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I talked to two companies today. One was the main plaster company in our area. The president is on the board of the NPC. That company stopped doing quartz plaster 18 months ago due to a lot of problems with quartz. I believe he said issue with excessively long curing time and calcium issues. The...

One of the questions I’m going to ask the other plasterer in the area is if they check the fill water and do they typically treat the fill water. This company is actually located right here in our town and they plaster many pools here so they should be very familiar with our town’s water. I do...

Thanks for the guides. I know the Pb didn’t add anything initially to balance the water. He came by the next evening after the fill to start up the pump. A few days after the fill I sent him a text to give him the results of the pool water. PH was high and TA was low. Also during this time I...

Thanks. They calculated my fill water as: CH 50. I measured it at 100 Alkalinity 90 which is the same as my test Ph 7.2 visually whereas I got 6.9 with my meter

Their process is the same as the tf100. The way I do it using a speedstir is fill tube to the 10ml. 10 drops of the R-0010 and stir, 3 drops of the R-0011L and stir. Then While stirring add a drop at a time of the R-0012 until it turns and stays blue and Multiply x25

I took my water to the local leslies store and had them check the pool and tap water against my testing using the tf-100. Everything was in line with my testing except the CH. They had the pool CH at 150. Mine using speedstir was at 250. They had the hose water CH at 50 and I measured 100. My...

Thanks for the tips on the texts. One more question. Does anyone know how I would go about getting a professional consult on my issue if I need to go to that level to push for a complete chip out and replaster? Reading the pool contract these people really cover themselves against almost...

I checked my ph from the faucet again this morning. I used my ph meter. Before I checked the water I checked the meter against 7.0 reference solution and it was spot on. I rinsed it with distilled water and checked the fill water and it was at 6.9 As far as I know the Pb nor the plasterer...

Checked the fill water again from a second faucet that was used and the ch still comes in at 100

Thanks Dirk. I’m here in the Central Valley of california. I’m still not sure who the Pb used as a plasterer. I’m sure it wasn’t the plasterer of choice for most of the pools in our area. If I don’t hear from him by Monday I’ll be calling and following up with a certified letter to outline our...

I’m going to double check the ch later from the other faucet they used. I have a water softener and put it in bypass mode when the pool was filled however this faucet should not be soft water anyway.

Great. Another thing to address to the Pb. I tried to call the NPC earlier today but haven’t received a response

Here is the values of my fill water PH-6.9 TA-90 CH-100 Dirk, thanks for the advice. After first pointing the issue out while he was at the house to replace a faulty pump we’ve only exchanged texts. I was planning on sending another text to state additional concerns with doing the acid bath. I...

When I get home today I’ll get the numbers on my fill water. As for the fill they just taped a towel around the end of the hose and pretty much was full flow from the outset. Nothing was added to make the hose float. I haven’t heard back from the Pb as to when he will be by. When he comes I’m...

Also not only do we have issue with the white stuff but where they laid the hoses to fill the pool left large dark areas in the bottom of the pool which I assume were caused by the water coming out of the hose. What they did was tape a towel to the end of the hose I guess to diffuse the stream...

Thanks I’ll see where this goes.

So I felt the white areas and there are some white specks that are raised and do come off however there are other areas -those that are more streaks and not specks- that feel smooth like the plaster.

Thanks. The Pb is supposed to come and attempt what is probably what you described as he is going to lower the alkalinity and ph. If that doesn’t work and it is white spotting will a replaster address the issue? My understanding of a replaster is they only chip out a section below the waterline...

He sanded one little area and it seemed to scrub off some of the white stuff. What was left was a darker blue finish. We’re talking about a tiny area. The Pb said what I have is due to the plaster dust reattaching and forming/adhereing to the surface. As noted above I was religious about...

Thanks. I’ve sent a message to the builder so will see what he comes back with.

If I end up having to live with this are those areas prone to failure?

One month after our new pool was done and I’m disappointed with how the plaster turned out and I’m not sure what to do. The plaster is Aruba sky quartz. There is all this white stuff as you can see in the pictures. I brushed it 2-3 times a day as instructed. My water chemistry is all good per...

Thanks guys. I’ll just leave things as is and continue to manage the FC and monitor my other values. Maybe I’ll just tell the PB to leave the salt and I’ll add it when the water warms in the spring when it’s time to fire up the SWG.

One month into our new pool and as of today here are my numbers. How am I doing? Anything to be aware of? I've been adding chlorine as needed to keep the FC in the 4-5 range. Water looks great. Should I add a little muriatic acid to bring the PH down to say 7.6 which would bring the TA down...

Thanks Right now the water temp is 50 so I’ll leave the cya as you suggest and monitor the FC Yep, been using poolmath and it’s been a huge help.

Our new plaster pool is 3 weeks old. I have a question about the cya level prior to the SWG going online and then once it does go online. I know the recommended levels for non- SWG and SWG pools . As of today my cya level is 40. FC is 3. Next week the Pb is going to bring the SWG online. So...