Have you ever noticed how your bathtub seems to get a ring around it on one day when you never noticed it the day before? That’s because it builds up little by little, over time and by the time you notice it, you see there’s a ring! The same thing happens with swimming pool tile build up. How to clean pool tiles is something that the swimming pool contractors from SwimRight Pool Service and Repair talk with their customers about all the time.
What leads to that white line of build up? How did it get there? How can you elminate it wthout harming the water chemistry or, more importantly, damaging the pool lining, tiles or tile grout. You don’t ever want to take to the pool with any household cleanser that you’d use to clean the bathtub. In a pinch you could use a paste made of baking soda and water, but it’s best to ask your pool contractor how to address a ring.
How to clean pool tiles
What causes the unsightly white line or ring around the pool? Blame it on unbalanced pH levels that cause calcium carbonate to separate from the water and leaed to the formation of brown, gray or white patches on the pool tiles. The best way to address it is to not allow it to happen, and that is something that your pool contractor will be on the look out for when he is cleaning and maintaining the swimming pool.
Here is what your pool contractor will do to help assure your pool doesn’t get an unsightly ring or calcium build-up:
- Test the pool water’s total alkalinity level to assure it’s within proper levels of between 80 and 120 (parts per million) ppm. If necessary the levels will be adjusted prior to his adjusting the water pH.
- Test the swimming pool pool water to assure ithe pH levels are between 7.2 and 7.6. It will be adjusted as necessary by adding a pH balancer.
- When your pool contractor pays a service visit he will assure the water’s calcium hardness levels remain between 200 and 235 ppm. If the levels are too high the risk for ring or scale build up is higher. The calcium levels will be brought down, if necessary by adding soft water or a scale inhibitor.
- Your pool contractor advises daily water testing — between his service visits — to assure the chemical levels remain in proper ranges. This will help prevent scale build up.
- If scale build up is noticed he will clean it by scrubbing with a pool brush specifically made for your pool construction material or he will remove it with a sponge and cleaner designed specifically for use in swimming pool water.
Are you noticing a build up of scale on your pool? If we haven’t already addressed it, let us know on our next service visit!
