Monday morning, the acid-wash guys start to work on touching up all the through-hulls (so to speak) in the shell. They chip out all the extra gunk built up in the light canisters, pull out the plugs and trim around all the outlets and skimmers. I hadn't realized it, but they install the lights and will fix any dings in the finish.
I had an appointment and missed the actual acid-wash (muratic acid), but arrived home when they were power washing it all down. There was just the one section below the bench that hadn't been washed down. The PebbleTec looks absolutely beautiful now.
The waterline tile has also been cleaned up, so it's looking nice. They spent quite a while going over and over each section and the sump pump is still going strong.
The touch up for the ding looks perfectly blended. We'll never notice it. I think it was this guy who had to run two houses over and rescue our neighbor who got stuck on her roof. They never mentioned it, but I found out later on Facebook.
Then he went over the surface with a trowel to pick off any loose or rough pebbles. It was sort of a nails-on-chalkboard kind of sound and left rust all over the pool, so he had to rinse it down again with the hose.
Sophie came racing outside at the sound of a hose and bounced around the pool while he was trying to rinse down. She was just going bonkers but very, very careful not to accidentally fall into the pool. That dog is crazy.
But doesn't the finish look just gorgeous in this picture?
Really informative and interesting. I like how every step had illustrations, thanks a ton.
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