To achieve this, the Compass Pools team went far beyond all previous swimming pool industry standards. Looking to the aerospace and high-performance vehicle industries for inspiration, they devised a unique way of combining ceramic spheres with vinyl ester resin.
The result was a lightweight, composite material that would form the core of all Compass fibreglass pools. The ceramic spheres offered extreme durability and structural integrity, while the vinyl ester resin proved up to 50 times more water resistant than polyester resin, which was widely used in fibreglass pools at the time.
The new composite ceramic core resulted in a pool so tough and durable that customers could be offered extended guarantees on the structure and interior surface of every Compass pool.
In the mid-1990s, Compass Pools redefined the standards for swimming pool strength worldwide. They wanted to build a pool that: