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Exactly what I was looking for. Big help, thank you AJ! I looked at the Hydrotorque device before and it's just too expensive for polishing my pool a few times. Would totally invest in something like this if I had a business. I think I'm going to go with a Mikata wet/dry stone polisher.

Made a thread a few months ago regarding my new pool and gray plaster that developed white spotting and some roughness. Long story short, the pool builder said that's normal for colored plaster even though his initial reaction when he saw it was "that doesn't look right". I knew he would...

That makes sense - I will make sure to relay that to them. Thank you for all the wealth of info you've given me behind the scenes in our DMs!

You sir, certainly know your Vegas water! Tested the water from my backyard spigot last night and my results were: PH - 8.2+, TA - 140, CH - 200. My autofill is not plumbed to my home's water softener. I wonder why my CH reading was 550 two months after the initial fill. Perhaps, the water...

My auto fill is plumbed from my home’s water line.

I will ensure I really keep on top of the PH when the pool is refilled. I'm not sure what the CH was when it was filled as the pool company was doing the water chemistry for the first month. I received the TF-100 the third month. Used strips the second month :confused: My CH was 550 (month...

So there's a good chance my home's tap water may be a lot better than the hydrant? If so, man, I really got bamboozled into the plaster company making me pay for a water truck to do the initial fill.

In that case, I'm leaning the majority towards poor plaster practices :LOL: I guess I keep biting off on the fact that my PH is always so high which would potentially induce scaling if my LSI/CSI is high.

I'm thinking my issue is probably a combination of water chemistry and poor plaster installation.

The water truck who did my initial fill used the fire hydrant across the street from me. Unfortunately, I didn't have those water readings. I wonder if the water from the hydrant is close to the spigot in my backyard. I will do a water test of my backyard spigot in the next few days and will...

Thanks AJ and Perry! Based on that, I will recommend for the plaster company to sand/polish and leave out the acid treatment. I'm still curious as to why and how the plaster started discoloring at such a quick rate just two days after it was plastered. The bottom looks almost whiteish. I...

This is why I love this forum! Learning every day. You make things too easy! Appreciate it again!

Thanks for the replies! I will test at it's lowest point right before the SWG starts. How detrimental is high FC to the pool and equipment? I'm sure it isn't great for humans.

New here! I operate my SWG at night from 9pm-8am since power rates are a lot more expensive to run during the day. When testing my free chlorine, should I be testing it before my SWG starts, lets say 8pm. Or should I test it at 8:30 am after my SWG stops (sun is not hitting pool at this...

Been lurking on the forum behind the scenes since I had the pool built. Love the community and the wealth of information. This site has made my life much easier in terms of balancing the pool's chemistry. When the pool was finished, the pool builder had a rep do the chemicals for the first...