My daughters swimming pool has been vandalized by some kids. They had poored transmition oil in her swimming pool. I have drainded it out and scrubbed it with Dawn dish soap, but you can still see oil in the water. Is there any way to get rid of all the traces of oil?
2007-08-02 03:48:50 · 4 answers · asked by s3foxy26 2 in Environment ➔ Other - Environment
Dawn is probably the worse thing you could do because the residue will foam for weeks. Scrub the walls with a product from Bioguard called Off the wall, and then increase your chlorine residual to 6-8 ppm. It is still safe for swimming at that level, but that will help break down the oils. The filter will need to be chemically cleaned as well. Your pool store will tell you how.
2007-08-05 02:23:35 · answer #1 · answered by Marty 4 · 23⤊ 0⤋
I guess I would try Goop.
http://www.goophandcleaner.com/uses_v2.html
if this is a small plastic kiddie pool you can buy at a store you may just want to get a new one. You may spend more trying to clean the pool than it would cost to get a new one. You could try cleaning it with Gas, paint thinner, or another type of cleaner that works on oil based substances but they may be strong enough to harm the plastic pool since plastic is an oil based product. You could also rinse the pool with water until you no longer see oil residue coming from the pool but that would waste a lot of water.
2007-08-02 05:16:45 · answer #2 · answered by Eric 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
use a degreaser for plastic or steel which ever the pools lining is made of (dish detergent is made for washing dishes, dawn is just a brand name), sorry to hear of the kids cruelty,forgiveness is a gift your daughter can benefit from.
2007-08-02 11:42:22 · answer #3 · answered by mackysugarplum 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Have you asked the folks at your pool supply store?
2007-08-02 04:01:51 · answer #4 · answered by patricia f 3 · 2⤊ 5⤋