My plaster is over a year old. I accidentally left the water running and refilled the entire pool. It’s small 10x18, so it’s easily done. Anyway fast forward to brushing the pool and seeing plaster dust, ph keeps going up a lot. Water test showed calcium was low. I fixed that, retested, all good. I can’t get all the plaster dust out. I don’t know if it’s remnants or it’s still etching or something. I’m out of ideas but also real nervous something bad is happening to my plaster and I don’t know what that is. Is the dust ruining my equipment? We cleaned the filter today. I’m trying to vaccum it but it’s not catching it well.
Low calcium caused plaster dust?
- Thread starter becca84
- Start date
- Jul 21, 2013
- 65,530
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Welcome to TFP.
How do you know what you are seeing is plaster dust.
What model filter do you have?
How do you maintain your water chemistry?
Post your chemistry from your own test kit in the format:
FC
CC
pH
TA
CH
CYA
WATER TEMPERATURE
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How do you know what you are seeing is plaster dust.
What model filter do you have?
How do you maintain your water chemistry?
Post your chemistry from your own test kit in the format:
FC
CC
pH
TA
CH
CYA
WATER TEMPERATURE
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- Jul 21, 2013
- 65,530
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
It just shows it is calcium.
How do you chlorinate your pool?
We don't trust the accuracy of Pool Store tests or the Sutro.
We recommend you have your own reliable test kit to use when you have problems like this - Taylor K-2006C or TFT Test Kits
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- Jul 21, 2013
- 65,530
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
The calcium could be coming from the SWG plates self cleaning.
What model SWG do you have?
- Jul 21, 2013
- 65,530
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
I doubt what you are seeing is plaster dust.
You can use PoolMath with reliable test results, which is not Pool store testing or Sutro, to calculate your CSI and confirm you are above the etching range of -0.6
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You can use PoolMath with reliable test results, which is not Pool store testing or Sutro, to calculate your CSI and confirm you are above the etching range of -0.6
Calcium Saturation Index (CSI)
How is CSI calculated? Very simple – use our PoolMath tool. To ensure long plaster life and save money, click here to learn more.
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