maricopamigra
Posts:79
 | | 05/15/2008 8:50 PM |
 Alert | Anybody know how to get rid of it? | |
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zadi
Posts:7
| | 05/15/2008 10:12 PM |
Alert | Try Regular Vinegar.... | | | |
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Sedona Gal
Posts:52
| | 05/16/2008 4:22 PM |
Alert | | We used a pumice stone, lots of them but it worked. It's a big job. | | | |
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Scorpio
Posts:73
| | 05/16/2008 11:17 PM |
Alert | Getting it off is a pain, but I heard about a company on the news last summer that comes out with a truck and recycles your pool water, removing all the calcium before returning the water to the pool. It keeps the pool calcium free for about a year. Can't remember the price but I found them online again at www.calsaway.com
I keep meaning to check it out myself so I wrote down the web address. Depending on the cost, it might be a good way to deal with it. | | | |
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Eric the Red
Posts:436
| | 05/17/2008 1:36 PM |
Alert | | That service sounds awesome, especially for the water out here. | |
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Jet Dr
Posts:20
| | 05/18/2008 7:08 PM |
Alert | I called them earlier this spring. They gave me a phone estimate of $500-$600 dollars based on the size pool and location I provided to them on their website. I think it's a bit pricey and asked a friend in the pool business who was skeptical of the whole thing. Having said that if anyone trys it and it's a good thing let me know.....I'm pumice stoning like a mad man this weekend. | | | |
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shertex
Posts:1041
| | 05/18/2008 7:36 PM |
Alert | I say hire a pool company. Once we started the weekly maintenance...it is gone. NOw, it was never awful and neglected for months, but it was there. We have no worries now and it is sparkling clean!  We use Maricopa Pool and Spa! | |
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Joined: Jan 2006
You better make it count, cause you can't get it back! | |
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007
Posts:17
| | 05/28/2008 8:58 PM |
Alert | | May I ask how much maricopa pool and spa charges? You can pm if you wish to not post it thx! | | | |
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umtech
Posts:174
| | 06/13/2008 5:09 PM |
Alert | | We get some on the waterfall, I just remove it by hand with some brushes and the stuff along our perimiter on the pebbletec is not enough to even bother me. Pool water is nice and clear and levels are perfect so don't worry about it. | | | |
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twostep23
Posts:1714
| | 06/13/2008 5:31 PM |
Alert | Posted By Sedona Gal on 05/16/2008 4:22 PM
We used a pumice stone, lots of them but it worked. It's a big job.
It isn't recommended that you use the pumice stone. It leaves behind pumice which gets caught in the in sweeper and wears the gear assembly out. Also if it gets into the in floor cleaning system it can eat up the planetary gears.
Send me a PM and I'll recommend the best way to go. | |
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Posts:50
| | 06/13/2008 9:20 PM |
Alert | Posted By twostep23 on 06/13/2008 5:31 PM Posted By Sedona Gal on 05/16/2008 4:22 PM
We used a pumice stone, lots of them but it worked. It's a big job.
Send me a PM and I'll recommend the best way to go.
Can you share your recommedation to all that have this problem? What is the best way to go? | | | |
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KSUwildcat
Posts:31
| | 06/14/2008 10:29 AM |
Alert | | The best way I have found to deal with this is to mix about half HCl (acid) from the pool supply store and water in a spray bottle, and spray it. The HCl will melt that stuff away bit time. But you have to be careful! Very careful! Even at half and half, the HCl is very concentrated and can burn your skin. I always where heavy duty rubber gloves, and you have to be wary of the fumes. I know it sounds pretty extreme, but I prefer this over endless hours of scrubbing and scraping. We had this problem much worse with our pool at our home in Austin when we lived there, and I could get the whole thing done in less than an hour. Our pool here doesn't develop that while calcium buildup nearly as bad, but I still use the same method. It works great. | | | |
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wirenut
Posts:1
| | 07/14/2008 10:30 AM |
Alert | I called calsaway they gave me a price of $500-$600. I went for the deal at $500.00 They showed up with a little trailor, connected a pool pump to my electric, rolled my hose to the pool and ran fresh water from city tap into the pool @ a rate that was equal to what was being dumped do the sewer pipe from there trailor unit. After 10 hours of water transfer that averaged 6000 gallons of new tap water and 6000 gallons down the drain. the CYA level was in range but on the high side, The hardness was still very high. The salt had gone down only half. They did not do anything special for $500.00 Their ad says no water wasted, that's Bull They say clear soft water, That's Bull I have pictures of the equipment they used if you wan't. That company is a joke and rip-off. | | | |
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Jerseygirl
Posts:328
| | 07/14/2008 2:56 PM |
Alert | I spent 2 weekends scraping and scrubbing with a gel from the pool place that thre recomended, and it only made it a little better.
We had to drop the water level down about a 24 inches, because the salt level was a bit high, and the reccomendation for Maricopa is to do this every year...So, while the waterline was exposed, I decided to try the acid spray......WOW! Came off in a flash! I used a pump sprayer (like the ones you would use for weeds or paint) 1 part acid to 3 parts water. (always add acid to water, never water to acid) then spray. This way you can stand quite a bit away from the fumes...spray on about 10 feet at a time. Scrape away then rinse..then move to next area....Make sure you refill pool right after. Also you might want to raise the level about one inch higher than before. It will get all residue left off. Make sure you check the ph before adding any more chemicals.
Wish I tried this two weeks ago! | |
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