From professional stain diagnostics and chemical removal to surface repair and material comparisons, find expert solutions for maintaining every square inch of your pool’s finish.”
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Pool resurfacing is any job that replaces the interior finish of a pool. Replastering is one specific kind of resurfacing: stripping or roughening the old plaster on a concrete or gunite pool and applying a…
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Two different mineral deposits show up as white crust on pool tile and plaster, and they call for opposite treatments. Calcium carbonate is the soft, flaky one that dissolves in acid. Calcium silicate is the…
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Plaster is the cheaper finish to install, and pebble lasts roughly twice as long. For most concrete pools, the decision comes down to how long you plan to own the pool, how closely you manage…
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Acid washing a pool removes a thin layer of plaster along with the staining embedded in it, using a diluted muriatic acid solution applied to a drained surface, scrubbed, and neutralized immediately — it’s a…
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Filling a new above-ground pool only to find the walls rippled instead of smooth is a common first-fill disappointment. Wall wrinkles can usually be smoothed with water still in the pool by working trapped air…
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Pool stains get misdiagnosed constantly, and the misdiagnosis is expensive in a very specific way: the treatments contradict each other. Shock an iron stain, and you’ll set it deeper into the plaster — deep-set stains…
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Plaster is a wear surface. That’s the first thing to get straight, because most owners treat it like the pool itself: permanent, structural, supposed to last forever. It isn’t. It’s a half-inch cementitious skin troweled…
*Aiper is the No.1 brand of smart robotic pool cleaner in the world in terms of sales volume
Source: Euromonitor International Co., Ltd., in terms of 2025 manufacturer sales volume (units) in the world. Smart robotic pool cleaner is defined as: intelligent service robots integrating mechanical, electronic, software algorithm and sensor technologies. They autonomously or with minimal human intervention perform pool cleaning and maintenance tasks, typically featuring smart navigation, path planning, and multiple cleaning modes. Research completed in 2025/12.
