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KingPin asked:
I just opened my swimming pool, and there was engine oil in one of the bottles which should have had pool chemicals in it. I did not realize it was engine oil until i started putting it into my pool. Any ideas on how to clear the oil out of my pool? Thanks.
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The oil will float, place paper towels on the oil slick to absorb it. Or, try adding some degreaser to the water to break down the oil, for the filter to absorb it.
The Oil should float at the surface. First thing, turn off the pool filter, you do not want the oil circulating through the filter as you will never get it out.
If you can find yourself a “boom” that will float across the surface of the water (a rope that floats or similar), you can gather all of the oil into one location.
Take a wet/dry shop vac and without disturbing the surface of the water, you should be able to such the oil off of the surface of the water.
You may need to repeat the above steps a couple of times as you discover new oil slicks.
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For a start I would not put in any chemicals which break down the oil. That may be ok for an oilspill in the sea, but definitely not where you are going to swim. (Reason in moving water, large quantity to break down the remains and dilute it - in your swimming pool, the residue from the break down has nowhere to go but in your pool)]
Next, try and get some sponge and wrap it around a length of rope bit longer than the width of the pool. Get someone to assist you and drag this the length of the pool. You will probably have to wring the sponge out quite regularly.
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a company called natural chemistry makes an enzyme for this it is specially made for swimming pools