What is the best way to remove calcium build up on pool tiles

[cornerstone]

what is the best way to remove calcium build up on pool tiles?

[Eric J]

if that is calcium and eff then go with heavy acid wash, dwell, and scrub and scape hard. may have to do it again if it is as heavy as it looks.

[Ken A]

if it is efflorescence it may or may not present a problem that is able to be solved without much work. It may be a subsurface issue.

[ridgerunner]

drive as fast as you can away from this job

The problem you are going to face is meeting you customers expectations, no matter what you tell them the will think the tile will look new when you are done

[cornerstone]

I got some pictures of the demo!

Acid+Pumice(Puma) stone+TIME=Clean

The no-slip tiles turned out good with more time.

[Eric J]

now try the more textured tiles with the calcium growth on it.

[cornerstone]

The no-slip tiles turned out good with more time.

[ridgerunner]

Guess I'll have to eat my words. Let us know how the jobs turns out. All the pool jobs that I have done have been nightmares

[Hurry jhon]

Use face bleach it will make it light so it isn't noticeable.

DO NOT SHAVE IT as it will make it worse.

You could also try hair removal creams as well.

[cornerstone]

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update!

job completed

[GeorgiaJoe]

Originally Posted by Hurry jhon

Use face bleach it will make it light so it isn't noticeable.

DO NOT SHAVE IT as it will make it worse.

You could also try hair removal creams as well.

I wouldn't DARE shave it...

[safeclean]

Very nice work there well done another happy customer.

[leemy386]

How important was adding pumice to acid? How did you apply it? Like polishing powders on stone?

[Caulkmaster]

That's pretty impressive work!

[mkhussey94]

Try laser hair removal
It is permanent & less damaging to the skin in that area
If you are asian, a ND YAg laser is the best

[cornerstone]

Originally Posted by leemy386

How important was adding pumice to acid? How did you apply it? Like polishing powders on stone?

the key to Remove calcium is abrasion .Pumice stone is about the size of a brick . Your basicly sanding it off. The acid helps break through.I used a floor machine on the light spots

[cornerstone]

Originally Posted by Caulkmaster

That's pretty impressive work!

Thanks!

[glenn k]

When you do it this way, do you find that the pumice stone is resurfacing the glaze off the tile?

How did the tile feel after?

[cornerstone]

Originally Posted by glenn k

When you do it this way, do you find that the pumice stone is resurfacing the glaze off the tile?

How did the tile feel after?

pumice stone is brittle,so it not to abrasive.

The tiles are as good as new.

[Pedro]

I saw a post about this same problem a few years back and read about one company buying into a system that uses a mineral salt to remove pool tile.

After researching it and having Steve from cleanpooltiles.com in Las Vegas come out and show me the system, I bought the system and have been cleaning pool tile ever since.

The system uses a pressure washer that siphons a mineral salt (epsom salt), and at the end of the work, we vacuum out the salt with a water pump and discharge it in the sewer clean out.

It's been a great add on service as it's get's us into a pool once a week in the summer months.

Here's some photo's of the latest pools we've done.