Cleaning Plaster Pool Walls

Bottom line calcium buildup is nothing to ignore and just like all our pool problems it s easier to deal with if you stay on top of it with regular cleaning.

Cleaning plaster pool walls.

Make sure you are cleaning a genuine plaster wall. How to acid wash a plaster pool surface. How to clean a concrete pool. This is a relatively quick safe and inexpensive way to clean an empty in ground concrete plaster swimming pool using materials and tools you probably already have on hand.

Regular cleaning prevents the water from becoming murky from the formation of algae. Identify the type of wall. If you have green spots on your pool walls due to algae and hate brushing them because it doesn t work so well follow thi. Frequent dusting during your normal weekly house cleaning.

The above steps work only for plaster walls. However if these stains are all over walls and floor everywhere the best course would be to drain the pool and acid wash the plaster carefully with a muriatic acid solution to remove the scale dirt deposits which is the problem in the first picture on the page without harming the plaster too much. When removing paint the porous texture of plaster walls does require that you be more gentle than with some other surfaces. Instead of dangerous acid washing.

If an algae bloom is bad enough that you can t. The walls need scrubbing weekly. Avoid using a vacuum cleaner or air blower. Plaster walls especially unpainted plaster or those painted with flat paints can absorb dust and dirt and appear dingy in a short time.

Plaster is a little bit harder to damage so you might even be able to use a wire bristled brush for tough deposits. Cleaning a plaster wall is not radically different than cleaning other types of walls. Your principal concern when cleaning the wall should be protecting the paint job unless you are trying to remove the paint itself. However dry walls which look the same as plaster walls have a thin paper coating with a gypsum base that is soluble on application of water.

A small swimming pool stain is usually caused by a metal object being left on the plaster bottom long enough to rust and leave a stain. Originally recorded may 20 2014. If your pool isn t properly cleaned and maintained algae can take over and adhere to the plaster surface.