Recent content by Ed in Socal

My pool guy gave me his reasons why DE is still better for my situation. So looks like it's going to be the Hayward 60

I guess I could be convinced, don't know much about them, or what the comparable size is. Do they work as well?

I'm going to need a new DE filter, thought I'd ask if anyone has one they or their pool guy likes. The story: Last year my Pentair 4000 series got a random crack in the upper half and I had to buy a new upper half. Three months later, same kind of crack in the lower half. I begrudgingly...

I just signed the contract to get my pool remodeled. I decided to keep a thread here to track progress and lessons learned. It's been quite a process already, through the summer learning about pool finishes, etc. and dealing with quotes. I decided to go with Wetedge Primera Stone Blue Pacific...

Well I'm getting ready to do a re-plaster - they claim they can get the old plaster out without damaging the water line tiles. I don't have a single bad tile anywhere, so we'll see. They are over 20 years old so if they break one, I doubt they would be able to find a matching replacement.

What do you mean environmental? It never freezes here if that's what you meant?

I have a Pentair 4000 series DE filter. It's maybe 5 years old, don't remember exactly. Last month, a crack developed on the top half, near the bottom where it seats on the bottom. That was an expensive part, but we got it and it worked just fine. Now the bottom half has a crack! Had I...

Been awhile since I updated this. I got some muriatic acid and did some experiments. I diluted the acid to 3 parts water, 1 part acid. I dribbled the liquid on a couple of coping blocks, in the places where the shiny surface was and let it bubble. Then scrubbed with a rough scotch pad...

Update, I tried some xylene based paint stripper, Klean Strip over the weekend. Didn't even make a dent in the finish. Guess I'll go for a mild acid wash next, although keeping it away from the grout is going to be tricky.

That's why I posted here. :)

Part two of my questions for remodeling - my pool has concrete rounded nose coping, and with one exception, they are in great shape physically. The problem with them is their surface. When they were new, they had a tan, shiny coating on them. Lacquer, shellac, varnish, whatever it is they...

Thanks. As you probably know, they guy that comes out does measurements and basically a sales presentation. So not exactly the installer themselves. And I don't expect them to talk about the other guy's product objectively.

I have an inground pool, around 32 feet, plus spa, dying plaster. I've started the process of getting quotes and researching surfaces. Way more to it than I thought! I've read quite a few posts here on the subject, but thought I'd ask for some updated opinions. First one was for Primera...