What is this stuff???
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Looks to me to be calcium scaling. Vinyl liner? there's another thread here with a similar problem. It can be removed, but can be a royal pain to do so.
When we were given our pool, the liner looked almost like that. It was caused by being "pool stored". "Raise the CH." he said, so she did. "Cloudy pool!" she said. "Here, buy this," he said, "It'll take care of the cloudy". You know the drill....chemical soup that was unfit to swim in.
When we were given our pool, the liner looked almost like that. It was caused by being "pool stored". "Raise the CH." he said, so she did. "Cloudy pool!" she said. "Here, buy this," he said, "It'll take care of the cloudy". You know the drill....chemical soup that was unfit to swim in.
Yes, it is a vinyl liner. I tried using vinegar to loosen it up, and it helped a little. It's an 18' pool and I've spent about 3 hours scrubbing so far. Barely made a dent...
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I've got the basics down pretty well. All levels were great last season through May, then the pump broke so it just sat dormant until last week. I completely drained it and cleaned out all the algae and crud only to find this scaling. If it helps, the pool is still empty. It would be nice to just be able to get a "Magic Spray" to put on there then wipe it off.
I take it the pool is empty? Well, what's done is done.snowboy001 said:
Anyway, vinegar's not really a very strong acid. Buy some Muriatic acid and dilute it about 1:3 and see what that does to the white stuff. If it starts fizzing and bubbling, it's Calcium. And the stronger acid should dissolve it. Be careful, the stuff will eat holes in your clothes and cause chemical burns, so you won't be getting in and scrubbing. Look up "acid wash" using the google search waaaaay down at the lower left.
No. C'mon - they ship the stuff in plastic bottles! And you'll be diluting it to about 10% before you pour any on.snowboy001 said: