When it rains here it pours and can easily add 2 inches in a few hours.
Ir rusty above ground vinyl pool.
The end result is a greasy black line about 2 inches wide around the pool liner.
Finding the source of the rust the steel or ferrous material iron is important before removing the stain.
Moisture rusts and corrodes pool walls made of steel as well as.
Rust on pool walls can come from water weeping through a weak gasket on vinyl liner skimmers returns lights and steps.
Looks like you have a pretty nasty rust problem there.
Rust stains and corrosion.
Anywhere that the liner is purposely cut there is a potential for leaks on both sides of the wall that can place water in constant contact with the wall.
Too much copper usually results in blue green staining while iron results in brown red or yellow staining.
Mineral and metal stains.
The most obvious problem with water leaking behind your pool liner is with the pool wall s finish.
While the walls in a vinyl liner pool may rust in almost all cases this level of rust is not enough to structurally compromise the wall itself.
Rust can be an eyesore flake into the water cause dangerous sharp or jagged edges and eventually causes the pool wall to split open.
I d go right over the seam where it joins too.
The main concern is that the corrosion developing on the wall can be sharp and can be a hazard for your liner.
Where does vinyl pool wall rust come from.
Owners of in ground vinyl liner pools tend to focus their attention on what is most visible the enormous water barrier that covers the entire surface of the pool.
I frequently have pool owners who ask me about rust.
First figure out what is causing the rust stain or any pool stain to avoid having to retreat the same stain over and over again.
Above ground pool rust a variety of things can cause rust stains in a pool including screws nails staples hairpins or barrettes nonpool toys or rusty water pipes bringing in fill water.
Vinyl pools with rusty steel coping or rusty walls have a larger problem to deal with.
Rust or corrosion for those who have aluminum pools is an above ground pool s number one enemy.
We get ring around the pool every time it rains.
I ve never recommended this for a steel walled in ground pool but for above grounds i have recommended sheet metal and pop rivots over the rust and then duct taping the sheet metal to protect the new liner when it s dropped.
If the stain lightens from a small application of chlorine on it the stain is organic in nature.