So the short story is, so far, I like the Acquabright! My pool has never looked or felt anywhere near this good since I've owned it (~6+years). I'll post pics and videos later.
So here is the long story (what the heck, in case someone else is wondering).
So my nice soft SWG pool water seemed to be getting less and less soft. It seemed to be getting more harsh on my eyes over the summer months.
Then I see my pool guy dumping gallons and gallons of stuff in my pool. So I asked him, how is the water? He says turn the SWG to 100%. I say it already is. So I change my pump run time to 16 hrs/day.
So a few weeks later, I happened to see him dumping lots of chlorine in again. Still he says turn up the SWG. I tell him it is already 23hrs@100%. He tells me how nice and soft the water is if I would just use the SWG.
So I check the SWG. Well it is about 5 yrs old, and they last 3-5 years, and so it was done. I'm fairly certain it had not been working since early to mid summer.
So with trials and tribulations, a new IC60, streamlined plumbing, and a new DE filter, I was hooked on TFP.
After a few weeks, a SLAM, and many robot filter changes (removing DE from my pool), my water is...
Crystal, Crystal, clear. A friend of mine said it was as clear as his water that he just had RO-ed.
All is good, right? Nope. Now I can actually see the old plaster, and and the mountains of calcium deposits. With my CSI slightly negative (now), I'm getting handfuls of calcium flakes and pieces in the robot about every other day.
So I acid washed my Spa. Wow, with clear water, and a fairly clean Spa, that is inviting.
So i ask about someone who could recommend a person to acid wash, and Brian tells me--hey, how about AcquaBright?
I looked into it, and it sounds like the BMW of finishes. It is inert, triple bonded to the surface (mechanical, chemical, and thermal) and my Plaster was never going to look new, so I was hooked.
So Brian came down and did a great job applying it.
In summary, so far I'm very happy with it, so far. I'll post more info as I use it more. Not much of the season left, but for the first couple days it is really very nice.
Since it is inert (thermally applied polymer), I no longer have to worry about Plaster issues. And while it may fade over many years, it should fade fairly uniformly, since it is 100% underwater.
The surface is hard to describe. It is not pure polymer. It has a fine silica (or something like that--think slightly coarse sand of various colors), so what you might think would be really slippery (like a liner pool), is not. Neither though is it like sandpaper. Kind of a mix of the two.
Anyway, more pics and vids to follow.
So here is the long story (what the heck, in case someone else is wondering).
So my nice soft SWG pool water seemed to be getting less and less soft. It seemed to be getting more harsh on my eyes over the summer months.
Then I see my pool guy dumping gallons and gallons of stuff in my pool. So I asked him, how is the water? He says turn the SWG to 100%. I say it already is. So I change my pump run time to 16 hrs/day.
So a few weeks later, I happened to see him dumping lots of chlorine in again. Still he says turn up the SWG. I tell him it is already 23hrs@100%. He tells me how nice and soft the water is if I would just use the SWG.
So I check the SWG. Well it is about 5 yrs old, and they last 3-5 years, and so it was done. I'm fairly certain it had not been working since early to mid summer.
So with trials and tribulations, a new IC60, streamlined plumbing, and a new DE filter, I was hooked on TFP.
After a few weeks, a SLAM, and many robot filter changes (removing DE from my pool), my water is...
Crystal, Crystal, clear. A friend of mine said it was as clear as his water that he just had RO-ed.
All is good, right? Nope. Now I can actually see the old plaster, and and the mountains of calcium deposits. With my CSI slightly negative (now), I'm getting handfuls of calcium flakes and pieces in the robot about every other day.
So I acid washed my Spa. Wow, with clear water, and a fairly clean Spa, that is inviting.
So i ask about someone who could recommend a person to acid wash, and Brian tells me--hey, how about AcquaBright?
I looked into it, and it sounds like the BMW of finishes. It is inert, triple bonded to the surface (mechanical, chemical, and thermal) and my Plaster was never going to look new, so I was hooked.
So Brian came down and did a great job applying it.
In summary, so far I'm very happy with it, so far. I'll post more info as I use it more. Not much of the season left, but for the first couple days it is really very nice.
Since it is inert (thermally applied polymer), I no longer have to worry about Plaster issues. And while it may fade over many years, it should fade fairly uniformly, since it is 100% underwater.
The surface is hard to describe. It is not pure polymer. It has a fine silica (or something like that--think slightly coarse sand of various colors), so what you might think would be really slippery (like a liner pool), is not. Neither though is it like sandpaper. Kind of a mix of the two.
Anyway, more pics and vids to follow.
I wanna see! LOL
