Is there an electric pool scrubber out there??

[cbaird99]

I have a pretty bad black algae problem, and I just don't have the strength/ability to budge most of the spots by hand with my wire brushes. Kind of a double whammy now that chlorine is so very expensive/harder to find, especially as I am on a pretty tight budget. I just cannot afford to do a SLAM even if I had enough chlorine to do that right now, and here in Texas we are already going to be up to 100 next week! I am worried about the coming summer. I can't believe as hard as this scrubbing is to do, that someone hasn't invented an automatic scrubber similar to a vac that can be put in the water and help me scrub these areas! Has anyone heard of one??

 

[IceShadow]

There are certainly pool robots that scrub walls along with the rest of pool surfaces but they are going to be fairly gentle and only meant to sweep up dirt and disrupt standard algae biofilm. I would think using wire bristles on a plaster pool is something that would be difficult to automate without potentially damaging the pool surface. But I could be wrong, and maybe something does exist out there.

 

[Cknitts]

ONE+ 18V Cordless Telescoping Power Scrubber (Tool Only)

 

[IceShadow]

ONE+ 18V Cordless Telescoping Power Scrubber (Tool Only)

IPX7 Water Resistance Rating​

Can be submerged in up to 3 feet of water for 30 minutes

That might work

 

[Katodude]

If your plaster is in decent shape, I would go in with a weak pressure washer and hit the spots. Just be very careful. Should work better than any electric scrubber.

If the spots are small use a bamboo BBQ skewer to pick at them. I use a mask and snorkel while doing this.

Then chlorine in a 1 gallon pump sprayer to hit the spots you just picked at.

 

[Katodude]

BTW. Just for fun, I went out and bought that scrubber today. For $99 its not bad. Not sure I would use it in the pool. Actually I might use it to scrub the tiles. But it works really well on my kitchen floor. Also pretty good for cleaning up the BBQ area.

 

[1poolman1]

It is better to scrub black algae with a 3" tablet. Use rubber gloves or one of these:

Pentair 542068 Algae Gon Chlorine Tablet Holder Pole Accessory with Snap-Adapt Handle​

 

[Katodude]

Personally, I have never found that rubbing a chlorine tab against black algae to be effective. You need something that will pick at it and remove it from the surface and expose the roots. Then you can attack it with a high dose of chlorine.