"He who marches out of step hears another drum." ~ Ken Kesey
How close are you coating to the edge? There is about a 2" gap for us an we have no pooling.
Not sure what tensions you used for the panels, but the optimum tension for the mesh count you are stretching may help.Another trick I have seen is to use some tape on the soft mesh area and stretch the tape tightly at a diagonal across the 4 corners of the frame. That way you can coat end to end on a Newman with softened corners.Al