This summer I have noticed what seems to be some odd fading with our liner. It's somewhat subtle, but it's definitely there. What is odd is that it seems to be at the junction between a wall and the floor. The only thing I could think of causing fading is chlorine, but I see no reason there'd be more chlorine in the corners, and it's a salt pool so the chlorine levels are lower. I just wanted to make sure this wasn't a sign of any issues that I might want to stay ahead of.
Liner fading in corners after 4 years - normal?
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Looks to be normal aging. I repeatedly get pretty dark liners, and they fade like that over the years. Eventually to bluish white with little pattern, if they haven't started to fail by that point (but that time is still long in your future).
Not much to do except keep them out of the sun, with no Cl .....at least we in the north get to do that over the winter.
Not much to do except keep them out of the sun, with no Cl .....at least we in the north get to do that over the winter.
I have some significant fading in my pool, but I've figured out that its where people stand/walk/play. The walls and the deep end are fine and show no problem. There is one patch on the side of the pool in the deep end which I initially thought was a result of a chlorine spill or something from the previous owners. In addition, the shallow end, especially where we have some steps setup for my grandson, shows some fading, which is obvious when you look closely.
At first, I thought it was primarily sun/chlorine, but if it was sun/chlorine induced, you would expect the walls and deep end to show the same issue, and they don't. They may not be as saturated as day one, but they are consistent at least.
The random side patch was near the Tiki Bar, and when we came across a photo of the previous owners showing 3 or 4 people hanging on the side of the pool chatting to people in the tiki-bar exactly where the patch on the liner is, we realized that the mark was more likely simple wear from use. This would track with our usage, where we don't typically hang in that spot (and the patch hasn't got any worse), but our grandson and his freinds play in the shallow end all the time, resulting in more wear in that area (and their little legs don't reach to the bottom of the deep end).
I don't know the exact age of our liner, has to be at least 5 years...
Guess where the pool slope to the deep end starts
At first, I thought it was primarily sun/chlorine, but if it was sun/chlorine induced, you would expect the walls and deep end to show the same issue, and they don't. They may not be as saturated as day one, but they are consistent at least.
The random side patch was near the Tiki Bar, and when we came across a photo of the previous owners showing 3 or 4 people hanging on the side of the pool chatting to people in the tiki-bar exactly where the patch on the liner is, we realized that the mark was more likely simple wear from use. This would track with our usage, where we don't typically hang in that spot (and the patch hasn't got any worse), but our grandson and his freinds play in the shallow end all the time, resulting in more wear in that area (and their little legs don't reach to the bottom of the deep end).
I don't know the exact age of our liner, has to be at least 5 years...
Guess where the pool slope to the deep end starts
Is that perfectly along a strip of material ? They may have used multiple reels and that one is aging differently.
How's the bench doing ? Mine is fading pretty quick with full sun all day.
How's the bench doing ? Mine is fading pretty quick with full sun all day.
Yeah, my fading is definitely along seams in the liner. But it's not one full sheet or the other, just where they join up. I haven't noticed any real fading of the bench.
Would the sun really cause fading of the liner that is underwater? I thought that the water would block those UV wavelengths that mainly cause fading.
*EDIT* Apparently water does NOT block UV waves very much at all, learned something new today!
Would the sun really cause fading of the liner that is underwater? I thought that the water would block those UV wavelengths that mainly cause fading.
*EDIT* Apparently water does NOT block UV waves very much at all, learned something new today!
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