The best thing would be to use the pool vacuum with out the vacuum head. You will have to swim down to the bottom so wear shoes so you don't cut your feet. Just stick the hose over the glass. Also use a vacuum plate over the skimmer basket. DO NOT SUCK THE GLASS INTO THE CONNECTOR HOSE ON THE PUMP IT COULD CUT IT. Be careful when cleaning the skimmer basket wear some heavy gloves.
Yes, replace the liner. Nothing can put the color back into plastic or vinyl or glass or steel.
To clean algae from a vinyl pool liner after it has become crystallized, use a solution of bleach and water with a scrub brush. One cup of bleach for every 5 gallons of water should be enough to clean the vinyl liner. Rinse well, then let dry before storing the pool.
Yes, you can paint a vinyl pool liner using a specialized vinyl pool paint that is designed to adhere to flexible materials without peeling. It's important to thoroughly clean and prepare the surface before applying the paint. For small cracks in the vinyl, you can use a vinyl patch kit or a flexible sealant specifically formulated for vinyl repairs, ensuring the area is clean and dry before application.
no on paint! You will need to replace the liner.
No
There are a number of ways you could remove stains from worms on a vinyl liner. You could use cleaners.
Vinyl Liner
High concentrations of chlorine can and will destroy a vinyl liner.
Yes
No. Replace the liner.
Very expensive
Well first of all there is no such thing as a fiberglass pool. You can have fiberglass walls instead of steel but your pool is still vinyl because you need a liner. These are the usual combinations of inground pools. Sand floor, steel walls, vinyl liner Sand floor, fiberglass walls, vinyl liner Vermiculite floor, steel walls, vinyl liner Vermiculite floor, fiberglass walls, vinyl liner Concrete floor, steel walls, vinyl liner Concrete floor, fiberglass walls, vinyl liner Concrete floor, concrete walls, no liner Concrete pools have to be painted with epoxy paint or if you want tile installed then usually you plaster over the concrete. Now a days 3 and 4 are the most common inground installs. 1 and 2 are usually pools that are 30 + years old although you can still have them done that way. In South Alabama the cost of a 20 *40 vinyl pool will cost around 18 to 22 thousand