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Do you want the Best Plaster Pool Startup? Reprinted with permission from Kim Skinner of OnBalance: A good chemical pool […]
Plaster delamination is also known as a “Pop-Off”. A Pop-off is a section of plaster that has delaminated from its […]
This is an EXCELLENT article on why colored pool plaster turns white, reprinted with permission from onBalance August 2020. Having a […]
(reprinted with permission from onBalance Nov 2018) The Art of Good Swimming Pool Plaster Color An attractive plaster color (other than white) […]
(reprinted with permission from onBalance Oct 2018) Pool Builders, Service Techs, Pool Owners Undermined Many industry people probably think that the controversy […]
(reprinted with approval from the OnBalance) A Bicarb Startup Example An Interesting Example: This pool/spa combo, featuring black plaster, was […]
(reprinted with approval from the OnBalance) The beginning of the Bicarb Startup: In 1974, Kim Skinner (a member of the […]
Written and Reprinted with permission from Kim Skinner of OnBalance: Imagine, service techs: from day one, you maintain the pool […]
Reprinted with permission from Kim Skinner of OnBalance: If NPC (National Plasters Council) leaders would just acknowledge what improper plastering […]
Reprinted with permission from Kim Skinner of OnBalance: It is confusing and alarming that the NPC’s (new plaster pool) start-up […]