Yes , I have the sunstone pearl-black pearl, and love it, where are you located??

Hi Michelle16,
We are in Austin, TX. My concern was if the water would be too warm w/ a black bottom. We do love the look of it though - at least in picts :) Do you have any picts you can post or send me? Any other tips w/ the darker color?

Thanks!
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good to know about your neighbor's temp AND it's hotter there than in Texas - how ironic! So does it ever look BLACK so that you can't even see what's at the bottom? What type of coping do you have? Guess I just can't wait to see picts! If need to email me separately you can do that. I saw you in an earlier post re: Cove Blue. Did you ever see picts of that? Thanks!

WRT the color of the pool and water temperature, the sun's infrared rays that do the heating, don't penetrate beyond a foot. That means the bottom is the same temp as the water. It's not absorbing the sun's warming IR rays because they can't reach it.

That's not to say that the sun doesn't warm the water. Just that the color has a negligible effect.

Scott

Scott -
Have you done a pool w/ black plaster/pebble and used a darker color of coping/tile? Now that we know we want to use Sunstone Pearl - Black Pearl, I'm worried that a chocolate/gold OK Flagstone will be dark and make water look even darker than it already will be. Any insight? Don't find a whole lot of picts out there of the black bottoms.

Thanks!

upsideofdown- i promise I will get you those pictures within the next few days, I will have my 15 year old son help me do it! lol, anyway I have techo bloc harvest gold coping, and the patio is techo bloc inca pavers in baja beige. They are a large paver made to look like stone, very nice, I love the contrast with the black pearl pebble, not sure how dark your stone is, but I think it will be fine, the bottom never looks black, it's very speckled and shimmery looking, you can totally see the bottom, it has such a nicer richer look than the light water, my husband was not convinced he was scared our pb sent us to a home with the black pearl pebble, and he loved it! turns out the home was in a few magazines, it was stunning! I will post the pictures probably on Monday, I have a Christening to go to tom, thanks, Michelle

Michelle 16 - no prob! We pulled the plug today and decided on the Black Pearl!!! Your comments helped us to finally decide - thanks! would still love to see picts thought whenever! We went w/ a taupe/beige coping and a beige-ish tile w/ a dark brown/shimmery trim around each 6x6 piece. Have a new discussion going and will keep adding pictures. Think it's called New pool - picts/progress. We are going into week 4 of digging :( lots of rock and not enough room for a back hoe to fit. Hopefully we'll have a pool in time for a Labor Day party!! Thanks!

Black bottom pools reflect, colors do not draw into them
Like say black brown tan white mixs, which lighter colors draw in color from the surrounding area, (tile, plants flowers, and the sky)

Black bottoms are generally discouraged for safety concerns. It is often harder to see level changes, such as slopes, benches, etc..

While high aggregate finishes aren't as prone to it, black cementatious finishes have a history of fading to dark gray. The polished stones aren't the problem, it's the colored cement used to bind any aggregates that fade. The more stones, the less fading is visible.

WRT to color selections for tile, coping, etc..., that is a very subjective area I stay out of.

Scott

We did it! At least decided on it :) Going with the SUnstone Pearl - Black Pearl. Can't wait! Thank you both for your inputs!

How about some feedback on the installed product itself? Anyone have any info on product reviews for this company? We are considering this product vs pebbletec and like products.

Hi upsideofdown,

We too live in Austin and are considering replastering our pool with Sunstone Pearl - Black Pearl. We want something very dark and so far the PebbleSheen - Black Onyx seems the darkest color, but our plaster company doesn't apply it (and we'd rather not pay the extra $ for it anyway). Do you have any pics of your Black Pearl?? And how do you like it so far?

Thanks!

Michelle,

Could you post a picture of your deck and pool color. I am considering the same Inca tile and still haven't decided on the pool plaster.

Thanks

Does anyone know if sunstone makes a color comparable to Tahoe Blue? I love that color & my builder doesn’t offer pebble tec, only sunstone

thank you

@michelle16 Can you please share the link to your pool photos in Sunstone - Black Pearl. Who was your pool Builder? I am Hillsborough NJ and debating between pebble finish and quartz finish mainly from a roughness perspective.

@Sudhirkittur I’m in Belle Mead and am also deciding between roughness of sunstone select quartz finish and sunstone pearl. What did you find out? My pool project manager told me he finds pearl to be less rough than the quartz sunstone select- less sandpaper like. I wanted to use Hydrazzo but was informed pool builder does not install that. Only the select or pearl