Hello,
I bought a house with an in ground pool. It's a fairly sizable pool, 3ft deep to 8ft deep, about 40 by 30 but roundish. The pool was build in the mid 80's, it was originally a troweled finish of some sort and then painted and all the equipment replaced in the mid to late 2000's.
The paint is peeling, and there are several spots where I have this this hard white growth that looks like a mineral growth. It's scattered around the pool in several spots. Other than this, the pool surface is in really good shape.
What is the growth stuff? How do I get rid of it to prep for paint? (I understand there is substantial work to prep for paint, clean, acid wash, test for paint type, check moisture - it's just the white growth that is throwing me off).
I'm fairly handy, built several houses from the ground up, but never played with pools. Appreciate the help.
Thanks,
Chris
I bought a house with an in ground pool. It's a fairly sizable pool, 3ft deep to 8ft deep, about 40 by 30 but roundish. The pool was build in the mid 80's, it was originally a troweled finish of some sort and then painted and all the equipment replaced in the mid to late 2000's.
The paint is peeling, and there are several spots where I have this this hard white growth that looks like a mineral growth. It's scattered around the pool in several spots. Other than this, the pool surface is in really good shape.
What is the growth stuff? How do I get rid of it to prep for paint? (I understand there is substantial work to prep for paint, clean, acid wash, test for paint type, check moisture - it's just the white growth that is throwing me off).
I'm fairly handy, built several houses from the ground up, but never played with pools. Appreciate the help.
Thanks,
Chris