Keswick Water Park, StreetBond 150 recoat

Recoat, restoration and addition at Keswick Splash Water Park: StreetBond 150 remains the product of choice for bold, colourful, long-lasting spray pads.

Keswick Water Park is a neighbourhood spray park in Burnaby. Ahead of the 2024 season a StreetBond 150 recoat of the park's surface was specified, with restoration where the coating had worn and an addition to the work. The park opened on schedule in June with the colours the neighbourhood expected to see.

A recoat is the maintenance path the manufacturer publishes for StreetBond: an 8+ year life cycle, recoated rather than replaced. The existing surface was pressure-cleaned and inspected, small spots where wear had exposed the asphalt were repaired, and a fresh colour layer went over the top. The install was scheduled in late May to leave cure time before opening, within the cure window the manufacturer specifies and with buffer in case of weather.

The City asked for a faithful match to the original palette rather than a new one, so sample panels were run on site against the weathered surface and reviewed by the Parks team before the full recoat began. Matching to a weathered surface is a different problem from matching to a specification sheet, and the panel is the only way to confirm it under site light.

The photographs show the finished pad: rings of green, grey and charcoal around a blue centre, on the lawn beside the playground. A parks team with StreetBond surfaces past their colour should ask for a condition assessment and a recoat before considering a full reinstall; the closure is shorter and the material beneath is usually still sound.

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