How can I tell if this pool is resin? I want to be able to run Salt Water

[thegoat54]

Here is a link to bigger pictures: Pool - Album on Imgur

Anyway to tell if this is a Resin Pool? I want to be able to run Salt Water, but the seller says that they don't know if it is Resin. They also don't know the make or model of the pool because it was there when they bought the house.

Any help out there?

THANKS!

 

[kimkats]

Tap the top rail with your ring. Does it sound like metal or plastic? Metal will TING where plastic will plonk (I hope this makes sense)

Also look at the bottom "track" the walls sit in. Do the tap test again.

Kim

 

[Casey]

It is not a resin pool. Resin is just another name for plastic.the only thing that would be resin is the top rails and the bottom track that the pool sits in.

 

[tim5055]

But, with all that being said many folks use salt with non-resin pools. Where are you getting your information from?

 

[thegoat54]

My understanding is that you cannot run salt unless the pool is all resin due to rust.

I was hoping that because of the design on the side, it might be a plastic pool. I've never seen above ground pools with those paint jobs unless they are plastic. But then again, I don't know anything about pools. So thats what I'm here.

 

[kimkats]

My above ground pool is all resin except the walls. The walls are said to be rust proof but.............I am not willing to take the chance with salt as much as I would like to.

Kim

 

[tim5055]

My understanding is that you cannot run salt unless the pool is all resin due to rust.

I was hoping that because of the design on the side, it might be a plastic pool. I've never seen above ground pools with those paint jobs unless they are plastic. But then again, I don't know anything about pools. So thats what I'm here.

The chlorinated water it is filled with is almost, if not just as corrosive as the small amount of salt in the water. If the pool is made with a lesser grade steel it is going to rust, salt or no salt.