I got in the pool for the first time yesterday and was very relieved. For whatever reason, my steps were by far the worst. They had the scale build up and encapsulated dirt (although they are slowly getting better). There are stains around the pool floor (shaped sort of like thin leaves) but the floor and pool walls, overall, are pretty smooth. Not as smooth as last year, but not nearly as rough as I feared. One I take care of the stains things will be fine.

I think I'm going to get a rougher brush and keep working on the steps. I think they will eventually be OK as well.

I still don't know exactly what happened here. I'm going to try some asorbic acid on the floor stains to see what happens. I did add a metal sequestering agent a few weeks ago but that didn't do much.

ezpool, I don't know about the power washer. Maybe you could try it with extreme caution but I'd be worried about pitting the plaster and making things worse.

Lenny