Been lurking awhile but wanted to say hi.
Also, I got a Bestway pool to help get us through the pandemic. Started reading around and upgraded to a SWG and sand filter right away.
After about a month I started noticing rust spots on the weld's of the T joints of the pool. There's also some on the top rails. Then the ladder began rusting like crazy.
I contacted Bestway and they are shipping me new parts to replace the rusted ones. This time I'll get some coating on them, (rustoleum?) before I replace them and hopefully they hold up a little better. Hoping to get a few years out of this thing if possible.
Also, had a big rain then got mustard algae, I tried the mustard slam twice and when the chlorine level came back down under 10ppm the algee would return.
Pool store wanted me to put yellow out but I figured it couldn't hurt to try phosphate remover so on the 3rd slam I added some phosphate remover and the pool has been clear ever since. Just thought I would share in case it helps someone else. I know, I know, it goes against the "chlorine is enough" but I'm guessing those guys live somewhere else because trying with chlorine only was a nightmare. Still glad I followed the advice not to use yellow-out.
Anyway, thanks for all the resources!
Also, I got a Bestway pool to help get us through the pandemic. Started reading around and upgraded to a SWG and sand filter right away.
After about a month I started noticing rust spots on the weld's of the T joints of the pool. There's also some on the top rails. Then the ladder began rusting like crazy.
I contacted Bestway and they are shipping me new parts to replace the rusted ones. This time I'll get some coating on them, (rustoleum?) before I replace them and hopefully they hold up a little better. Hoping to get a few years out of this thing if possible.
Also, had a big rain then got mustard algae, I tried the mustard slam twice and when the chlorine level came back down under 10ppm the algee would return.
Pool store wanted me to put yellow out but I figured it couldn't hurt to try phosphate remover so on the 3rd slam I added some phosphate remover and the pool has been clear ever since. Just thought I would share in case it helps someone else. I know, I know, it goes against the "chlorine is enough" but I'm guessing those guys live somewhere else because trying with chlorine only was a nightmare. Still glad I followed the advice not to use yellow-out.
Anyway, thanks for all the resources!
