hole in plaster, 16 yr-old pool

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A half full bottle of muriatic acid slipped from my hand and dropped into the deep end of our pool. I figured the acid would seep out and mix with the pool water, no harm done. Wrong. The bottle settled veritically, upside down, and the acid ate a 3" hole in the plaster, right down to the gunite. No rebar is showing. We are in a rural location and no local pool company can help us. Anybody know what we will have to do? Drain the pool? Patch it with the water still in? Thanks for your advice.

 

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[ajw22]

Where is the hole? Shallow end? Deep end?

How deep is it where the hole is?

What color is the pool plaster?

Draining will give better results if you can do it safely.

 

[JamesW]

Epoxy putty will also work.

 

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Where is the hole? Shallow end? Deep end?

How deep is it where the hole is?

What color is the pool plaster?

Draining will give better results if you can do it safely.

Deep end, about 6.5' deep, white plaster

 

[ajw22]

Deep end, about 6.5' deep, white plaster

You have scuba equipment?

 

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You have scuba equipment?

We have a good friend who is a professional scuba diver. What material would you suggest?

 

[ajw22]

What material would you suggest?

I hope he is also good at plastering.

See post #2.

 

[JamesW]

Just mix up the plaster patch or putty and fill in the hole.

It's not that complicated.

It's not any more complicated than patching a hole with patching compound.

 

[ajw22]

Just mix up the plaster patch or putty and fill in the hole.

It's not that complicated.

It's not any more complicated than patching a hole with patching compound.

It is a bit more challenging doing it underwater.

 

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It is a bit more challenging doing it underwater.

if it takes me a few months to get him out here to patch the hole, is the situation dangerous for the integrity of the pool?

 

[JamesW]

If water gets to rebar in the concrete, it might begin to rust and swell and you would get a big rust mark.

Then, you would have to cut out the rebar and patch.

It might be ok, but you are risking more problems by waiting.