No drain acid wash question

[gtm]

Hello everyone,

I joined many years ago but haven't posted in some time. You all created a monster who has been "trouble free" for years.

Some long time ago I followed your instructions for a no drain acid wash using muriatic acid and it worked like a charm. At least I'm fairly sure I found these instructions here. It definitely was not the ascorbic acid wash. I want to do it again but cannot find the instructions. Can someone point me in the right direction, please?

Thanks, Gary

 

[PoolStored]

Welcome back!!!

We have had quite a few folks here have their plaster damaged by acid washings. Caveat emptor.

Here are a few threads with tips and cautions...

The Zero Alkalinity Acid Treatment

The concept of the “Zero Alkalinity” process (also known as a No drain Acid Wash) is to make pool water aggressive enough (by adding acid) to dissolve and remove metal stains or calcium scale from cement-based plaster surfaces, including quartz and pebble swimming pools. Unfortunately, this...

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2nd times a charm.......No Drain Acid Wash

Just completed round two of a "no drain acid wash". Used 8 gallons of acid this time and after 2 days all issues with scale and/or plaster dust have been resolved! The pool now looks better than ever before since being built in 2006. Thanks to everyone for their input on this topic!

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trying a non aggressive no drain acid wash

Opened my pool in early may to calcium scale that trapped dirt under it. At one point the entire bottom of the floor and all of my steps were stained. Recently I lowered my PH to 7.2 and held it there for a week. I am making progress and I believe if I held my PH to low normal for the entire...

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no drain acid wash

I just completed a no drain acid wash on a marcite pool (16,000 gallon) using 12 gallons of muiratic acid over the past two days. It removed all the copper stains after brushing with a steel bristle brush and the pool surface looks as good as when I had it remarcited. The water is cloudy I...

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No Drain Acid Wash

For the last few seasons, I've seen more and more evidence of pool bottom and wall scaling. The pool is 10 years old (24K gallon), and the water comes from a well (which is hard to begin with). It's getting so bad, that swimmers come out of the pool with their feet bleeding. Very rough...

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[gtm]

I'd forgotten how great this place is. Three replies in less than 5 minutes! Thank you all.

Best, Gary

 

[PoolStored]

I'd forgotten how great this place is.

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[Texas Splash]

Three replies in less than 5 minutes!

We are either very good or very bored.

 

[gtm]

Texas Splash - LOL

PoolStored - When the site was young I did the "LifeTime Supporter" thing. Is there something else I should do?

 

[PoolStored]

PoolStored - When the site was young I did the "LifeTime Supporter" thing. Is there something else I should do?

I'm just tring to keep the lights on for you and many others. All the mods/guides/experts are voluteers...I make nothing. Lifetime supporter is now gone, can't give you the history on why. If you find more value, drop a shekel, if not, the world will not end. I wanted to be a lifetime supported like you, but was unavailable. We do a drive to get $10K in August, I drop $500 (5%) to help...TFP has saved me WAAAAAAAY more than that in just a couple years. I'm am PoolStored because they took me for $1500 in just the first 2 months of pool ownership. TFP survives on less that 25K/year per 503c filings...