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This is more information on the Etching Study that was co-financed by the San Fernando Valley Chapter of IPPSA and reported on in the February 15, 2003 issue of Service Industry News.



ETCHING STUDY

onBalance performed a study on the effect of etching on swimming pool plaster. This study included the professional analysis of eight plaster samples by a cement failure analysis laboratory. The study was reported on in the February 15, 2003 issue of Service Industry News.

This type of study is very expensive (lab charges alone can approach a thousand dollars per sample!) so we are very grateful to the San Fernando Valley Chapter of IPPSA for their generous donation. It is due to this type of willingness to sacrifice for the sake of knowledge that advances in the industry can be made.

We also appreciate the expertise and assistance of the RJ Lee Group, one of the nation's pre-eminent cement failure analysis laboratories.

Here is the onBalance report, which incorporates the RJ Lee Group report.

Here is the Powerpoint version of our study presentation which we use at trade shows.

The Journal of the Swimming Pool and Spa Industry
letter of introduction
Criteria for Submission
JSPSI Staff and Review Board
 
Here is a list of issues, with abstracts from the articles
Vol. 1 Num. 1 -
Spring 1995
      Sample article
Volume1 Number 2 - Fall 1995
o Sample article - The Addition of Muriatic Acid - Results and Implications of Using Varied Methods of Muriatic Acid Application in Swimming Pool Water
Volume 1 Number 3 - Winter 1995
Volume 2 Number 1 - Spring 1996
Volume 2 Number 2 - Summer 1996
Volume 3 Number 1 - Spring 1998
Volume 3 Number 2 - Summer 1999
Volume 4 Number 1 - Spring 2001
Volume 4 Number 2 - Spring 2002
Volume 5 Number 1 - Spring 2004
Volume 5 Number 2 - Summer 2004 (due out August 2004)
 
The following technical research symposia were cosponsored by NSPI and various industry companies, including JSPSI. JSPSI compiled and edited the proceedings listed below, which are available from the NSPI:
1st Annual NSPI Technical Symposium (November of 1996 in Phoenix)
2nd Annual NSPI Technical Symposium (November of 1997 in Chicago)
3rd Annual NSPI Technical Symposium (November of 1998 in New Orleans)
4th Annual NSPI Technical Symposium (November of 1999 in Las Vegas)
 
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