Here are a few photos that I could take in the shade -





And this one with a lot of reflection - The top step I scraped and then brushed with a Scotchbrite pad and it is pretty good now.



When I first started opened the pool, the tiles also had crystals on them, but they are for the most part clean and smooth now. But the crystals on the Hydraazo pool finish have stopped shrinking and are very hard. You can scrape them off with a pool tile but it is a lot of work.

The pool finish is supposed to be dark in color (maui midnight). With the scale, much of it has turned to a light gray color.