Test results on new pool in Tucson

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Guy quoted me $300 to do the salt blasting. He's coming Saturday, will let you know how it goes.

AWESOME!!

So $375 with the travel fee. Not bad. I priced out a 100lb sand blasting tank and 130psi/6gal air compressor at a little over $400. Add in 100 lbs of the kieserite material they use (basically hydrated magnesium sulfate salt) and you easily go over $500 for a DIY setup. Not to mention you need a modified shopvac or pressure-side cleaner with a fine mesh bag to vacuum up all the calcium scale and spent salt at the bottom of your pool...you'd have to do two or three DIY jobs before the equipment starting paying for itself.

If you can, please post before and after photos (especially of the worst areas) so we can all see the results. Ca scaling is a huge problem out here in the Southwest with our plaster pools and hard water, so I'm pretty sure others will be interested. Probably a good idea to start a new post so others will see it.

In case you're interested in reading about the soda blasting process, this site has good technical info -- http://www.universalminerals.com/maxxclean.shtml