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Atlantic Industrial Coatings Admits Primer Flaws Damaged Lincoln Pool
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- Atlantic Industrial Coatings admitted its work caused damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
- Workers applied insufficient primer, which stopped liner layers from bonding and caused chemical incompatibility.
- Government documents dated August 14 and September 2 detail the primer and chemical flaws.
- The fast-tracked $14.7 million project remains unfinished, with the pool still drained.
- President Donald Trump continued blaming vandals, alleging a box-cutter made a 350-foot slit.
