2021

Any videos of anyone's pool with added glitter to paint?

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