Small, 8-10K gal in ground Salt Pool. Hayward Goldline. Well water - clear right out of the hose but I don't dare drink it. My well is shallow and there is a pond behind my house filled with runoff from a golf course and 50 lawns.
OK, I am a lousy pool-boy. Plus I travel. As such my chem tends to dwell in the "kinda sorta needs attention" section. My plastic steps have taken on an oh so slight discoloration and are now off white. As in, ugly and kinda brown. So is the white plastic on my tri-wheel pool monster-sucker-upper.
Leslies says the pool chemistry is in decent shape every time I schlep them water. They usually go on for a bit about some Alkalinity-Up and a touch of Phosophorus mumbo-jumbo. But, the chlorine is usually decent and only every so often does it need conditioner. My salt level wanders a bit when it rains like mad.
My salt cell just failed and was replaced with a new one from The Salt Pool Store. Its a generic t-15 unit. $269 with a 5 year "warranty". My last one lasted barely 3 years.
So, is there an easy way to get my steps pearly white again? I tried dumping 2 cups of granular chlorine into a sock and then rubbing that bag back and forth across the steps and all I got was a VERY hot hand. Talk about a cool experiment! The pool got a bit cloudy, which I figured was crud being freed up to be sucked up, but it didn't bleach the steps in the manner that I had hoped.
My steps aren't rank nasty or anything, just not shiny white as they used to be. Have I screwed the pooch in grand fashion? Or, are there menial steps that I can take to ameliorate my discolorate?
OK, I am a lousy pool-boy. Plus I travel. As such my chem tends to dwell in the "kinda sorta needs attention" section. My plastic steps have taken on an oh so slight discoloration and are now off white. As in, ugly and kinda brown. So is the white plastic on my tri-wheel pool monster-sucker-upper.
Leslies says the pool chemistry is in decent shape every time I schlep them water. They usually go on for a bit about some Alkalinity-Up and a touch of Phosophorus mumbo-jumbo. But, the chlorine is usually decent and only every so often does it need conditioner. My salt level wanders a bit when it rains like mad.
My salt cell just failed and was replaced with a new one from The Salt Pool Store. Its a generic t-15 unit. $269 with a 5 year "warranty". My last one lasted barely 3 years.
So, is there an easy way to get my steps pearly white again? I tried dumping 2 cups of granular chlorine into a sock and then rubbing that bag back and forth across the steps and all I got was a VERY hot hand. Talk about a cool experiment! The pool got a bit cloudy, which I figured was crud being freed up to be sucked up, but it didn't bleach the steps in the manner that I had hoped.
My steps aren't rank nasty or anything, just not shiny white as they used to be. Have I screwed the pooch in grand fashion? Or, are there menial steps that I can take to ameliorate my discolorate?
