Recent content by Deluca

I am also from NJ the land of pucks and sand filters. I had full intention of using bleach when I got my pool up and running. After 8 lbs of CYA it still barely registered on my kit, so I started chlorinating with pucks. I have been using pucks all summer my CYA is still under 30 and my pool...

Hello, Many people who know more than me are going to recommend resurfacing rather than painting. They are probably right, but if you are like me and stuck with a painted pool, Ill tell you what I learned when I rehabbed my pool. Assuming your pool was previously painted you need to find out...

Hello, Here is an update on the pool. (As always full slideshow and full resolution here http://imgur.com/a/JFZZj) This morning this pool has had a pump turned on for the first time in at least a decade. Here is what it looks like. I did decide to paint the pool. I know this is not...

So it is almost time to fill up the pool I have been working on. (http://imgur.com/a/JFZZj) I do have a couple of basic questions however. First can anyone identify this? This is the biggest it will let me upload, but you can find a bigger one in the gallery. My best guess is that it is a...

Hello, I am looking to start up a 35 - 40k pool that has been dormant for at least 8 years. I need to get all new equipment and I am not sure what to do about the filter. A local pool company told me a 300lb (24 or 27 inch?) sand filter would be what they recommend. (They don't recommend...

Quick Update, Updated Gallery here (http://imgur.com/a/JFZZj) Turns out the pool is painted. The plaster has been chipped off to bare concrete and painted with what I believe to be a chlorinated rubber based paint. The type of paint I still need to confirm. It has cleaned up nicely and I do...

Unfortunately I am stuck with paint; it is in too good condition to justify the expense of sandblasting and refinishing. I am going to go with a pool specific acrylic because it will overcoat the rubber paint. I could paint with rubber but i am not sure if I have a clorinated or synthetic...

So today I took a chip of of my pools surface and dropped it in some xylene and it started to dissolve. Looks like my pool was painted with a rubber based paint. It actually looks like someone chipped off all the plaster then painted it. It just goes to show protected from sunlight and clorine...

Well be it paint or plaster since most of the pool surface is intact is it crazy to think I could patch up/live with the chips for a few years before I spring for a resurfacing?

Hello, As I continue to clean up an old gunite pool that has not been opened in years (full album here and higher resolution http://imgur.com/a/JFZZj) I have a question I hope someone can answer. I borrowed the neighbors power washer today and immediately it became clear that I had to be...