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    Default CHlorine/bleach wash

    Due to high cya and tds levels I am draining my pool this weekend. After the pool is drained I would like to chlorine/bleach wash it and then hit it with the pressure washer. What ratio of bleach to water should I use? Also is there anything recommended to help clean up the plaster other than acid washing. The pool doesn't look terrible but being that it is going to be empty I might as well put in the work.

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    Where do you live? Do you have a high water table? An empty pool can literally pop out of the ground in a place where the water table is high. I'll let PoolDoc talk to you about cleaning up your plaster.

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    I live in Phoenix so I'm not really too worried about the pool popping out of the ground. Currently the pool is about 2/3 empty. A couple more hours and it should be completely empty and ready for me to get started first thing in the morning.

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    Well I'm happy to say that all went extremely well. Saturday morning I started by chlorine washing the pool. I used 4 gallons of 8.25% bleach and lightly agitated it with a brush followed up by a good rinse. After draining that mixture from the bottom of the pool I had a few stubborn stains that I got up with a weak acid solution. After that I pressure washed the pool and then filled it. WOW what a difference. My pool was built in 2002 and I bought the house in 2004. In 2009 I had the pool acid washed but I honestly think that it looks better just from me pressure washing it than having it acid washed.. I am now working on getting the water balanced and then it's time to put in the SWCG.

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    Glad it went well!

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