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Your pool liner needs replacing when it starts leaking, wrinkling, or fading to the point of brittleness.Home swimming pools pool maintenance skimmer
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Use muriatic acid to clean a salt cell — not vinegar.Computers pool maintenance pool chemistry saltwater pool
Use calcium hypochlorite shock, not dichlor or trichlor.Computers pool maintenance pool chemistry pool pump
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Test your pool water before shocking it after rain.Home swimming pools pool maintenance pool chemistry
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Start with a stain ID kit and use ascorbic acid for metal stains.Home swimming pools pool maintenance pool chemistry
Shock your pool at least once a week in summer.Computers pool maintenance pool chemistry winterization
Shock your above-ground pool at night, after balancing pH.Home swimming pools pool maintenance pool chemistry
