Acid wash, chlorine bath, and glass bead blasting for East Valley pools that have gone past the point a weekly clean can save. Family-owned in the foothills of the San Tan Mountains since 2012, serving Queen Creek, San Tan Valley, Mesa, Chandler, and Gilbert.
The pools below were on the “past saving with a normal clean” side of the line — green for weeks, calcium-bonded tile, or plaster discolored deep enough that the only path back was drain, restore, refill.
Full before / after galleries from past restorations available on the pool gallery page.
Every restoration starts with the same question: how much plaster has to come off to get to clean? The answer determines the method. Sometimes it's a gentle chlorine soak; sometimes the surface has to come down a few thousandths; sometimes calcium has bonded so hard that only abrasive media reaches it.
A heavy chlorine dose applied to a drained or partially-drained pool. The chemistry sits, the staining lifts, the surface gets rinsed and refilled. Best for organic discoloration on light-colored plaster — algae shadows after a green-pool event, leaf tannin around the steps, surface biofilm on pebble interiors.
Best for: light to medium organic staining on plaster that is otherwise in good shape. What we don't use it for: calcium deposits, etched plaster, or deep mineral staining — those need acid or abrasive media.
What to expect: pool offline one to two days, no plaster lost, chemistry restarted before refill so the surface stays balanced.
Drained pool, full-surface muriatic acid wash, brush, rinse, and chemistry restart before refill. Removes algae staining, surface haze, and stubborn discoloration on plaster.
Heavy chlorine treatment on a drained or partially-drained pool. The gentle option for light organic staining where the plaster doesn't need to come down at all.
Required step before any acid wash or chlorine bath. Pool drained, debris cleared, ready for surface work. Quoted as a stand-alone if you only need the drain itself.
Abrasive bead media for heavy calcium and bonded mineral deposits that acid won't touch. Priced after an on-site inspection because the deposit thickness drives the time.
Drain, acid wash or chlorine bath depending on what the plaster needs, refill, chemistry start-up, and a follow-up visit one week later to verify the chemistry is holding.
Restoration work takes the pool offline for two to four days depending on the method, the weather, and the chemistry. Here is the standard flow — the same flow Chad walks every customer through on the first phone call so there are no surprises.
Chad walks the pool, checks the plaster condition, identifies the type of staining (organic, mineral, calcium), and recommends the method. You get the quote in writing before any drain plug is pulled — no “we'll figure it out as we go.”
Pool drained to the level the chosen method needs. Debris cleared from the bottom, baskets emptied, equipment shut down and locked out so the pump can't dry-fire while the pool sits empty.
Acid wash, chlorine bath, or glass bead blasting — whichever the plaster called for at Step 1. Most pools take half a day to a full day at this step. We send photos of the surface as it comes clean so you can see the work.
Pool refilled, equipment brought back online, full chemistry start-up (chlorine, pH, alkalinity, stabilizer, calcium hardness). One week later we come back for a free follow-up reading to confirm the chemistry is holding before you go back on weekly service.
Send a photo, get a quote. East Valley restoration work scheduled within a week in most cases — sooner if the green pool is hurting your weekend plans. Family-owned, in business since 2012.
Most green-pool calls don't end at the restoration itself — the filter usually needs a clean, the chemistry needs a weekly hand on it, and the tile line could use the same attention the plaster just got.
The reason green pools happen is missed weeks of chemistry. Once the restoration is done, weekly service is what keeps it from coming back. Brushing, skimming, chemical analysis, equipment check.
See weekly serviceThe same calcium that gets bead-blasted in a heavy restoration also builds up on tile waterlines on healthy pools. We clean it without scratching the tile, and we'll quote the waterline at the same time as your acid wash.
See tile cleaningThe filter that ran through a green-pool event has algae and debris bound up in the media. We clean cartridge filters from $100, D.E. from $100, sand from $300 — usually scheduled the same week as the restoration finishes.
See filter cleaning