Swimming Pool Acid Wash Tips
Like anything, an acid wash has a learning curve, and I suggest you team up with another pool pro as a helper before setting out on your own to do an acid wash. You also need to be aware of your city's codes on draining a pool and also be mindful of a few significant cautions, which I will unpack below, such as don't drain a pool directly into the street, don't drain a pool if the air temperature is 90 degrees or hotter and leave it empty for more than a day and don't drain the water directly into the dirt or grass next to the pool. If the plaster has cracks and chips in it already, Acid Wash will worsen things. There will be more chipping, and bigger chunks of plaster will start to come off once the pool is refilled. A Pebble Tec pool with pebbles coming off or cracks indicates that an Acid Wash should not be done. This will make the Pebble Tec surface worse and not better. You also want to be careful not to drain a pool if the outside air temperature is above 90 degr