Good morning everyone. We have had our saltwater pool for about 3 years now. It seems like the saltwater is deteriorating the metal pool cover anchors. Any thoughts on how to slow this down? Would something CLR work? Thanks
Salt water is eating the safety pool cover anchors
- Thread starter Wineutopia
- Start date
- Jun 24, 2021
- 8,017
- Pool Size
- 30000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-60
Brass won’t break down with salt water, I’ve installed anchors on tons of pools with brass anchors with no breakdown. Unsure of what you mean by breaking down?
Saturn94
Bronze Supporter
- Mar 11, 2015
- 1,761
- Pool Size
- 20000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
That’s been our experience as well. Even after 18 years with a salt pool there is no corrosion of the cover anchors.
I'm pretty sure that saltwater gets the blame for starting WWII, Elvis's death, most earthquakes... Sigh!!!
Jim R.
Jim R.
Sure guys maybe not breaking down but just discolored and doesn’t operate as smoothly 
I saw in other posts that some people use silicon lube and they clean the holes out every year. Might need to try that.
jeremycrook
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- Sep 26, 2016
- 225
- Pool Size
- 11000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Jandy Truclear / Ei
Spray some compressed air in them and clean them out. I applied a small bit of marine lube in the holes before I screw the bolt in, went in with ease...
- Jul 21, 2013
- 54,168
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
See all the dirt in the threads? That is creating friction. Clean the dirt from the threads. On the screw and in the socket.
Folks talk about lubing them but lube can attract dirt. If you feel you must lube them use a thin lube like WD040.
Color change is what brass does when outdoors.
Pool Cover Anchors - Further Reading
www.troublefreepool.com
Completely normal, as stated above brass will change color very quickly. Clean out the male and female parts of the anchor and screw down until the fall.