Brand new Pool/Pool Owner. Do these spots all look normal?

zp91hbk

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May 5, 2024
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Blue Bell PA
Hi all. I’m assuming this is asked often.

Had a great experience with the pool builder, and I’m about 5 days in since water following instructions daily (pool brushing is an insane workout).

However, I feel like I’m making it look worse. It’s getting more blotchy and the area by the gets on the sunshelf is extremely dark + any area that has some piping out of it prior to plaster seems to have weird coloring, especially around the lights.

Let me know if you think I’m doing something wrong. I plan to show the pool builder. Plaster is diamond brite.

attached is my chemical results.
 

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Welcome to TFP.

That is typical mottling on blue plaster. Yours does not look as bad as others have been.

You were plastered during cold weather and plasterers will add calcium chloride to the mix which causes mottling.