There are some things you can do to remove the stains and dirt from around your pool and we are going to discuss those here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Use Delicate Tools When Cleaning your Vinyl Liner<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
It’s important to step back and take a big deep breath when dealing with trying to keep your pool looking in tip-top shape every swimming season. If you try to clean your vinyl liner with an abrasive tool like a power washer you run the risk of ripping a brittle and older liner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A cloth, brush, sponge, or magic eraser are the tools you want to use when cleaning your vinyl liner. Combine these with a lot of elbow grease and it can go a long way to removing dirt and grime from your pool liner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When just generally cleaning your vinyl liner for the first time when opening the pool, start with simple and less-abrasive cleaners. These can be diluted bleach or vinegar that you apply to areas around your pool to see if you can remove stains. If the stains aren’t coming off, then it will be time to balance your pool chemicals after testing to see if that will clear the issue up. <\/p>\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nHow to Clean a Pool Liner without Draining the Pool?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
It’s important to note here as well, that <\/strong>you shouldn’t empty your vinyl liner pool. You run the risk of causing some serious issues with your liner if the pool water is completely drained from your pool. Raising the water level in your pool could help remove certain types of stains, dirt, and oil that you are trying to get rid of. <\/p>\n\n\n\n #1 Use a brush and net to clear away your big debris and spots that can be easily cleared away. This is probably common sense but worth mentioning. Let’s get all of that big stuff that we can easily clean up cleared away so we can see what we are working with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n #2 Test Your Pool Water with your Test Kit. If you don’t have one, you need to get one. You can check out this highly recommended test kit here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n #3 Using the results from the test you need to balance your pool water to get everything to healthy recommended levels! You will be amazed at how much will be cleared up on its own just by having the right chemical balance in your pool!<\/p>\n\n\n\n #4 Consider if you should raise your pool water levels higher so the pool water will completely cover the rings around your pool. If your pool water test results showed some extreme imbalances in chemicals, I would consider raising the pool water level to cover the pool ring, test, adjust with proper chemicals, and then test again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n #5 Once we have the water balanced and we have given some time for things to clear up on their own, we need to assess what type of stains or build-up on the pool liner we have. There are two types of issues we will have to deal with organic and metal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n #6 You can check out the information here over at River Pools and Spas, they have put together a great resource<\/a> to start determining what your stain could be and how to remove it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n At this point, you should have a pool that is starting to clear up and you are just trying to get rid of some pesky stains to improve the appearance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In contrast to power washing a Vinyl liner pool, the Intex pool can be power washed gently. An above-ground pool can be emptied as well making the power washing shop fairly simple to do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You can see a video right here of a man using a power washer to clean up this filthy above-ground pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPowerwashing an Intex Above Ground Pool<\/h2>\n\n\n\n