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    What do you use to protect your pool plastic top rails?

    In the past, we just power washed the top rails and caps each spring. Even with that, they had gotten pretty bad looking over 16 years. This year, since the rails and caps were off for liner replacement, we power washed, used comet to remove the stains, let dry, then coated with a good...
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    Only Doughboy liners for Doughboy pools?

    I'm trying to buy a liner for my Doughboy pool. I talked to a pool supply store who was happy to sell me a replacement liner until they found out it was a Doughboy pool. They changed their tune telling me that you *must* use Doughboy liners in a Doughboy pool. They couldn't tell me why, just...
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    What pump shaft seal do I need?

    I have a Hayward 1.5 HP pump that was installed in 2002. On the body of the pump, there is a sticker that has the part number sp1580x15? (the '?" is not completely legible, but I think it is "c"). According to Hayward, that makes it a Power-Flo LX. Externally, it does look like like the pump...
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    Liner stain that defies treatment

    Over the last couple of years, I've had a large amount of leaves enter my pool over the fall and winter, then sit until spring. Last summer, I noticed the liner had taken on a distinct greenish stain. I first assumed algae, but setting a chlorine tablet against it provided zero results. A...