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Tag: swimming pools

Que – Plaster Spalling

April 28, 2020 poolhelp

One of the arts or skills of the pool plastering trade is properly timing the troweling process. If troweling is…

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Filed under: concrete troweling, delamination, flaked pool surface, onBalance, plaster blistering, plaster crater, plaster peeling, plaster spalling, Que Hales, scaling, spalling, surface flaking, swimming pools

Kim – Acid Start-ups and Plaster Dust

April 24, 2020 poolhelp

When typical balanced tap water fills a new uncured plaster pool, some of the plaster material can be dissolved and…

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Filed under: acid start-up, colored plaster pool, hot start, new plaster, pebble tec swimming pool, plaster dust, quartz swimming pool, swimming pools, Zero alkalinity process

Kim – When Can Salt Be Added to Plaster Pools?

April 13, 2020 poolhelp

There appears to be some consensus to wait 30 days before adding salt to new plaster pools. Yet some in…

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Filed under: adding salt to pools, curing process, onBalance, pool help, pool plastering, swimming pools, water balance, water chemistry

Kim – Do Not Acid-Wash Newly Plastered Quartz Pools

April 9, 2020 poolhelp

Muriatic acid can dissolve and etch a plaster surface, even quartz aggregate pools.  While genuine quartz aggregate is not affected…

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Filed under: acid start-up, acid washing, Bicarb start up, new plastered pool, no drain acid wash, onBalance, pool help, quartz pools, swimming pools, Zero alkalinity process
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