Acid wash, chlorine bath, and glass bead blasting for stained plaster, calcium-locked tile, and pools that have gone green over a hot Queen Creek summer. Family-owned, San Tan Mountains based, restoring East Valley pools since 2012.
Every restoration job in our gallery is a real Queen Creek, San Tan Valley, Mesa, Chandler, or Gilbert pool that Chad and the crew brought back from a stained, scaled, or green start. Browse the full set in the pool gallery.
Not every stained pool needs an acid wash. The method depends on the plaster, the stain, and what's already been tried. Chad walks the pool on the assessment visit and writes the recommendation on the quote.
A high-strength chlorine soak lifts organic staining (algae shadows, leaf marks, iron from well water) without removing any plaster. The pool drains, the surface gets brushed with a chlorine solution, sits for the working time, then rinses to fresh fill.
When we recommend it: lighter staining on white or pastel plaster, pools where the plaster is still in good shape and you want to extend its life, organic stains rather than mineral lock-in.
Pricing starts at $150. Includes the drain at $150 if you haven't drained recently. We don't quote chlorine baths sight-unseen — the assessment visit is what decides whether this is the right call.
Restoration pricing is on this page because honest, published rates are how we've run the business since 2012. Final number lands on the work order after the on-site assessment.
$150+
Removes a thin layer of plaster along with the stains. Starting rate; assessment confirms scope.
$150+
Gentler restoration for lighter staining on lighter plaster. Starting rate; preserves plaster thickness.
$150
Most restorations start here. Included in green-pool cleanouts; quoted separately for stand-alone work.
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Priced by surface area and buildup depth. Measured and written on the work order before the work begins.
The same flow whether the pool is mildly stained, fully green, or scaled at the waterline. Each step is owner-walked — Chad does the assessment, the crew runs the work, Chad signs off at chemistry start-up.
Chad walks the pool, reads the plaster, checks the tile and waterline, looks at the equipment and the surrounding deck. The recommended method — chlorine bath, acid wash, glass bead, or some combination — goes on the written quote before the drain truck rolls.
Pool drain at the published $150 rate. We pump to a code-compliant discharge point, leave the equipment in safe-shutdown, and protect surrounding hardscape from staining as the water comes down.
Chlorine bath, acid wash, glass bead blasting — or a sequenced combination on the harder restorations. Surface is rinsed clean before refill. Before-and-after photos go in your file the way Bruce's, Maha's, and Bill's already have.
Pool refills to the tile line, equipment comes back online in the right order, chemistry gets balanced from a known-clean baseline — sanitizer, pH, alkalinity, hardness, stabilizer. You're swimming the same week.
Chad does the on-site assessment himself. Honest answer on which method fits the pool, what it'll run, and how soon the crew can roll — Queen Creek, San Tan Valley, Mesa, Chandler, and Gilbert.
Restoration jobs often pair with a tile clean, a filter overhaul, or a switch to weekly service once the pool is back in shape.
Bead-blasting the waterline tile, pumice on lighter scale, full calcium removal so the restored plaster doesn't sit under a scaled tile line.
See tile workCartridge cleans from $100, D.E. cleans from $100, sand cleans from $300. A clean filter at refill is part of how a restored pool stays clear.
See filter workBrush, skim, basket clear, filter backwash, chemistry check, timer adjustment. The simplest way to keep a restored pool from sliding back.
See weekly service