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OK, so my pool has been out of commission for about 18 months. I JUST got it all fixed, painted and filled. Everything seems OK so far except water and bubbles are coming out of this valve. I always assumed this was a shut of valve for the return with a missing handle and I just want to make...

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I am finishing up scraping and cleaning... I have paint prep cleaner (acid wash) , rough primer epoxy paint and epoxy top coat blue paint. The pool was painted with the same brand of paint in 2012. DuraSeal from Leslies. Bottom of my pool is concrete, top 3' is a fiberglass wrap. Previous...

I bought this house 2 years ago and at that time the pool needed re-painting pretty bad.... now it's 2 years later and it's just ridiculous. I'm constantly vacuuming up large paint chips and algae grows under the paint. I don't need a perfect looking pool but it's getting to be a pain. i don't...

Forking over 5K to have the pool re-plastered is not an option. So unless there is something else I can do myself, what type of paint or epoxy is the best choice?

OK.... but what are my other choices? It's been painted and it's peeling off in chunks. What other options are there?

My pool has needed re-painting for several years. It now has a lot of patches where the paint has chipped away and some dark squishy spots. I started draining the pool, it's not cooperating but I'll keep at it. ADVICE FOR PAINT? What's the best paint / epoxy for the money? I have an old...

More efficiency is not my goal. As I stated already, I want to make a solar project and I want it to be useful year round and not just when the power goes down for extended periods. I have wanted a pool waterfall and with the right DC pump I should be able to make this work on solar. Depending...

?? I guess that's why every pool has a filter pump? The benefit is enhancing my pool with a waterfall, reduce the use and cost of running the 240v pump that I do not plan to discontinue AND have a solar setup that can help out in extended power outages by running some LED lighting, 12v car fans...

I want to do a solar project for long term power outages but I would also like it to be some use year round. The perfect place is for pool filtration because I can directly run a pump from the solar panels without the need to store a lot of power in batteries, large inverters, etc.. I JUST got...

I got one of those automatic lurch around, mop head, pool cleaners and it came with no instructions. It's the first one I have ever owned or even seen working so I'm not sure what to do. The instructions were nothing but pictures on how to put it together. The only words at all on it were OFF...