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Thank you very much for your response, I will follow your lead and go with all of your recommendations. So just for clarification, when you say you "mixed two parts in small batches" you mean poured a little of the paint into a cup and the other bit into the roller so that you could have the...

JVTrain, I have another question for you. I was going through an old thread from this site and realized you were the one revitalizing your slide. Turned out great from what I can see. Had a couple of questions as I am heading off to grab Interlux Perfection Lauderdale Blue this afternoon: 1...

Thank you for the advice. I will focus on building it back up above the level of the paint since I definitely want to have a little room to sand it back down to match the surrounding layers.

I can't answer all your questions, but I can give a few a shot. It does seem to me that the standard slide is an old school thing. I don't know why, because they're simple and fun. But every time I turn around people are only either moving into places with an existing slide or salvaging them...

I started the process of sanding down my slide to prep for paint today. First priority was to sand down to the main crack at the bottom center of the slide. I figured I should go through all paint layers in order to really get a good connection with the epoxy. However, part of me feels like I...

That's what I was worried about too but wondered of I was out in left field with that one. I've only had him come out twice but he seems to be the most knowledgeable in this area while being very low in price. He immediately said he had paint that would work so I thought it was perfect timing...

I had a pool guy come by to diagnose a leak. While we were talking afterward I mentioned I was going to paint the slide soon. He offered me two gallons of blue paint for $10 each that he said he were otherwise not going to find a use. When he brought the paint by later my wife was home so he...

Is it possible he thought he was supposed to dump stuff into the filter? If I were him I might go that route. Especially at that age. Good thing you checked though and got rid of that mess. Pretty funny though, sounds like something I would have done at his age.

Thank you for the tips! With the fiber batting, would you thin it out as much as possible while keeping it intact and line the sock with it? I wasn't sure what fiber batting was, but when I saw an image of it online I was wondering if it would restrict too much water from flowing through.

I am looking to restore my pool slide and, while there is a great thread on this site for restoring slides, none of the posts that I could see addressed restoring the slide WITHOUT removing the slide. I am looking to sand the whole thing, patch up a crack with marine-grade epoxy, and then paint...

Great tips, thank you! I would definitely have joined the club of leaving the painters tape on and dealing with that mess. Thank you for the heads up!!

I have looked around to see if anyone had asked this before, but as far as I can tell it hasn't been covered in terms of what I wanted to ask. I have some clearly aged pvc coping around the pool. I also have a bit of a gap between where the liner sits and the coping in the corners that ants and...

I may be overthinking this, but just noticed you live in MN. I don't know, but would maybe guess, that if the pool was not maintained properly and some brutally cold winters hit that it may have also been nailed a few times over by that over the years. I don't know what is normal in terms of...

If this was the norm, then I'd be hearing the consistent beeps right now coming from a truck backing up to dump concrete into the pool. Beyond the purchases I made for a vacuum, skimmer and pole, leaf bag, test kit, and multiport valve replacement I have only purchased chemicals for the pool...

My first solution after reading this was going to be to slap some sealant over it while the water is not running and then retest once it had dried. But judging from your signature, I'm guessing your response will be that this is a band-aid treatment and will end up costing more over the long run...

I recently went through this and found my CYA to be at zero once I tested. Threw some stabilizer into a filter sock and let it hang in front of the skimmer for a couple of days while filtering, squeezing often to make sure it was all gone after about 36 hours. Once my CYA went up to the 40-50...

I have had this too and wondered the same thing. Mine is tiny as well as it just barely makes the outside of the fitting wet but not dripping or shooting any water. Will be interested in seeing other replies.

My pool guy came by to diagnose a leak last week and when he found it was the multiport valve causing the issue, he said to use dish soap on the seal going around the valve to seat it in the housing once my new one comes in and I'm replacing it. Anyone know of a reason this would be a bad...

Definitely agree about the repair not being too enjoyable, but that is definitely some silver lining for sure. If for some reason the pool guy cannot pinpoint the exact location, I'd recommend what I was going to do and just cut around that pipe and throw a grate on there so that in the future...

I use a sock too and routinely feel like Indiana Jones sticking his hand into the bug-infested wall when I'm doing it at night. I'm wondering how it doesn't penetrate the sock using that? Or are you using an "unofficial" sock like a hairnet?

Thank you for these updates. I had a leak that I thought I had pinpointed to being a pipe under the concrete, but thankfully it turned out to be a simple fix of replacing the sand filter top assembly. My pipe is about 10 feet in length between the pump and the pool, so rather than calling...

I just finished cleaning out the last of the debris from my pool and can offer a solution that complements mentioned by Richard. More of an FYI for the future since this may not even apply to you depending on what's at the bottom of your pool. I hate using the leaf bagger, but of course there's...

I was going to make a post about essentially this exact same topic as I am facing this issue right now and trying to find out if there is more cost effective way of finding the source of my leak. Mine started last summer and I had to run the hose into the pool with a steady drip any time the...

Wow, I thought I would be able to drain more than that and be safe so I'm glad to I asked. Thank you for your response!

I live on the islands in Savannah and we're heading out tonight because of Matthew so I will not be here to run the waste function on the pump as water levels rise. I am looking to drain the pool to prevent major overflow, but I'm fearful of causing a problem with it "popping". It is a vinyl...

Bumping thread to see if anyone else has any insight on repairing slide without removing it.

Thank you for your reply and for those links. The main thing I am attempting to do differently than the projects in those links is to see if I can repair the crack without disassembling the slide, i.e. repair it in its current spot at the pool. Do you see any way of doing this effectively or...

I bought a new house last fall that has a pool slide and when I finally gave her a good scrubbing/cleaning I realized there is about a 1.5" inch crack in the middle at the very bottom. Because the house is a bit of a fixer-upper, it has been on the back burner for some time. I'd now like to...