Soda Blasting Cost

What Is Soda Blasting For Pools?

Soda blasting is like bead blasting but uses baking soda to blast the calcium off the pool tile. Soda blasting is mostly used on stone or ceramic pool tiles. However, soda blasting causes the pH and alkaline levels of your pool water to rise.

How Much Does Soda Blasting Cost?

As mentioned above, the cost of this tile cleaning service is typically between $500-$1,200 per pool. Homeowners should expect to pay an average of $850 total or $10 per linear foot. New accent tile can cost anywhere from $2,000-$5,000.

Here are the average costs of soda blasting for pool tiles:

• Lowest Cost: $500.
• Average Cost: $850.
• Highest Cost: $1,200.

*These are cost estimates. Contact the team at Above All Pool Care for more information!

Soda Blasting Benefits

Here are a few reasons why so many homeowners choose this method for pool tile cleaning.

Performance

Most gas pressure washers are blasted at 2500 PSI, but soda blasting blasts media out at 4000 PSI. Soda blasting generally removes at least 95% of calcium stains from your pool.

Environmentally Friendly

Soda blasting is the environmentally-friendly choice for pool cleanings. This process is the alternative to harsh chemical cleaning, but the results will always satisfy homeowners.

Other Types Of Tile Cleaning

Here are a few other common tile cleaning methods.

Salt Blasting

Salt blasting is also like the other 2 only it uses Kieserite to blast the calcium off the pool tiles at a low pressure. This is the most common method of pool tile cleaning and can be used on sand, tile, and ceramic pool tile. It’s biodegradable and will has a neutral pH level. It’s one of the safest and newest methods to clean pool tiles and creates a shine as if they were brand new.

Glass Bead Blasting

Glass bead blasting uses an ultra-fine stream of perfect round beats of glass. These beads of glass are around the size of the tip of a needle. They can clean oil, grit and calcium of the tiles and grout of the tiles. This type of blasting is used mostly on Pebble Tec swimming pools. The glass beads can easily be cleaned up after the blasting is complete, both in the pool and on the deck. It also doesn’t affect the chemical balances in the water like muriatic acid does.