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Hi, not chlorine generally, this will generally be salts that form from the lap water / sitting water that is continually evaporating , these then layer on to each other - which further down the line will almost produce a crust. If yours have not gone to far you can try an alkaline product- we have lithofin power clean -( other avalible to deal with salt) use this diluted 1-2 with an white emulsifying pad .
Do not be tempted to use an acidic product or lime scale remover as this will remove your stone as quick as the scale.
If the salts have built to far , I generally will remove these easily with a diamond pad on a flex machine, a local restorer could do this for you. Once removed and fully dry re- impregnate with a suitable impregnator , we have mn stain stop - other brands available. If still a dry - dusty finish , you could use a colour enhancer to lift the colour. These will then keep dirt,salt and water marks above the stone and you will then maintain them at there earliest form -you will then be able to remove easily with the hand pads and poss a bit product when required.
This is not a bad product for around a pool, you just need the right info to maintain it. You're impregnator will reduce most porosity,
If you have photos we can see what stage of salt ingress you are at.
Thank you Dan. I will browse through these before I do anythingI'm just going to link to some older threads from this one. Not everything will be applicable. But I just wanted to cross-promote some threads. It's helping with the forum change we've recently done.
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This is not a bad product for around a pool, you just need the right info to maintain it. You're impregnator will reduce most porosity,
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