I just had an inground, salt pool installed at my new house. I've had a pool before and reviewed everything carefully with the builder. My last pool was gray and I liked that minor discoloration was not noticeable. He said, no problem, white plaster can be cleaned easily. So I went with white. After it was installed, he said I should brush it twice a day to keep sand from imbedding. I brushed it twice a day with a few exceptions the first month. It's a very big pool. Towards the end, I started noticing sand (he used river sand to landscape around the pool, with rye grass) imbedded in places. I also noticed a few faint, gray swirls on the bottom of the pool that don't look like sand. He now suggests we put in a lot of muriatic acid to take off the slight top layer, which will loosen the grit and then it can be brushed away. He said afterwards something to counteract the acidity is added and it will not be an issue. So the acid would only sit in the pool for about a day or so. He suggested a lot of acid--maybe 8 or 10 gallons. I can't remember exactly now. He said if that didn't work, we would have to drain the pool and brush it. When I read about acid washes I only see where it's done on a drained pool. We also haven't talked about who is paying for this work. I think him. But I 've never had this issue.
Just completed a brand new white plaster pool and it has grit and other stuff in the plaster
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The article below is a good read to prepare you for your discussion with the PB.
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This article discusses several acid wash processes - see post #4
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White Spotting of New Plaster Pools
The problem of plaster spotting has been an ongoing puzzle and controversy in the swimming pool industry for over three decades. The generally round, smooth-yet-unsightly white soft spots in new plaster pools have long been a source of contention among pool plasterers, and pool chemical service...
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This article discusses several acid wash processes - see post #4
Recommended no drain acid wash?
Hi all, Is there a preferred no drain acid wash from the experts on this forum? Hoping to avoid draining the pool and removing some tough scale the hard way. (Have tried keeping CSI between -0.3 and -0.6 and brushing but no luck. Even a pumice stone didn't have much luck with the stuff I have.)...
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