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    Default Dry-rotting liner above the water-line.

    24' round above ground, full sun.

    My first liner laster 13 years. This one is about 5 years old and the early sun really cooks one side of it until noon. In a 10' long area, just above the water-line, I keep getting small holes and at first I thought it was squirrel or cat claws. The holes start about 1/16th" in size and are eye-shaped, and they grow... and grow...., quickly. The biggest one is a horizontal slit about 3" long and 1/2" wide. The only way that I have found to arrest their growth is to fold some fiberglass cloth and glue it to the inside and outside of each end, then cover it with a patch made from a piece of liner that the pool store gave me. Vinyl repair glue won't hold it (the slit will just grow out from under the patch), so I tried Outdoor Goop, applied liberally. It seems to work pretty good so far. However the dry rot is getting worse and I'm afraid the whole area is just going to disintegrate.
    It has been about 95 to 100 degrees most days most days since memorial Day and this month up until T.S. Alberto came blowing through and cooled it off with 6" of rain.
    Is there anything I can put on the liner in this area to help condition and hopefully preserve the vinyl? I've thought about trying some automotive product like STP's Son Of A Gun, or ArmorAll. I think those are just silicon oil.
    Does anyone have a better idea than what I've been doing?
    Thanks, I know someone else must have the same problem. Any answers will be greatly appreciated.
    Rusty
    Last edited by RknRusty; 06-15-2006 at 08:11 AM.

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