Cleaning a Soft Side Pool

by Pat

I have been so busy with one thing after another and never did anything to my pool at the end of the season but put a vinyl cover on it that keeps coming off.

My pool is an above ground 18 ft round with the blue air filled ring around the top.

My question is now what do I do? The pool is still filled but I am sure the water in it is so slimy, grimy, you name it. Should I empty the pool, which will still have the grime on the sides if I do or should I put the winterizing kit chemicals in it and hope that they will clean it out?

Usually I keep up with my pool great all season and then put the winterize chemicals in it at the end of the season and it does fine. But I have had a lot of family emergency problems and folks in the hospital etc that I have had to take care of that I really did not get to close down my pool correctly this year.

Now here it sits, full, probably nasty water (I have not looked) and with a cover that keeps coming off so rain water is getting in it.

Help!!!!!

Thanks
Pat




Hi Pat. You might be able to clean it up by using some vinyl shock treatment and a lot of scrubbing. It would probably be much easier to drain the pool and then clean it. Normal dish soap and a towel should be able to get the pool clean, you could then let it dry and store it until next summer.

It's my understanding that inflatable ring pools should be taken down at the end of every season. This might be something you should start doing in the future.