Everything You Need to Know About Luxapool® Chlorinated Rubber Paints

Luxapool® Chlorinated Rubber Pool Paint is a single-pack coating made for one job in particular: recoating pools that were previously painted with chlorinated rubber. It gives strong resistance to saltwater, pool chemicals and algae, and it’s straightforward to apply.

Despite the name, it isn’t rubbery or flexible. Chlorinated rubber cures to a hard, glossy finish — much the same feel as epoxy. That’s a common misconception worth clearing up before you start.

⚠️ Important: use chlorinated rubber only if your pool already has a chlorinated rubber coating on it. Painting a bare concrete, render, fibreglass or pebblecrete pool for the first time? Luxapool® Epoxy is the better choice by a wide margin.

Key Features

• Single-pack — no two-part mixing
• Excellent adhesion over existing chlorinated rubber
• Hard, glossy finish with good colour retention
• Resists saltwater, chlorine and pool chemicals
• Faster recoat window between coats than epoxy
• Available in 4L and 15L, in classic Luxapool® colours

How to Tell What’s Already On Your Pool

You can test this yourself in about a minute. Take a clean rag dampened with acetone or Chlorinated Rubber Solvent and rub the existing surface firmly.

• Softens and goes sticky — chlorinated rubber. Recoat with chlorinated rubber.
• Stays firm — epoxy. Recoat with epoxy.

Test several areas, since older pools are often a patchwork of systems applied over the decades. Epoxy will not adhere over chlorinated rubber under any circumstances, so this matters.

Not confident calling it? Send us a photo and we’ll identify it before you order.

How Much You’ll Need

Coverage is 7–9m² per litre per coat — roughly 30–35m² from a 4L can, or 110–135m² from a 15L.

Chlorinated rubber is applied in three to four thin coats, not two. Thin coats are the point: building it too heavily traps solvent and causes problems. Factor the extra coats into your quantities.

Work out your exact figure with the Pool Paint Calculator, and order it all in one go so the colour stays consistent across the pool.

Application

• Preparation decides the outcome. Wash thoroughly to remove oils, sun creams and algae, remove all flaking paint, and let the surface dry completely.
• Use the right roller. At least 270mm wide on a 60mm core with a medium 10–11mm nap, plus a 75mm brush for cutting in. Our DIY Pool Painting Kit has the lot.
• Three to four thin coats, not two heavy ones.
• Mild, dry conditions — ideally 15–25°C. Never in direct sunlight, never before rain.
• Thin and clean up with Chlorinated Rubber Solvent. Epoxy thinners are not interchangeable.

Before You Fill

At least 10 days in summer, 14 days in winter — the same as epoxy. Chlorinated rubber recoats faster between coats, but the fill window does not change.

Filling early permanently damages the colour, showing as cloudy, uneven patches in the final coat. Once filled, add nothing but salt or chlorine for a further 3–5 days.

How Long Does It Last?

Chlorinated rubber gives up to three years before it needs recoating. Epoxy gives seven to eight.

That difference is why epoxy is the default recommendation for any pool that isn’t already coated in rubber. But if yours is, chlorinated rubber is the correct and far cheaper option — switching to epoxy would mean stripping the entire pool first.

Which One Do You Need?

• Never been painted, or bare surface → Epoxy, plus Epoxy Primer Sealer
• Already chlorinated rubber → Chlorinated Rubber
• Already epoxy and sound → Epoxy, straight to topcoat