Pool Prep
Step One - Wash the pool with Tri-sodium
Phosphate (TSP)
Every pool must firsrt be scrubbed with TSP. This product
can be bought at Home Depot and is now available in liquid form. The TSP
should be applied in 15 to 20 foot sections and immediately rinsed after
each section. Do not permit mixture to dry on the wall.
A pump should be kept at the bottom drain to evacuate the liquids at all
times.
Step Two - Acid wash the pool
The acid washing causes etching of the pool. Depending
upon the hardness of your water the acid content will very. First add
water to a 5-gallon plastic pail then add the acid according to directions
that are on acid container. Always wear gloves and goggles.
Pour acid solution onto the walls in sections by walking around the top
of your pool. When the bubbling stops rinse immediately. Do not permit
the solution to dry on the wall. When the walls are completed then do
the floor.
Step Three – Wash the pool
again
Immediately after the acid wash, the pool must be scrubbed
once again with the TSP, which will neutralize the acid. The TSP and acid
will act as a barrier if the pool is not washed down 100%.
Basic instructions
for Prepping a Marcite Plaster Pool
These are
basic instructions that are given by DIY companies but
are not always 100% effective. This could cause future
failure of any pool coating. Every pool is different
in prep. That is why we speak to every one of our customers
prior to applying the UltraGuard. We consider these additional
instructions as proprietary.
Most manufactures of pool
coatings never tell their distributors how to properly
prep a pool. The instructions that they give them
for prep are on the labels of their buckets. These instructions are by no means adequate
for the many different problems that a pool has.
The contractors that are applying these products are
using the instructions that are on the labels. This
of course causes the many failures they have. We
refuse to put any comprehensive instructions on our
website to educate these contractors, if the manufactures
or distributors do not tell them what to do, I don’t
think it’s our place to educate them. It’s a good possibility
when these pools fail the customer will place a order
for the UltraGuard.
The devil is in the prep.
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