Pool Replastering and Plaster Repair in Mound, Texas

Plaster repair or a full replaster

Surface and structure work together

According to the Council's Technical Bulletin 7, a pool stays watertight through two layers working together: the shotcrete or concrete structure and the interior finish. At an estimate, Killeen Pool Resurfacing looks at both the plaster and any crack that might run deeper before saying whether a patch is enough.

Scale, metal stains and acid washing

Not every blemish is damage. The Council says scale shows up as a white or light-colored film that can dull or hide a finish's color, while metals leave stains of their own: copper and manganese can turn plaster blue, green or black, and iron red, orange or black. It also gives "acid wash" three meanings: dissolving material to clean off efflorescence, dirt or stains; etching an exposed-aggregate surface to reveal the stone; and a diluted acid treatment that lifts certain stains while taking little, if any, of the surface.

What a patch costs next to a replaster

National figures updated in 2026 say a plaster finish with only a few cracks may need a repair rather than a full replaster: the pool is partly drained to below the damaged area and patched with pool-patching plaster, or sometimes with an underwater epoxy patch, and repairing small cracks typically costs $110 to $300. Other national averages for 2026 frame the range: a DIY kit can cover a coin-sized spot for under $50 in many cases, a professional patch tends to fall around $150 to $400 as a planning figure, and a professional replaster for an average 16-by-32 pool commonly runs about $5,000 to $9,000, with the finish, local labor rates and the preparation the old surface calls for setting where a job falls. They are published averages, not our prices. When the whole surface has worn out, our pool replastering page goes through the materials and finishes.

White Mound, the railroad and Mound today

A school named for a chalk hill

Mound takes its name from the White Mound School, which was itself named for a nearby white chalk hill. Settlers arrived in the early 1850s, making it one of the oldest communities in Coryell County, and the White Mound Baptist Church was established in 1874. In 1882 the Texas and St. Louis Railway laid track from Waco to Gatesville through Mound, and a post office opened in 1884 with Isaac Franks as postmaster. By 1890 the community had a mill, a gin, a general store and 25 residents, and it peaked between 1910 and 1920 with a cotton gin, two general stores and 100 residents.

Gatesville schools and two highways

The Mound school district was consolidated with Gatesville Independent School District in 1971, and the Census Bureau's school-district map still places Mound's center point in Gatesville ISD. The railroad abandoned its track between Gatesville and Lime City in 1972, but residents kept easy access to State Highway 36 and U.S. Highway 84, and the population estimate held at 75 from the late 1960s through 2000. Mound lies about 19.6 miles north-northeast of Killeen's Census center point. In the 2020–2024 American Community Survey, drawn from a very small sample of 33 homes, 45.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied and none are in buildings of five or more units; the survey publishes no median home age, value or household income for Mound.