Pool Blasting & Cleaning

Owning a swimming pool requires a lot of patience, knowledge, care, maintenance and constant cleaning. Part of this involves blasting the tile and deck area of your pool. Pool blasting is a relatively easy and fast way to remove calcium and mineral deposits left from the water line on the tile edging. In addition, the deck area will also benefit from being blasted regularly.

Blasting vs. Chemicals and Scrubbing

Let’s face it: We barely have enough time to swim, let alone do pool cleaning. So why not dump some extra chemicals or get to scrubbing with a strong lime and dirt cleaner? Adding more chemicals and scrubbing will actually take longer than pool cleaning with a portable pressure blasting system. Besides, who wants to swim in even more chemicals?

Pool blasting is a safe and effective technique to completely remove the calcium and scale deposits on your pool tile - plus it is the quickest method to clean the deck area.

Cleanup is a breeze, and the results are far better than using harsh acids or chemicals.

How to Go About Blasting with Glass Beads and Walnut Shell Grit

Unlike chemical methods, using a blasting system to clean you pool tile means you can go swimming as soon as you finish. For cleaning the pool tile and deck area, you should select a small high-quality portable blasting system. The Kramer Industries PPB Series KF65DM is perfect.

In purchasing the blasting media, you will need glass beads and walnut shell grit. The glass beads are used to clean the pool tile and the walnut shells to blast the deck.

Glass bead media is ideal for blasting pool tile since there is no clean up! The glass beads will sink to the pool bottom where the cleaning skimmer will pick them up during the next cleaning cycle. Plus the glass beads will not harm the tile or the glaze and will leave sparkling results.

Walnut shells are the preferred media for deck cleaning because it is a soft, organic blast media and will not damage wood, pebble topped cement or tile. Walnut shells are biodegradable, making disposable a breeze. Blasting the entire deck is necessary to remove dirt and debris that will cause the surface to become slick and slippery when wet feet go running across it.

The quantity of glass beads and walnut shells your pool blasting project requires will depend upon the size of the area you are cleaning. Always purchase more than enough blasting media - too much is better than not enough.

Be sure to wear gloves, goggles and protective clothing when using the blasting system to clean your pool. Also have everyone get out of the pool and off the deck prior to starting your pool blasting - this includes your pets as well.

Keeping the pool tile and deck area clean by blasting periodically will not only help maintain your pool but also increase its longevity. For ease and quickness, pool blasting beats chemical treatments hands down.