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    Hello All....
    It just occured to me......
    I am I supposed to be brushing the vinyl walls of my pool under the water?
    I have not brushed the walls yet........
    Will it make my pool cloudy? It is so crystal clear, I don't want anything to mess it up.
    The walls don't feel or look dirty or slippery/slimy.

    Thanks!
    ~Hoffmans

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    I brush mine once a week or so just in case there's anything there that needs to be dislodged. It shouldn't make your pool cloudy unless you have sand or algae in it, and in that case shocking and running the filter will clear it up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by aylad View Post
    I brush mine once a week or so just in case there's anything there that needs to be dislodged. It shouldn't make your pool cloudy unless you have sand or algae in it, and in that case shocking and running the filter will clear it up.

    Janet
    Janet, you could have also added that if it does cloud the pool, those areas DEFINATELY!! needed the brushing
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    I have NEVER brushed my walls, actually, I just noticed the other day that my brush is in desperate need of a garbage can from hanging in the sun most times.......
    The only cleaning of walls I've ever done is the scum line that appears every spring - I really don't think brushing a necessary component of pool maintenance - maybe if you got an algae outbreak, but even then, when I did have that years ago, I still didn't bother to brush and got the pool cleared up in no time flat.

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    Hi Hoffmans,

    The only part of my pool wall that I brush regularly is along and above the water line, and then it's not so much brushing as swishing water on it to remove the pollen and othe fine debris that might get stuck there.

    I do brush the bottom, though not the whole thing all the time. I tend to brush when silt collects in the wrinkles. I have that one spot where there just doesn't seem to be enough circulation, so I stir it up with the brush while the pump is running and it pretty much gets caught in the skimmer sock.

    I do brush the walls at startup after having added a goodly amount of chlorine. Because the water is too cold, then, to get in and do a proper job of it, I have to do it from the outside, which is not all that efficient. But I rigged a shortened broom handle to my straight brush which makes things slightly less awkward. Good upper body exercise though

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    I only brush the waterline after heavy junk buildup/fall into the pool (storms or bug migrations) and the floor, never the walls. No reason to.
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    I brush the walls after a good Haboob to push the dirt down to where the cleaners gets it better.
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    Default Re: Brushing the walls?

    I just take the brush, shorten it down and walk around the pool a few times (inside the pool) with the brush on the wall. A little exercise (very little) and it knocks anything down that needs to be gotten rid of.

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