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Dee4

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Jan 21, 2022
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South Florida
Pool Size
15000
Surface
Plaster
Chlorine
Salt Water Generator
SWG Type
Hayward Aqua Rite (T-3)
I had my pool diamond brighted. Past fire up and handed pool. It was still shedding. Chemicals were unbalanced. Got that down to minimum but still having issues with it. Seems to be shedding a small amount of finish. No more large sand piles. Still combating ph and lowering it. I brush daily and am testing water pool store every other day. Become obsessed as I’m worried might be issue and contractor won’t be out till next week. Any ideas how to help fix this issue? I’ve called couple pool guys and they don’t seem to want to take over (none looked at pool). Only conversation. I do know the pool had a thicker then normal costing addded not sure if this is a factor. It looks beautiful to see, I would expect no flaking at this point. 7 weeks post fill.

Ph at 8 added acid other day to lower. I need to retest. Attached is last numbers before acid added.
 

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Well Dee, your first problem is that you're relying on a pool store to test your water. We have found pool stores to be more often inaccurate than accurate. We here at TFP believe in *Owner Testing* with a reliable test kit. Pool store testing can vary due to which employee is doing the test, when was the machine last corrected for accuracy.
Consider obtaining either the Taylor K-2006C online or the preferred TF-Pro from tftestkits.net
We can help you learn all the ins and outs of caring for your newly refinished pool.

Remember that new plaster requires some time to "cure". Could be 2 months up to 12 occasionally.

Another feature of TFP is we rarely ever buy any chemicals from a pool store. You can buy them much cheaper elsewhere such as Lowes, Home Depot or Walmart. For instance, "Alkalinity Up" is nothing more than Baking Soda. Why pay a high price for it at a pool store when you can get a big bag of Arm & Hammer in the cooking aisle of Walmart at a fraction of cost?

I'm going to link a few articles here for you-
www.troublefreepool.com

Start-up New Plaster

The first few months are the most criticle for a newly plastered pool. We're here to share best practices to ensure the plaster will last for many years.
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Plaster Start-Up Guides - Further Reading

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Holler back if you have questions :)

Maddie :flower:
 
Yeah, I ordered a test kit this weekend when my calcium was 27 and I told him to run it again and was at 377.

I emailed Florida stucco to find the ideal range of calcium for dye colored pool. Since 200-400 is rather large and I know dye color can streak.

Would shedding at this point of some finish be normal?
 
No issues with cloudlyness. Honestly I it wasn't for finish I'm shedding I wouldn't be so concerned. I am still brushing daily. Would elevating any certain chemical help or just balancing and time?
 

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Your ”shedding” is NOT a water chemistry issue.

What type of filter do you have?

Take some of the shedding material and put a little muriatic acid on it and tell us if it bubbles.
 
Where are your finding the shedding material?

In the filter?

On the pool floor?

In a pool cleaner basket?
 
I can see it when I brush little dusty blue cloud not much and then I find it in the pool filter. I didn't run vac not much in filter to test. I has some laying around from last time I vac and cleaned filtered and put acid on and it bubbled.
 
I think you are just continuing to filter out the plaster dust.

We don’t know what type of startup the builder did. And some startup techniques handle the plaster dust better then others.

I would not worry about it.

Get your own test kit and get your water chemistry following Recommended Levels
 

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Thank you that makes me feel better. I did have a startup guy for the first month I so. He basically used nitric acid and brushed.
 
There are different startup methods. Having a startup guy does not mean he used a method that minimized plaster dust.

Start-up Chemistry for Plaster Pools The effects of four different chemical startup procedures were studied.

  • the “Acid” startup – where enough acid was added to lower the pH to 4.5 and alkalinity to zero - about 3 gals. of acid per 10,000 gallons of water
  • the “pH-Neutral” startup – which equates to about one gallon of acid is added to about 10,000 gallons of water
  • the “Traditional” startup - where the water is maintained with CSI balanced water; near zero or (0.0) CSI
  • the "Bicarb" start-up - where the tap water is pre-treated with sodium bicarbonate to raise the TA to 300 ppm and the CSI is about +0.6 to +1.0
Pool Plaster Start-up Alternative Orenda Technologies has recently unveiled a new start-up program that is somewhat similar to the onBalance Bicarb start-up process. Instead of adding sodium bicarbonate, Orenda suggests adding calcium (calcium chloride) to low calcium tap water while filling brand-new plaster pools, which also like the Bicarb start-up, prevents the formation of plaster dust. We at onBalance have received numerous communications asking us if this calcium program is compatible with, or a viable alternative to the Bicarbonate Start-up Method that also prevents plaster dust. The answer is yes.

Plaster Installation and Maintenance - Further Reading

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