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Former Olympian among those charged with vandalizing Reflecting Pool

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Diluted hydrogen peroxide does not strip moisture-cured polyurethane.
I don't think we can view the added hydrogen peroxide from the steady-state concentration. The pictures of the effects on the algae indicate that there was a concentration gradient, where the concentration was highest at the edges (as we would expect).

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How dilute?

The photos show the pool guys poring jugs of it in right over the edge and photos of the algal pool show that the edge treatments are failing fairly close to the edge.
IIRC you're a scientist. Does peroxide strip polyurethane? I've worked with peroxide and polymers and strippers many times and I don't see it happening.
 
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Peroxide is far less likely to cause the moisture-cured polyurethane to peel than solvents used for such purposes.
Then the worse happened. The entire job was executed with reckless expedience driven by political capitulation. At some point you may need to admit failure on the part of this administration.
 
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I know the liberals here are quick to dismiss the vandalism... But the point remains, that someone took a knife or blade, and put a 250-foot-long gash into the facade.
 
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Then the worse happened. The entire job was executed with reckless expedience driven by political capitulation. At some point you may need to admit failure on the part of this administration.
Not everyone is obsessed with finding failures with the "administration".

This ain't no Easter egg hunt.
 
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Then the worse happened. The entire job was executed with reckless expedience driven by political capitulation. At some point you may need to admit failure on the part of this administration.
Sure, but I'm hoping for and counting on it like others.
 
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I know the liberals here are quick to dismiss the vandalism... But the point remains, that someone took a knife or blade, and put a 250-foot-long gash into the facade.
It's sheer desperation that it must be the President's fault.
 
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It's sheer desperation that it must be the President's fault.
It's no wonder hardly anyone wastes their time refuting the mindlessness around here anymore.
 
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It's no wonder hardly anyone wastes their time refuting the mindlessness around here anymore.
I made an exception because you're the OP. But for the most part I'm burned out too.
 
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IIRC you're a scientist.
Which is not a magic wand. I've never worked in chemistry or pools.
Does peroxide strip polyurethane? I've worked with peroxide and polymers and strippers many times and I don't see it happening.
Which is why I asked. There is always the possibility that the coating application was done poorly.
 
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There is always the possibility that the coating application was done poorly.

Is there also the possibility that by cutting the coating application with a very sharp object, it could allow liquid to undermine the coating, causing peeling?
 
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Is there also the possibility that by cutting the coating application with a very sharp object, it could allow liquid to undermine the coating, causing peeling?
No. It's just peeling off. As noted by someone above -- if it properly adhered and could not be loosened by the chemicals you would needs some fairly vigorous scraping to damage it and that wouldn't make sheets of it peel off.
 
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People, you can read the OP by yourself. It's kind of the basis on how forums work.
The olympian put his hand in the water. That is not vandalism. There does seem to be another "ism" going on, but not that one.
 
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