Recent content by -Matt-

I think it is ok to necro this thread since is pretty much a stickie, is or is should be. Wouldn't hurt for it to have more traffic in any case. I have read many of OnBalance's texts across the web and as a non-experienced pool owner, but yet technically educated fellow, I tend to value their...

JoyfulNoise, Thanks for taking the time to respond and share the links. Yes I have already started removing the old plaster. Will share for sure.

I'm selecting tools for resurfacing "plaster" (Quikrete Heavy Duty Masonry Coating with some additives of my own). In any case, I have seen that in addition to the normal stainless trowels, and the blue steel, there are very expensive ($70-100) "no burn" chrome trowels and plastic bladed trowels...

Minerjason, Thanks for your thoughts, I hadn't replied for a bit because I was working things out and wasn't sure of a few things yet. I am still moving forward with this and actually am removing the old plaster myself. Believe it or not my Briggs and Straton 2000 psi electric power washer has...

Thanks for the tips MinerJason, I have been thinking about the cold joints issue and since I planned on doing two coats I have been considering the following: Do the pool in sections which overlap/taper (or overlap and feather if you like but tapering is probably more accurate). So lets say the...

Thanks Kim, I would definitely like to be able to talk with people who know about these things. In relation to the calcium and all, I don't think that affects my product choice much at this point as I have narrowed it down to those Quikrete products for sure and the only considerations now are...

Dirk, no offense taken and I appreciate the honest feedback. Here's at least one pool owner who already did it though, Swimming Pool Plastering Do-It-Yourself Project with essentially the same product (it was sold as pool plaster by quickrete then but if you look at the more detailed Safety...

Thank you both for the tips and help. I do appreciate it! My sister just moved back to the area from San Francisco (she loved it but family is here). I had a quick visit and drove a load down here to Huntington Beach, CA. I also did not have thread notifications on by default so I fixed that! So...

After reading the link on removing scaling Kim, I think I will spray a portion with muriatic acid and see how that goes. Thanks for the other links too, reading them. I think the current test kit isn't that great. If I have to chip off just the top that may be realistic. It does not look like...

Thanks Kim, appreciate the identification help and the friendly welcome. To the other poster, I hear what your saying but most of it is quite solid and I will be going over it 100% and it will be reinforced with mesh or fiber. It will have polymers and silica fume basically making it completely...

Hi Kim, Yes, it fizzes like an alka seltzer. Matt

Call me crazy but I'm going the DIY route on this one and have done a ton of research on cementious and membrane solutions and think I am going to go forward with a cement based solution. If the knowledgeable people here could look at these pics of the popoffs and the rest of the plaster to...