Plaster Dust

[mamasproject]

I have a quartz finish in my pool, finished in Oct 09 and still I am getting plaster dust when I brush the pool. Is this normal? I am almost positive that it is plaster dust...looks like a cloud when I brush. I thought the plaster dust was a 2-4 week thing until it has cured?

I have a Polaris that runs every day and I vacuum the pool once a week. I also keep the solar cover on so I'm thinking it's not dirt.

Any thoughts?

 

[Guest]

It is something other than plaster dust. Chances are with a quartz finish they did some type of an acid wash and then brush vac'd the pool. They should have cleaned the filter as well. I would say that they got 95% of the dust through that process, and your brushing after that (for the next week or two after the finish was applied) removed the rest.

I can't tell you what you have, but I can tell you it is not plaster dust. How do your chemicals/levels look?

 

[mamasproject]

All the chemical levels are good and on target. The "dust" seems to collect near the steps and sunledge where the polaris doesn't seem to clean too well. There is a return above the "dust" collection areas. I'm wondering if it could be DE?

 

[Guest]

Have you backwashed the filter lately? It can (and does) sometimes "push" some DE back in to the pool.

 

[JasonLion]

There is some chance that it is pollen.

 

[mamasproject]

I have not needed to backwash the filter as of yet, so I don't think it's DE. It is light in color. I can see it before I brush it away from the steps. Maybe it is pollen or something settling out of the water? Just a guess. It's not a big deal- just something else to clean up! Thanks for the help though!