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Painting a bronze pool fountain  

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What kind of paint and "How to" do I need for painting a bronze pool fountain and will the chlorine from the pool affect the paint or bronze fountain.

Cris Valdez A
designer - Weslaco, Texas

Hello,

I would stick with an acrlyic solvent based paint, formulated for use on bronze. Nothing will last when subjected to constant water flow and chlorine, so you'll be refinishing the fountain often. An acrylic is a heck of a lot easier to strip and redo than a polyurethane or epoxy.

Jake Koch G. J. Nikolas & Co., Inc. Bellwood, Illinois

Hello,
My name is Mirna. I bought a bronze statue on line. It looks very pretty. I installed the statue in the shallow area of my pool.
In a month or so I stated seeing rust on the statue.
I am reading on line many articles to find out if bronze can rust. It's an alloy and my understanding is that it's made from copper and tin. None of the two elements will rust. Can it be that the chemicals in the pool caused the rust? The owner of the place where i bought the statue insists it's bronze and wants me to buy patina from Michaels and reapply it where the rust is showing. He thinks it normal maintenance that I should do every quarter.
What is your opinion? Please advice.

Mirna Elnar
Mirna - Riverside, CA

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