Brown Stains On Vinyl Pool Liner

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Brown stains on vinyl pool liner.

Once you have the algae removed be sure to maintain the pool at its proper ph and chlorine levels to prevent the algae from coming back. Vinyl pool liners are not made for harsh and abrasive cleaning agents. Use a stick or a pool pole not your finger. Pool liners have to be handled with great care when cleaning stains off of them or you can damage and discolor the pool liner.

I did this but the stains faded a little but are still there. Chemical pool stains or uv stains are more tricky to treat and are most likely un treatable. If you see brown red yellow staining that could be do to too much iron. Organic pool stains come from dead algae small animals or organic debris.

Tackling the toughest stains of all the kind behind the liner. In this post we discuss identifying cleaning and preventing swimming pool stains from various sources. Mineral and metal stains. You need to determine if the stain is organic or a metal stain.

There are actually only a few safe ways to correctly clean a vinyl pool liner without harming the liner. Using a trichlor tablet hold it on the stain for about 3 5 minutes. They can occur do to bleaching of the vinyl liner or incorrect ph or chlorine levels. Calcium or sodium salts typically leave a white deposits.

Calcium and salts can result in white deposits on the liner. Hi i have a question. I have a in ground pool 11000 gallons 24 12 pool it has brown stains all over the vinyl liner. Go to this page to see how to treat your pool for brown algae.

Too much copper usually results in blue green staining while iron results in brown red or yellow staining. Tackling the toughest stains of all the kind behind the liner maintenance. What are these brown stains in my pool. These stains normally occur after a long winter or thunderstorm.

Step 1 scrub the algae with a soft nylon brush. If the stain lightens up or disappears it s organic. In this video i explain how to remove stains from your swimming pool liner and give another tip on easy swimming pool maintenance to create a problem free s.