HOW TO ACID ETCH (How to acid etch before painting with LUXAPOOL® Epoxy Pool Paint)

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Suitable surfaces:

  1. New cement render
  2. Marblesheen
  3. Pebblecrete and
  4. Pools previously painted with an epoxy coating

Before you begin you will need:

  1. A pool surface that has been washed with LUXAPOOL Concentrated Wash
  2. An abraded painted epoxy coating surface
  3. Commercial hydrochloric or muriatic acid (around 30-35 L for an average size pool)
  4. Bicarbonate of soda (about 4-6 kg for an average size pool)
  5. Two plastic buckets
  6. Underwater putty
  7. Two plastic watering cans
  8. Water
  9. High pressure water blaster
  10. Protective clothing
  11. Rubber gloves, mask, boots and goggles

Step 1: Remove loose or flaking paint

Step 2: Wear protective clothing when acid etching.

Step3: Prepare quantities of acid and water.

Step 4: Mix acid in water.

NEVER ADD WATER TO ACID; always add acid to water.

Step 5: Pour the etching solution over the walls of the pool.

Then rinse.

NEVER ALLOW THE ACID RESIDUE TO DRY ON THE SURFACE.

Step 6: Neutralise the surface with a solution of 1 kg bicarbonate of soda dissolved in 10 L water.

NEVER ALLOW BICARBONATE RESIDUE TO DRY ON THE SURFACE.

Step 7: Inspect pool surface for divots.

Step 8: Allow the pool surface to dry before any further surface preparation.

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