Even if your Laguna Beach pool is serviced regularly, your pool tile can still look dirty or cloudy. It’s important to clean your pool tile regularly because dirty tile and grout  attracts more dirt. If you haven’t already done it, talk to your Laguna Beach pool service about the different ways to clean pool tile. You can clean pool tile yourself, but it is easier to have a professional do the work.

How Homeowners Clean Pool Tile

Most homeowners that try to clean their tile don’t always get the best results.  That’s because they rely on two methods that are labor intensive and can have a negative impact on the water balance.

Elbow Grease.  Some Laguna Beach pool owners head out with a scrub brush and tons of muscles in their arm. If they don’t have muscles before they start scrubbing, they might look like Popeye afterwards.  Brushing pool tile by hand is the slowest, least efficient, and least effective method.  If you don’t consider the time you spend doing it, it is also the cheapest.

Chemicals.  Tiles can be covered with white deposits and a milky haze.  This is caused by calcium, lime, and other minerals in the water.  As the water evaporates, it leaves the minerals behind.  In addition, grout can be stained by algae and mold.  Homeowners mix baking soda and vinegar and apply this to the tiles in hopes of dissolving these deposits.  Vinegar is acidic and soda is alkaline, but the mixture of the two will not balance each other.  The pH of the water will be affected.  The stains will probably remain.

Scale and stain removal products can be purchased at the pool store. These products are added directly to the water in an attempt to dissolve deposits. This method is slow, expensive and will also have a negative impact on your water.

Pumice.  Some homeowners resort to scrubbing tiles with pumice stone. The pumice can scrub away calcium carbonate deposits but unless you are careful, you can scratch the tile.

Tile Cleaning by Pool Service Companies

If you hire a Laguna Beach pool service to clean your pool tiles you will find they may approach the job differently.  Professional pool service companies know that blasting is the best way to clean pool tile. Here are a two ways to blast pool tiles.

Soda Blasting is used to blast away deposits without harming the tile. The dry soda media is harder than the deposit but softer than the tile. It will not damage ceramic tiles and it is the only way to safely clean glass pool tiles without damaging them.  Because you are using a dry soda, this will affect water chemistry.

Bead Blasting is the preferred method if you want to be ecofriendly and have no impact on the water chemistry.  Extremely small glass beads are blasted at the tiles.  Because the beads are completely smooth, they will bounce off the tile removing any deposits. This method is ecofriendly because after cleaning, the beads are retrieved and used again and again.  This method will not affect the water chemistry.

Professional Laguna Beach Pool Service

If your pool tile needs cleaning, the pool surface needs acid washing, or you just need regular pool service, call on the professionals at Beachside Pool Service.  This locally family-owned and operated pool service company has been serving Laguna Beach and the surrounding area for years.  They are certified by the NSPF and can keep your water sparkling and your equipment in top shape.

Call (949) 939-0023 today. Estimates are free and service is always fast and friendly. We guarantee it.