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Hi, my name is Robert Denman, and I have been involved in the Pool Industry for over 7 years now. I grew up in Euless, Texas, and graduated High School in 1984. I studied chemical engineering at Southwest Texas State University, and then entered the Navy in 1988 where I flew in the ES-3A as a Radar Intercept Operator. The plane was decommissioned (taken out of service) in 1999.

So after 10 years of service, I choose to separate from the Navy in pursuit of a new career, which led me to the Pool Industry. During that time I was frequently replacing homeowner’s sealant around their pool with a very messy 2-part epoxy substance. It had a familiar smell to it, but I just could not place where or why it did, (I’ll explain soon and you will be shocked!) the pool industry calls it Deck-o-Seal®. It was very expensive to replace, and the pool industry charges up to $7.00 a foot in some states. I started noticing how fast this stuff would begin to fail. For instance, one pool was less than 2 years old when the sealant was replaced. I thought that was odd, but the money was good, and the owners would pay to protect their investment. They knew how important it was to maintain the integrity of the seal.

Then it hit me – pool sealant is a huge market, dominated by one product. Since I didn’t know the components of Deck-O-Seal®, I requested the Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and found its real name, a 2-part epoxy sealant called poly-sulfide. I researched Poly-Sulfide on the internet and discovered it was listed as "aircraft fuel cell sealant" almost as many times as Deck-o-Seal®. Go figure. I knew I had smelled that smell somewhere before; I just could not put by finger on it. Now I remembered back in 1996 on the USS Enterprise, when we had repaired a leaking fuel cell on the ES-3A. I had mixed a two-part epoxy substance and put it into the tank, applied air pressure and ultimately repaired the leak.

Finally it made sense: the smell, remembering where & why it was familiar to me, and most importantly understanding why the sealant around these pools were failing so fast under the blistering Texas sun. Poly-Sulfide was not designed to be in the sun. I knew the true purpose for Poly-Sulfide - it was designed for the complete opposite environment. Really, how much sunlight gets into a fuel cell! At that point, the chemical engineer in me struck out to invent something better, a product that would protect the structural integrity of the pool along with the needs of the homeowner.

My first objective was to create longevity. That was the main issue, and I also wanted to make it easy to install, with just a minimal set of skills. I knew the difficulty of Deck-o-Seal's installation procedures because I had been installing it day in and day out. If I could make it repairable too, that would ultimately make 2-part epoxy obsolete!

I’m happy to say I have accomplished all that and more. PoolSeal™ is the beginning of a New Era in Swimming Pool Expansion Joint Sealant. It is a dry based, water activated product, which forms a long lasting, repairable, non-toxic seal around your pool. Along with being 100% efficient, PoolSeal™ makes it easy to get a professional finish. It’s water soluble for easy clean-up with no hazardous waste to dispose of. PoolSeal™also holds angles (other leading brands are self-leveling) when the copingstone and deck are not at the same level, often found around older, more established, pools due to ground movement or improperly maintained seals. In most cases, PoolSeal™ looks level by eliminating the shadows created by the higher side. PoolSeal™ is easy to install, again no hazordous waste to dispose of, and very attractive too.

By using my pool sealant, you’ll save time and money right now and down the road. It takes a lot of work to replace it every few years with the other options out there!

Robert Denman
Inventor of PoolSeal™

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