Cloudy After Cleaning

[PoolDoc]

OK, try this.

Pick a spot, at least 1 foot square. Scrub it with a rag till it no longer chalks and is no longer slimy feeling. Check it 24 hours later. If it's STILL not slimy, and not chalking, then it's VERY likely that you have epoxy paint or acrylic that is chalking, and will continue to do so, till the top layer is worn or brushed off.

Bad news: I have -- one time -- encountered a pool painted with acrylic pool paint (I'm not even sure if that's been sold any more) that chalked TERRIBLY. And, unlike epoxy, it continued to chalk all summer, though it did diminish after the first clean up.

[Dazed and Confused]

Thank you again so much for all your help. I don't see how you have time to answer all these questions. I will do as you suggested with the rag. Why would it do this at the beginning of the season and not all the time? We had a very warm winter here in California with very little rain and we have only had one hot spell so far. Is it a temperature thing? We have only used the pool a few times in the last 3 weeks. I wonder if the cloudiness after cleaning is a result of the pool service cleaning the bottom and then the filter clears the water after a couple days. I doubt he has brushed the sides as the paint there is in good shape and dirt settles on the bottom.

[Dazed and Confused]

Yes PoolDoc! Its the paint! It needs to repainted anyway so now the question is: what kind of paint should I use? 19000 gallon in ground plaster pool in California just down the street from Disneyland.

[PoolDoc]

This page is a fair summary of the issue:
http://www.inyopools.com/HowToPage/h...your_pool.aspx

In my experience, Kelley's Olympic paint is the best product:
http://www.kelleytech.com

[Dazed and Confused]

Thanks again PoolDoc. I fired the pool guy and hired the neighbors pool guy who has been doing their pool for 12 years and it looks great. Draining the water today. Will repaint with rubber based enamel since Im a middle of the road kind of guy. Neighbor says pool was just painted 3 or 4 years ago, my guess is with acrylic. The old water was so bad! I wasn't really planning on a big project like this but suspected it might be necessary when I bought the house. I guess this is what credit cards are for!

[PoolDoc]

Sorry!

Hope you can get back in, soon.

[Dazed and Confused]

I tried to post a new thread about this but was blocked. After draining the pool, I discovered it is 12 feet deep! Much deeper than the 8 feet I thought it was. And the shallow end is 4 feet, giving me a total volume of 33, 510 gallons. Oy, the water bill! Almost double what I originally figured. This seems unusually deep. There used to be a diving board so I guess it makes sense and I suppose they used to dig pools deeper than they do today. The house was built in '55 and I don't know the age of the pool. My learning curve keeps getting more steep.

[PoolDoc]

Where did you try to post a thread? In this section?

[Dazed and Confused]

I think I tried to post a new thread in the subscriber posts section. Probably the wrong section. I don't really do much posting in online forums, like ever. I wasn't thinking.

[PoolDoc]

Yes, that section is only for paid subscribers, and is given priority when we get behind.