https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/16/algae-trump-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool
Long live the Supreme Leader, long live the Revolutionary Guards

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/16/algae-trump-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool
Long live the Supreme Leader, long live the Revolutionary Guards

Aesthetics of solids vs flowing liquids aside, resin just doesn’t hold up very well under constant UV light. I don’t want to know what it would cost just to tear it up, nevermind replace it when that happens. Unless there’s some super resin I dont know about.
Other considerations:
…honestly you’d be far better off filling it with polished concrete or stone. Just commit to the bit at that point. You can even dye it.
At least it would solve the problem of the pool leaking
That reminds me, let’s not talk about the water that would collect on top lol
Either you fill it to the fill line in which case the water flows off. Or you fill it to the brim.
Maybe? Only if the surface is sloped to the sides and otherwise perfectly flat. And this is a vast surface to have the resin set like that, if such a thing is even possible without some shaping and polishing after it cures.
Only one way to find out!
Trust me, I’ve actually thought about it quite a lot. Large part why switched to recommending mercury is that resin is actually too good of an idea and would actually solve all the problems.
A nice ingredient in the “pool” of climate change and tropical insects reproducing in the has been colder places and populations without antibodies.