Dough Boy Rust by return. How to fix/stop

[waste]

Just do what you would to any other reusted metal i.e. - sand down the rust and coat the area with a rust resistant/ inhibiting paint or epoxy (DO! be careful not to make the retaining nut irremovable.

[BigDave]

I would also be careful to avoid getting paint on the vinyl liner.

[opfreak]

Is there a way to pull the liner back safely away from the wall in just that area and get it back on?

My plan (before filling the pool back to the top) is to order new gaskets for the return.
1) pull the return off,
2)clean the rust using a wire brush,
3)apply naval jelly/rust primer, to help slow/stop any more rust
4) clean that up. spray paint,
5) reinstall return.

6) open pool.

[opfreak]

Just to follow up. I bought new gaskets. I removed the return, stuffed some paper/ pool noodle inbetween the wall and the liner to get a gap. Then I brushed off the rust, applied some naval jelly type stuff to it and got most of the rust gone. prime sprayed it, then finished sprayed. Waited a day and reinstalled with new gaskets. So far everything is dry. Thanks.

[BigDave]

That's great! Congrats! Thanks for checking in.