What's Causing A White Coating On Our Fiberglass Pool?
by Ron and Eileen
Usually fiberglass pools feel smooth, this does not. We have a salt system, and I am wondering if it is from this system. We tried to lower the water level to clean it but we used several things and none of them worked. We want to get rid of the white coating. If there is something we can purchase to put in the pool to get rid of it - great. If we need someone to come take care of it, that's OK too. We just want it gone. Thanks for the question Ron and Eileen There could be a few reasons why you're seeing a white coating on your fiberglass pool. First I would check the chlorine level. Make sure it's correct. Keep it between 1.5 - 3.5ppm. Next is to check the salt level. Most salt systems allow anywhere between 3000 - 4800ppm. I would encourage you to get a Myron salinity meter to test the water and also to calibrate it against the reading on your salt chlorinating cell. You can see a picture of it here: Salt Water Swimming Pools The company I use is TMI Salt Pure out of WA state. They're very helpful. Be sure to ask about their salinity water to calibrate the meter. Be sure to keep the hardness is check as well. It's not so important for fiberglass pools, but don't allow it to get it over 250ppm. If it does you may need to drain some pool water and refill between 1/3 - 1/2. Too high or low and it may cause etching and clog the chlorinator. I would say it's possibly the gelcoating on the pool. On average, to resurface and/or re-gelcoat an entire pool with fiberglass sheets and a gel coat would be around $7000, to the best of my knowledge. I've heard of a guy that is in Florida. His name is Paul Pulver and his number is 727 - 798 - 1324. He's a licensed Florida pool contractor and specializes in repairs and refinishing fiberglass pools. Another good resource would be fiberglass-pool-repair-com. They have alot of knowledge about these things and can point you in the right direction. Please be sure to go to my site and sign up for my free E-Zine newsletter. Hope this helps and good luck with your pool. Robert |
