Acid-washing your pool will make it look clean and sparkly. If your pool hasn’t been cleaned in a while, if it seems to sprout algae often or if it wasn’t winterized properly, acid-washing can make it look like new again. This process strips the top layer of plaster off your pools surface so the fresh plaster underneath is revealed; it’s sort of like a face lift for your pool. Though it does help your pool look better, acid-washing your pool is not something you want to do often. If you can’t see the bottom of your pool, then it’s so far gone that acid-washing won’t help; it’s best to get to your pool before things get to this stage.
Drain Your Pool
Drain your pool of all the water. Be sure you remove all debris as the water drains out of your pool.
Wear Protective Gear
Put on protective gear like long pants, long sleeved shirt, goggles, mask, gloves and boots. You can’t be too careful with the acid mixture.
The Acid-Wash Mixture
The mixture you need to use is: one gallon of muriatic acid, available at pool stores, home and hardware stores, to one gallon of water. Mix it in a watering can and be sure to add the acid to the water and not the other way around.
Hose Down Your Pool
Use your garden hose,without the nozzle so the water flow won’t be to strong. Wet down one of the walls of your pool and then completely cover the pool wall in the acid mixture. Leave this mixture on for at least 30 seconds while you scrub the wall down with a stiff brush, being careful not to get the mixture on any part of your skin.Immediately rinse the wall as thoroughly as you can and move on to the next wall.
Pool Leftovers
After you wash and scrub down the entire pool, you’ll have a puddle of residue in the center of the pool. Neutralize this with soda ash so the mixture won’t contaminate the ground water. You can buy soda ash at pool supply stores and hardware stores. The mixture you should use is 2 lbs of soda ash to 1 gallon of acid. Pour this mixture into the puddle and start scrubbing it and then remove the puddle with a submersible pump. Pour water over any residue that’s left and rinse the drain carefully.
You might have to repeat this process a couple of times to get your pool really clean. The second time around, try increasing the acid/water ratio and scrubbing the walls a little harder. Be sure you always rinse the water completely so it won’t continue to eat away at the plaster in your pool.
Caution:
If you get any acid mixture in your eyes, flush them for 30 seconds with water.
Don’t use this technique on a vinyl-lined pool.
Supplies You’ll Need:
Protective clothing
Rubber Boots
Goggles
Gloves
Acid
Watering can
Soda ash
Watering Hose without a nozzle
Bowl
Submersible pump
Drain your pool of all the water. Be sure you remove all debris as the water drains out of your pool.
Wear Protective Gear
Put on protective gear like long pants, long sleeved shirt, goggles, mask, gloves and boots. You can’t be too careful with the acid mixture.
The Acid-Wash Mixture
The mixture you need to use is: one gallon of muriatic acid, available at pool stores, home and hardware stores, to one gallon of water. Mix it in a watering can and be sure to add the acid to the water and not the other way around.
Hose Down Your Pool
Use your garden hose,without the nozzle so the water flow won’t be to strong. Wet down one of the walls of your pool and then completely cover the pool wall in the acid mixture. Leave this mixture on for at least 30 seconds while you scrub the wall down with a stiff brush, being careful not to get the mixture on any part of your skin.Immediately rinse the wall as thoroughly as you can and move on to the next wall.
Pool Leftovers
After you wash and scrub down the entire pool, you’ll have a puddle of residue in the center of the pool. Neutralize this with soda ash so the mixture won’t contaminate the ground water. You can buy soda ash at pool supply stores and hardware stores. The mixture you should use is 2 lbs of soda ash to 1 gallon of acid. Pour this mixture into the puddle and start scrubbing it and then remove the puddle with a submersible pump. Pour water over any residue that’s left and rinse the drain carefully.
You might have to repeat this process a couple of times to get your pool really clean. The second time around, try increasing the acid/water ratio and scrubbing the walls a little harder. Be sure you always rinse the water completely so it won’t continue to eat away at the plaster in your pool.
Caution:
If you get any acid mixture in your eyes, flush them for 30 seconds with water.
Don’t use this technique on a vinyl-lined pool.
Supplies You’ll Need:
Protective clothing
Rubber Boots
Goggles
Gloves
Acid
Watering can
Soda ash
Watering Hose without a nozzle
Bowl
Submersible pump
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