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Thanks, I'll try that. I've been using these hoses for a few years and never had an issue. Any idea how these pin holes happen? I live in NY and leave them in a shed, perhaps the harsh winters make them a bit brittle? Should I store them indoors you think?

Hi all - I have what I suspect is like a pin drop hole in my flexible hose. Every time I dry it, it gets a little wet again in this one spot. Any idea on what I can use to fill the hole? Maybe silicon? Maybe krazy glue? I don't know. It's like the 10th ridge from the top of the hose return...

Thanks - will give it a go.

Also - is calcium scaling potentially dangerous for the liner that it can possible rip or tear or leak?

Ok thanks. Will add some acid and keep it lower for a few days like you suggested then brush gently? Once it's removed what level should I bring the PH back up to?

If I drain some of the water to lower the Calcium will that break it up as well? Since my CYA is now 60 I guess I need to target like 7 FC. Not the 10-12 I had as well.

Interesting thoughts. Maybe you're right. Worried about the liner maybe being in danger of failing since it seems slightly brittle in those pitted spots. Yeah I do lower my water so then the Calcium should get lower as well. I'll stop using cal hypo. Maybe I should have posted in the...

Hi All - There's various spots in my 6 year old liner that have become sort of pitted and rough. I took an underwater picture, look toward the bottom right. Is this a sign that the liner might fail and should be replaced? Also the top of the liner is starting to fade in spots to white. The...

Hi All - How do you all position your eyeball return. I used to have it where you couldn't really see any ripples in the water as it was positioned straight but down slightly. Then I took it off to plug to do some maintenance on the filter and when I put it back it was angled slightly up where...

I would honestly call them and send pics, maybe there's some sort of warranty. I can't fathom how that could happen in 3 years, they have a great reputation

I bought a pentair filter and pump combo 6 years ago. I guess it depends how handy you are. I was getting tired of using a single speed pump so I bought a 2 speed pump and had a friend help me make the PVC attachments and fittings to connect a pentair filter with a tidal wave 2 speed pump...

What kind of pool is that? Is that a saltwater 5000 or saltwater 8000 from the pool factory? My pool looks almost the same, but with almost no rust on the stainless steel panel. Stunned to see a pool rust like that over 3 years? I've had mine for 6 and there's a tiny bit of rust (that was my...

any idea how this happened so it can be prevented next time? If the water/ice got into the skimmer you need to cover the opening so water can't get into it with a skimmer plate or aquador

oops my mistake I linked the same thing. Here is what I'm going to use after I use the primer spray Rust-Oleum Stops Rust Aluminum Protective Enamel 0.5 pt - Ace Hardware How's this as my plan

Thanks Vinny. I'm not going to use that product from the manufacturer. In talking with rustoleum and a friend that restores cars I've settled on this. After scraping away the loose paint using below. Does this sound good? Rustoleum universal bonding...

Thanks - I contacted the pool factory directly and they said the walls are considered galvanized and not to use rustoleum. They stated to use this.... just linking in case anyone needs in the future. Or they also said to use a marine grade epoxy paint...

Thanks Vinny - So are those products I linked above the correct ones?

Thanks all . The good thing is that now that I removed the dirt/rocks from that area it shouldn't have any moisture to continue the rust. Regarding rust by the skimmer/return it has a stainless steel wall panel there so I wouldn't expect it to rust like the rest of the metal wall in the...

Hi All - So pic #1 is me scraping off the bubbling. I guess it was just the paint because as you can see there's no rust behind it just metal. So that's a good thing I guess. Still nervous though. Pic# 2 has rust but this is where there wasn't any bubbling. Would you guys consider this a...

I have off from work tomorrow and will take a look at the bubbling and scrape it to see the extent, if any of the rust. I will report back

I was reading an article about pool wall blistering and maybe it has to do with the painting on the wall getting wet? 6 years old. So take like a sanding bar and sand out all the blisters....... then spray it with rustoleum rust converter spray...... then paint it with rustoleum protective...

Thanks - yeah I moved everything away. Can you detail how to 'clean up' and 'paint' that area? It's not rusting yet? Just bubbling, which I don't know what that means if thats better or worse than rust?

If I sand down the bubbles then what do I paint it with? In your best guess would you think this wall would fail anytime soon? This is the pool 15'x52" Saltwater 5000 Round Above Ground Pool This is what it says about the wall below 52" High Wall finished with Duratex 2000 anticorrosion...

I guess I didn't realize that rocks and dirt have been covering 2 sections of my wall about 2-3 inches up. The track is resin thankfully but after I dug it out there is 'bubbling' at the bottom of the wall. It's probably been like this for maybe 2-3 seasons. I guess I didn't realize it would...

No, it's just rocks back there and we have barely been out there all winter. Maybe just the wet winter and spring did it.

Thanks so much everyone I applied some barkeepers friend and the rust pretty much came off. Glad to see it's just surface rust and not eating away from the inside out!

Thanks for the reply I'll try to clean it. I don't think anything has bumped it or contacted it.

Aren't these rust stains?

Hi All - I've seen and read too many posts about pools that burst due to rust. I have had my pool (saltwater 5000 from pool factory ) for 6 years and it has the stainless steel panel. Would like some opinions is this just rust from the outside or would you think this is from the inside. Do I...

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